Collection search - V.E. Day Dinner - Address by General Crerar
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Record information – Brief V.E. Day Dinner - Address by General Crerar
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1952-05-08Item number (ISN):94804Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RADIO: DISC COLLECTIONAccession:1979-0019Media:SoundPart:2 of 2Production date:1952-05-08Production company:Canadian Broadcasting CorporationDescription:General H.D.G. Crerar addresses a testimonial dinner on the seventh anniversary of V.E. Day. An unidentified announcer sets the context. Crerar's former officers and soldiers sing For He's a Jolly Good Fellow. Crerar speaks about: his career; his praise for the military administration in England; his praise for his successors Lieutenant General P.C.Montague, Lieutenant General Kenneth Stuart, and Lieutenant General J.C. Murchie; the military situation in Europe in 1939; meetings with British military consultants; Dominion Defence Minister Anthony Eden; Chief of Staff Sir Edmond Ironside and First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Dudley Pound; the present state of the Canadian military and Canadian military achievements in World War Two. An announcer makes closing remarks.Language:EnglishDetailed holdings information: -
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