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Hello, I am a French collector and a few years ago I acquired a cart holder that belonged to a Canadian officer. It has many markings, visible in the photos.
His name was Peter Joseph Angwyn Tees, born December 21, 1922 in Vancouver, during the Second World War he had the rank of lieutenant, he was an artillery observer in the 14th Regiment of the Royal Canadian Artillery.
But his finest feats of arms took place during the Korean War, following which he became a captain and received the Distinguished Flying Cross with the grace of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, becoming the first Canadian to receive it since 1918 and the last man of Commonweath.
But my research is on World War II, he enlisted in October 1942 and according to newspaper reports he was still training in April 1944 at the Brando Center in Manitoba before going overseas to Europe. And that's the only information I have about him during the World War Two.
The inscriptions on the card holder, such as the landscape where his name and rank appear, seem to date from this period, as do the writings concerning the various points of the "Operation Order".
Several questions arise, hence the reason for my post:
- Is it possible to find documents specifying when he joined Europe?
- Is it possible to know which artillery battery he was in?
- Is it possible to know where the drawn landscape is located with the position point?
Additionally, the cardholder has another name "Major S.D Cantlies" and can be identified?
His name was Peter Joseph Angwyn Tees, born December 21, 1922 in Vancouver, during the Second World War he had the rank of lieutenant, he was an artillery observer in the 14th Regiment of the Royal Canadian Artillery.
But his finest feats of arms took place during the Korean War, following which he became a captain and received the Distinguished Flying Cross with the grace of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, becoming the first Canadian to receive it since 1918 and the last man of Commonweath.
But my research is on World War II, he enlisted in October 1942 and according to newspaper reports he was still training in April 1944 at the Brando Center in Manitoba before going overseas to Europe. And that's the only information I have about him during the World War Two.
The inscriptions on the card holder, such as the landscape where his name and rank appear, seem to date from this period, as do the writings concerning the various points of the "Operation Order".
Several questions arise, hence the reason for my post:
- Is it possible to find documents specifying when he joined Europe?
- Is it possible to know which artillery battery he was in?
- Is it possible to know where the drawn landscape is located with the position point?
Additionally, the cardholder has another name "Major S.D Cantlies" and can be identified?
