Regina Rifles Regiment

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally posted by Jim
Here are a couple!!

GHQ 2ND Echelon ====

Hi Jim;

Canadian Section General Headquarters, 2nd Echelon, 21 Army Group

(or GHQ 2nd Echelon)

in point form:

2nd Echelon dealt with personnel. Canadian Section General Headquarters, 2nd Echelon, 21 Army Group, function was to coordinate Canadian personnel matters on the continent. Their responsibility was to translate personnel policy into action. Their specific responsibilities included:

a. - recording the location and qualifications of all Canadian officers in the theatre of operations (in this case North-West Europe);

b. - recording the evacuation of all personnel from the theatre of operations and reporting this to Canadian Military Headquarters (CMHQ - London, England);

c. - recording deaths and the locations of graves and receiving and disposing of the personel effects of the dead;

d. - coordinating the provision of the correct number of properly qualified personnel and the submissions for replacement demands to CMHQ;

e. - maintaining statistics regarding strengths, casualties, reinforcements, prisoners of war, sickness and other personnel considerations.

2nd Echelon was defined in Field Service Regulations as the 'Deputy Adjutant-General's Office at the Base'. Essentially, it was a Canadian personnel records office for North-West Europe, whose functions were the recording and reporting of casualties and the control and provision of reinforcements.

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