Category Archives: World War II

Supporting the Police (Canada)

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Roger Pocock

Topic February / March 2023.  Back in August 2016 we posted a page Supporting the Authorities about the Legion supporting the legal authorities around the Commonwealth, even at times when the legal authorities’ causes might have been considered by some … Continue reading →

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Real Austerity

Posted on August 1, 2019 by Roger Pocock

Topic August / September 2019. It was not until 1922 that the Legion of Frontiersmen recovered in any way from the losses of the First War. The Legion had grown so rapidly in its first ten years and with such … Continue reading →

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Answering the Call

Posted on June 1, 2019 by Roger Pocock

Topic June / July 2019. As the threat of another world war grew ever more likely in the 1930s, Frontiersmen had hopes that they would be granted a named unit as they had in the First War. As retired senior officers, … Continue reading →

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The Skipper

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Roger Pocock

Surprising Snippets 7: Known to his children, who were all devoted to him, as “The Skipper”, Vahd William Tobin was known always as Bill. According to his son Peter (who himself became very well-known in southern Africa as a broadcaster … Continue reading →

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Tasting Adventure and Revolution

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Roger Pocock

Topic June/July 2016. For the first thirty and more years of the history of the Legion of Frontiersmen, its leaders tried hard to dissuade members from taking part in revolutions around the world. They could not prevent the many adventurers … Continue reading →

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Definitely not a “Dads’ Army”

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Roger Pocock

Topic April/May 2016. In the previous Topic page we looked at the Frontiersmen leading up to WW1. We must now look more closely at what they did up to and including the early years of WW2. They may not have … Continue reading →

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