A Very British Civil War actions for 2019

I'm still throwing around some ideas I have for this little project between the wars. I am still trying to think of which figures to use with which factions.
I have first war and second war figures which could be used against each other. I find my Italians and First War germans could be used as some of the Facist units.
Marxists I may just have to bring in some of my Cowboy types with a few Communits Russians thown in for fun.
Soviet Cossacks as Marxists Border Reivers against some Scottish Infantry might be interesting. And I have a few 1930s style vehicles I've been picking up which could become objectives.
I was able to find some more armed civilians and a truck so we now have a mobile flying column!
The hunters look like a gentleman's club so I should think they will be either an Anglican League group or Royalist group in support of Mosley's Fascist regime

Osprey publishing The British Army 1939-1945 (1) North-West Europe

The British Army 1939-45 (1) North-West Europe by Brayley and Chappell (2001)

While I have several books on Canadian units, I didnt have anything on the British. Well not except my book on the Scottish Units.

35 year old who lives in 1946 - BBC News

 Here's a guy who has taken his interest in 1940s history and made it his life! Amazing. Too bad I can't do that here in Japan, but I could perhaps back home in Nova Scotia

For King And Country E1 P1/4 (+playlist)

 An excellent documentary on World War 2 from the Canadian perspective. This was produced by the Canadian History Television channel. Thanks to MapleBalls for posting these.

15th (Scottish) Infantry Division, British Army

44th (Lowland) Infantry Brigade

Sepaintedn article 44th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

• 8th Royal Scots
• 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers     
• 6th King's Own Scottish Borderers

46th (Highland) Infantry Brigade

See main aryicle 46th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

• 9th Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
• 2nd Glasgow Highlanders
• 7th Seaforth Highlanders
• 

227th (Highland) Infantry Brigade

See main article 227th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

• 10th Highland Light Infantry
• 2nd Gordon Highlanders
• 2nd Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
• 

Supporting units

• 64th (Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery to March 1942
• 102nd (Northumberland Hussars) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery – 1944–45
• 1st Middlesex (Machine Gun).
• 15th Scottish Reconnaissance Regiment 1943–1946
• 1st Commando Brigade (19 April 1945 to end of WW2)

This division served close to the Canadian army in the operations areound Caen. I have modeled them with 8th Army figures to distinguish them from the Canadians I have modeled. Sure they are wearing shorts, but hey, you can't have everything. All shots courtsey of plasticsoldierreview
My own shots of Matchbox 8th Army paint

The 3rd Canadian Division 1940-45

Third Division is the division my grandfather was attached to.
As well, many young men and women from Nova Scotia were also attached to this division. Thus, I have recreated this division for my wargamming units. I shall be upgrading the pictures to this group shortly 


7th Canadian Infantry Brigade:
The Royal Winnipeg Rifles modeled with 10 figures
The Regina Rifle Regiment modeled with 10 figures
1st Battn, Canadian Scottish Regiment modeled with 10 figures, 3 of which wear balmorals


8th Canadian Infantry Brigade:
The Queens Own Rifles modeled with 10 figures
Le Régiment de la Chaudière modeled with 10 figures
The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment modeled with 10 figures


9th Canadian Infantry Brigade:

The Highland Light Infantry of Canada modeled with 10 figures, 3 of which have balmorals

The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders 10 figures, 3 balmorals 

The North Nova Scotia Highlanders 10 figures, 3 balmorals

This was Canadian's own Highland Brigade.

Divisional Troops

• 7th Reconnaissance Regiment (17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars) modeled with 3 armored cars
• The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Machine Gun) modeled with 3 Vickers Machine-gun groups (8 figures one bren gunner in balmoral)

• 3rd Canadian Divisional Signals, R.C. Sigs modeled with a radio truck
• No. 3 Defence and Employment Platoon (Lorne Scots) modeled by an infantry squad with a  single balmoral wearing soldier.
• No. 4 Canadian Provost Company, Canadian Provost Corps
• No.14, No.22, No.23 Field Ambulance, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps modeled with soldiers carrying wounded.

