Dunkirk

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

The bigger mystery about the withdrawal from France in 1940 is what happened to the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment's wooden indian mascot. A 6 foot tall colourful beauty it was. It traveled from the roof of a Picton, Ontario canning plant (stolen of course) to England and thence to France. Not risking that it might fall into enemy hands it was hidden. Rumors suggest it was found by some incredulous French farmer but that remains only a rumor.

[Gordon Yeo]

Originally Posted by Bruce Parker

The bigger mystery about the withdrawal from France in 1940 is what happened to the Hastings & Prince Edward Regiment's wooden indian mascot. A 6 foot tall colourful beauty it was. It traveled from the roof of a Picton, Ontario canning plant (stolen of course) to England and thence to France. Not risking that it might fall into enemy hands it was hidden. Rumors suggest it was found by some incredulous French farmer but that remains only a rumor.

Bruce

From Farley Mowat's book The Regiment, describing the destruction of vehicles and equipment before evacuating to England.

It was here that we lost Little Chief. He had come over to France with us because he was too heavy to go with the fighting troops. Since he was made of pewter and weighed 500 pounds, we knew we could never take him back to England. Rather than have him taken prisoner, we buried him in a roadside ditch.