Names such as Simcoe, Jarvis, Shank and Shaw are all well known as being those of some of the Queen’s Rangers officers who led the Regiment during its duties constructing the town of York. There is another officer, however, who is lesser known today but who was a force to be reckoned with in his day. His name was John Small.
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The members of the 20th Battalion, CEF were amongst the earliest volunteers for the First World War, many of who enlisted in September of 1914. They spent the next five Christmas’ away from their families, either training in Valcartier, PQ (1914), in France (1915-1917) or in Germany on occupation duties (1918).
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The role of the Queen’s York Rangers in the Second World War was limited to its necessary though dull duties on the home front, and the individual exploits of the many men who were trained by the Regiment and who joined other units overseas. One of these individuals, who served with great distinction, is Captain Graeme Delamere Black. On the seventy-fourth anniversary of his death, it is fitting that we remember him and his service.
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Did you know that Canada's most highly decorated aboriginal soldier from WWI was a Ranger? Read more about Capt Smith of the 20th Bn in this blog posting.
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John Graves Simcoe’s deeds are well documented, and while he deserves much credit, it is doubtful that the Regiment he commanded would have been as successful as it was without the efforts of Christopher French and James Wemyss. It was Wemyss after all who commanded at Brandywine.
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Most people with a passing familiarity with the Queen’s York Rangers know that the first Commanding Officer was Robert Rogers. The next most famous commander of the Regiment is John Graves Simcoe. And while both men commanded the Regiment during the American Revolution, Simcoe did not succeed Rogers directly – there were two other Commanding Officers between their tenures. These two men, Christopher French and James Wemyss, are little known officers whose history deserves to be shared
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Most members of the Regiment have at least a passing familiarity with the names of some of the famous men who have commanded it – Rogers and Simcoe chief among them. But alongside this list of famous commanders, we should also be aware of the history of our honorary colonels.
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