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In 2005 the Friends’ History & Archaeology Committee, chaired by Andrew Stewart, launched a project to identify and contact the successors to all regiments in the British Army who served at Fort York from 1793 through 1870, when the last British forces withdrew and Canada assumed responsibility for its own defense. With invaluable help from Mail: 260 Adelaide St. E., Box E-mail: fofy@sympatico.ca / Phone: 416-860-6493
David Spittal, Carl Benn and others a 66-page report has now been prepared tracing the lineage of the approximately 40 units through various amalgamations and changes in title down to their successors in the present-day British armed forces. The document gives current contact information for the regimental headquarters of each unit, the regimental association, and any affiliated museums or archives. Included as well is a brief history of the regimental organization of the British army from roughly 1660 until now. A special section deals with the half dozen early units that were raised in Canada. We have now written to several British units or their affiliates, asking if they had materials, particularly photographs and sketches, related to their time in Canada. Our hope is to uncover out-of-the-way information to supplement what is in the British and Canadian archives. Updates on this initiative will appear in subsequent issues of this newsletter. The Committee’s report is available for study and reference in the fort’s Resource Centre by making an appointment through <fofy@sympatico.ca> well in advance of a visit.
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