Upon arriving in Scotland after its trans-Atlantic crossing, the Regiment traveled to Aldershot, England, where it was quartered in Warburg Barracks, Aldershot.
Essex Scottish Regimental Crest
Regimental Crest Badge of the Essex Scottish Regiment.
The Essex and Kent Scottish Regimental crest and tartan.
The MacGregor Tartan, the official tartan of the Essex Scottish Regiment.
Historical Note
“C.A.S.F.”
The Canadian Active Service Force (CASF) was the field force raised by the Canadian Army in the Second World War. Legally, it was distinct from the Permanent Active Militia and the Non-Permanent Active Militia, and a soldier had to be attested for service. The CASF had its own standards for enlistment and began recruiting on 1 Sep 1939.
The term CASF was deleted in late 1940, and the term Canadian Army (Active) was used to represent full-time military units.
The Canadian Active Service Force was officially mobilized on 1 Sep 1939.
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No 2 Company, Canadian Provost Corps
The Number 2 Company of the Canadian Provost Corps was a Canadian military police company stationed in Southern England during World War II, serving the military police needs of the Second Canadian Infantry Division.
The primary duties of the company were to provide security of facilities, personnel, patrol areas, and military convoys in its area of operations in Southern England.
In addition, the company provided military policemen with the Essex Scottish Regiment and other regiments in their attacks on French coast during the Dieppe Raid. The purpose of the military police presence was to take custody of any German prisoners captured during the raid.
Artifact 1941-01-03-n – Photograph of Canadian Provo Corps Motorcycle Formation, sent from Southern England, Circa 1941 – Obverse.
Canadian Provo Corps Motorcycle Formation.
A motorcycle detachment of Number 2 Company of the Canadian Provo Corps in Southern England, circa 1941. The arrow drawn on the photo designates Harry William Manchester (fifteenth from left).
Artifact 1941-04-01-g – Photograph of Russ Tobin and Harry William Manchester, sent from Warburg Barracks, Aldershot, England, Circa 1941 – Obverse.
Annotation:
“Warburg Barracks
Aldershot
England
Russ Tobin & Me”
Additional annotation:
“Uncle Harry”
Artifact 1941-04-01-b – Photograph of L/Cpl Roy Badley, sent from Warburg Barracks, Aldershot, England, April 1941 – Obverse.
Annotation:
“Roy Badley (Vancouver British Columbia)
Warburg Brks.
Aldershot
April 1941”
Artifact 1941-01-03-h – Photograph of Tubby Coates, sent from Summerlands, Heathfield, Sussex, England, Circa 1941 – Obverse.
Annotation:
“After hanging his laundry at Summerlands, Heathfield”
Artifact 1941-04-01-k – Photograph of “Hughie”, sent from Southern England, Circa 1941 – Obverse.
Annotation:
“Hughie beside the
30 cwt. chevrolet truck
(note the camoflouge net)”
Artifact 1941-01-03-e – Photograph of L/CPL Harry William Manchester and Alex Bishop, sent from Southern England, Circa 1941 – Obverse.
Artifact 1942-01-03-c – Photograph of Canadian Provo Corps, E Section, sent from Southern England, Circa 1942 – Obverse.
“Canadian Provo Corps E Section
Cpl Reich, Regina, Saskatchewan.
L/Cpl Harry William Manchester, Windsor, Ontario.
L/Cpl Causton, Toronto, Ontario.
L/Cpl Grywinski, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Sgt Birmingham, Toronto, Ontario.
L/Cpl Whiteman, Red Lake, Ontario.
L/Cpl Harris, St. Thomas, Ontario.
L/Cpl Green, Sydney, Nova Scotia.
L/Cpl Millay, Montreal, Quebec.”
Artifact 1942-01-03-d – Photograph of L/Cpl Harry William Manchester and Friends, sent from Maida Barracks, Aldershot, England, Circa 1942 – Obverse.
Annotation:
“Warburg Barracks – Aldershot – April 1941.
Left-to-right:
L/Cpl Harris, St. Thomas, Ontario.
L/Cpl Harry William Manchester
L/Cpl Green, Sydney, Nova Scotia.”
Artifact 1942-01-03-a – Photograph of Canadian Provo Corps, E Section, sent from Southern England, Circa 1942 – Obverse.
Annotation:
Canadian Provo Corps, E Section
L/Cpl Harry William Manchester, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
L/Cpl Jackson, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
L/Cpl Escot, Tilbury, Ontario.
L/Cpl Beattie, Toronto, Ontario.
L/Cpl Willis, Kingston, Ontario.
L/Cpl Brown, Edmonton, Alberta.
Sgt Scotie, Montreal, Quebec.
