[Michael Ockenden]

I’ve now seen the WD of Le Régiment de Maisonneuve and can confirm that it is indeed written in French. However, the orders which are appended are in a mixture of English and French – those from Brigade are in English with orders generated at Battalion level in French. There is a mixture of both languages, often within the same sentence: ‘Le Lieutenant Massue a passé avec grand succès un cours de Driving and Maintenance’.

However, although I had expected to find the above WD in French, it was somewhat surprising to see that the WD of the 7 LAA Regiment (57 th Battery) was also French. I wonder whether there were many other such cases.

Mike