• Divisional Royal Canadian Artillery
  • 12th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA: modeled with 2X 25pdr guns
  • 13th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA modeled with 2 X 5.5"  (140mm) guns as the medium battery
  • 3rd Anti-tank Regiment, RCA: modeled with a 6pdr gun battery of 2 guns with tows
  • 4th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment, RCA: modeled with a Bofors 20mm gun and 2 M3 Half-tracks with .50 Quad guns

• Divisional Royal Canadian Engineers: these are modeled with a Bailey bridge set and various bulldozers and trucks.
  • 6th Field Company, RCE
  • 16th Field Company, RCE
  • 18th Field Company, RCE
  • 3rd Canadian Field Park Company, RCE
  • 3rd Canadian Divisional Bridge Platoon, RCE (I have a Churchill bridge layer for this)

RCAF forward air observers modelled by Airfix figures

The figures on bicycles I'd use as the forward air observer.

Canada: A People's History - Episode 14 - The Crucible

 Part of the CBC's Canada: A People's History. This episode covers the period in question.

BBC Wartime Farm episode 3 FULL

 Thanks to Maddie Gillet

Axis and Allies Europe

This board game gives a good overview of what the European theatre of operations looked like about 1941. I first purchased this game in Bangor Maine back in 1987.


I have since bought a pirated copy known as World at War and two further Axis and Allies games
Axis and Allies Europe and Axis and Allies Pacific.


When I get the chance to add more pictures, I shall do so.

The Royal Canadian Ordance Corps

The Royal Canadian Ordance Corps was basically the army's Canadian tire. Everything which was needed by the army was supplied by this unit. My grandfather was posted to Number 12 Salvage Company. This is the unit he went overseas with in 1940.

From wikipedia:

The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps (RCOC) was an administrative corps of the Canadian Army. The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps RCOC can trace its roots back to the Canadian Stores Department. Formed in 1871, the Canadian Stores Department was a civil department of the Canadian Government. This civil service was charged with control of forts, ammunition, stores, buildings and an ordnance depot left by the departing British Military.

The Canadian Ordnance Corps was redesignated the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps on 29 Apr 1936. In the Second World War, the RCOC had a strength of 35,000 military personnel, not including the thousands of civilian personnel employed at RCOC installations. They procured all the material goods required by the Army, from clothing to weapons. Up until 1944, the RCOC was responsible for maintenance and repair. Ordnance Field Parks, that carried everything from spare parts to spare artillery, supported the Divisions and Corps.^[1] The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps was redesignated The Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps on 22 Mar 1948. It reverted to the previous name on 18 Apr 1955.^[2]

The North Nova Scotia Highlanders

This regiment was raised in 1936. The unit was raised of men from Cumberland, Colchester and Pictou counties. Nova Scotia had raised Scottish units for the First World War. The regiment had many Scottish decendants but took in anyone who wished to join.

My grandfather Ernest Cummings Rose joined the North Novies in 1939. He has spent most of his teenage years in Truro, Nova Scotia working at a typesetter for the local newspaper. Having learned to type, he applied to join the local militia regiment, which was the North Nova Scotia Highlanders.
Since he could type, he was assigned to the headquarters of the regiment, which is where he initially began his military service.

Following the British pattern, this regiment was the local regiment for the counties the men came from. Cumberland, Colchester, Pictou counties all have a strong amount of Scottish decendants. Many of the men were sons, brothers, cousins, and friends. Even as a young boy growing up in my hometown of Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, many of the men were veternans of this regiment. Every November 11, they would form up and march again, to remember those who didn't come back.

The North Nova Scotia Highlanders from wikipedia

Founded in 1936 as The North Nova Scotia Highlanders (M.G.) by the amalgamation of the Cumberland Highlanders, The Colchester and Hants Rifles, and 'C' Company, 6th Machine-Gun Battalion

The North Nova Scotia Highlanders were assigned to the 9th Brigade, 3rd Canadian Division. They landed on Juno Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944. By that time, my grandfather was not with this regiment having transfered to the Royal Canadian Ordance Corps.