L/Cpl McKee, Toronto, Ontario.
L/Cpl Carswell, Regina, Saskatchewan.
L/Cpl [Tubby] Coates, Moncton, New Brunswick.
Cpl Woodard, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Artifact 1941-04-01-a – Photograph of Canadian Provo Corp General Maintenance Day, sent from Warburg Barracks, Aldershot, England, April 1941 – Obverse.
Annotation:
“General maintainance day
Warburg Brks.
alsershot
April 1941”
Artifact 1941-04-01-j – Photograph of Truck in Convoy, sent from Southern England, Circa 1941 – Obverse.
Annotation:
“on convoy a picture
of one truck taken
from the back end
of another truck while
moving”
Artifact 1941-04-01-d – Photograph of Bill (Irish) Greer, sent from Manor Park, Aldershot, England, April 1941 – Obverse.
Annotation:
“Bill (Irish) Greer
Manor Park
Aldershot
April 1941”
Artifact 1941-01-03-f – Photograph of Harry William Manchester and Alex Bishop, sent from Summerlands, Heathfield, Sussex, England, Circa 1941 – Obverse.
Annotation:
“My chum & I shaking
hands over a rose Bush
“Summerlands”
Heathfield
Sussex
(Alex Bishop Arborfield
Saskatchewan)”
Artifact 1941-01-03-i – Photograph of Harry William Manchester Drying Laundry, sent from Summerlands, Heathfiled, Sussex, England, Circa 1941 – Obverse.
Artifact 1941-01-03-k – Photograph of Harry William Manchester, sent from Summerlands, Heathfield, Sussex, England, Circa 1941 – Obverse.
Annotation:
“Ready for pack drill which I done for seven days”
Artifact 1941-04-01-e – Photograph of L/Cpl Harry William Manchester of the Canadian Provo Corps, sent from Warburg Barracks, Aldershot, England, April 1941 – Obverse.
Annotation:
“Warburg Brks.
Aldershot
April 1941”
Artifact 1941-01-03-l – Photograph of Harry William Manchester, sent from Summerlands, Heathfiled, Sussex, England, Circa 1941 – Obverse.
Artifact 1941-04-01-i – Photograph of L/cpl “Tubby” Coates, sent from Summerlands, Heathfield, Sussex, England, Circa 1941 – Obverse.
Annotation:
“L/cpl. “Tubby” Coates
St. Johns N.B.
In front of flower garden
in driveway
“Summerlands””
Artifact 1941-01-03-g – Photograph of Tubby Coates, sent from Summerlands, Heathfield, Sussex, England, Circa 1941 – Obverse.
Annotation:
“Tubby Coates, St. Johns, New Brunswick
“”In the roses”
“Summerlands, Heathfield”
Artifact 1941-04-01-c – Photograph of Art Haggins, sent from Warburg Barracks, Aldershot, England, 15067 – Obverse.
Annotation:
“Art Haggins. (FROM Ottawa)
Warburg Brks.
Aldershot
April 1941”
Artifact 1941-04-01-h – Photograph of Harry William Manchester On Convoy Duty, sent from Southern England, Circa 1941 – Obverse.
Annotation:
“Stopped for rest
while returning from
convoy. (Note camera
in my hand)”
Artifact 1941-04-01-f – Photograph of Harry William Manchester in the Flower Gardens, sent from Summerlands, Heathfield, Sussex, England, Circa 1941 – Obverse.
Annotation:
“Myself in front of flower
gardens in driveway to
“Summerlands””
Artifact 1941-01-03-m – Photograph of Harry William Manchester, sent from Summerlands, Heathfiled, Sussex, England, Circa 1941 – Obverse.
Artifact 1941-04-01-l – Photograph of Art Haggins, sent from Southern England, Circa 1941 – Obverse.
Artifact 1942-01-03-b – Photograph of L/Cpl Harry William Manchester of the Canadian Provo Corps, sent from Elm Croft House, Preston Road, Brighton, England, Circa 1942 – Obverse.
Annotation:
“Elm Croft House
Preston Rd.
Brighton”
Artifact 1942-01-03-e – Photograph of L/Cpl Harry William Manchester at Maida Barracks, sent from Maida Barracks, Aldershot, England, Circa 1941 – Obverse.
Annotation:
“Maida Barracks
Aldershot
England”
Internet References
CanadianSoldiers.com
canadiansoldiers.com is a reference source regarding the organization, vehicles, weapons, uniforms, traditions, and insignia of Canadian soldiers in the 20th Century.
As such, the website is valuable source of information about the military units Harry William Manchester was a part of, and The Dieppe Raid and the other military units that participated in that action.
