Canada in Afghanistan

[Garry Shipton (RIP)]

The "Mother Battery of the artillery,late of Kingston Ontario,the home of artillery.
I had the privilage to tour the regimental museum a few years ago in Kingston with my wife and daughters.The curator(I forget his name at the moment)was exemplory.I explained that my two grandfathers were artillarymen from Kingston.He asked me their names and service.I told him that Walter Shipton served in the Boer War with C battery detached from A Battery and that Steve Williams came out to Canada from the Royal School of Artillery and that, my three Williams uncles,who he knew were artillerymen.This gentleman got on his computer,and led ud to pictures of family.When my daughters saw great grandpa Shipton's picture on a wall,sitting astride a horse,made them very proud,plus seeing photos of their great uncles Williams brothers .Later that day,I took them to Cataroquai cemetary(between shopping trips to the malls),where,not fifty feet from John A,McDonalds' grave,showed them their great grandpa's military gravestone,which freaked them out ,as it did to me the first time I saw the grave with my last name on it.So I think that this lady's death in combat will enrich our society,showing that anything can happen,even to an Artillary Forward Obersatio n Officerwoman.

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