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IndexNumbered military units from World War I, then from World War II, and finally post World War II are listed in numeric order at the end of the Index.

Aachen, Germany, 247Abu Suweir, Egypt 224,355,357,402,403, 404,405,406,408,409,411Accra, Ghana (Gold Coast) 283,450Acting Postmaster General 483Active Service – See On Active ServiceAdak Island, Alaska 186,282,284,285,287Aden 296Administrative unit 491Admiralty (of the Royal Navy) 460ADO-5, Leeds 197Adriatic Coast 226Advance Party/Group 403,404,415,417,

418,427Aerienne Royale Canadienne – See Royal Canadian Air ForceAerogramme – See Armed Forces Air LetterAffix British 3d Stamp Here 489AFALs See Armed Forces Air LettersAfrica 228,299,301,489African 415Air Defence Command, St. Hubert 375Air Division, No. 1, RCAF – See Royal Canadian Air Force Air drop of mail 254Air firing practice, range 435Air letters 235,303,314,320,321,334,391, 396,410,411,413,414,416,417, 419,422,423,424,488,489,490Air Ministry Experimental Station –

A.M.E.S. (Radar Station, RAF/RCAF) 300Air terminus, Prestwick 197Airgraph 162,201,210,230,256,259,304, 471,472,488Airmail 230,283,285,292,298,308,314,

337,339,409,419,438,488Airmail letter 186,208,209,235,258,272,273, 278,285,292,293,298,309,311,339, 340,419,445,450,452,453,488Airmail Letter Card – AMLC (British) 235, 304,319,320Airport Detachments 252Akyab, Burma 297,299

Alaska 158,178,274,280,284,285,287,288,328,459

Alaska Highway System 158Aldershot, U.K. 188,508,510Aldershot Camp 8,18,45,55,59, 60,65,73,75,78Aldershot Civil PO 194Alert, Ellesmere Island, N.W.T. 329Aleutian Islands, Alaska 280,281,284,285Alexandria, Egypt 403Algeria 224,228,230,231Algiers 202,224,228,231,233,234,244,302Alice Springs, Australia 319Allied merchant navy ships 486Allied Postal Services 253,487Allied Tactical Air Force, 4th – 4 ATAF 432Allied Tactical Air Force, 4th, HQ 432,435Allied troopships 487Allied warships 487Allies, Allied, forces, troops 116,138, 153,154,158,189,192,194,210,226,227, 247,296,300,303,307,314,327,485,486Almonte, Ont. 302Altamura, Italy 226,228Aluminum plants, Canada 312Amchitka Island, Alaska 280,282American Army 332American Contingent 139,141American Forces 158,224,225,247,248,282, 395,412American Forces Air Mail Service 231,318American Postal Facilities 231,232Americans 289,485Amersfoort, Netherlands 249Amiens, France 117Amman, Jordan 412Anchorage, Alaska 280,285,286,390Annette Island, Alaska 280,285Anti-submarine patrols, duties 316,328Antwerp, Belgium 247,249,252,253,356, 358,432,434,435Anzio, Italy 227Apeldoorn, Netherlands 249

Arab 327,397Archangel, Russia 154,155,443Arctic 327,330Arctic Circle 328Ardagh, H.V. 143Ardennes, France 249Argentia, Nfld. 267,272Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders 307,310Armed Forces Air Letters – AFALs (Canadian) 162,198,201,206,

210,230,233,235,256,257,258,298,301,302,303,304,318,320,335,338,395,411,417,421,426,428,429,435,437,439,464,471,488,497f

AFAL - British 395,438,497 AFAL- Checklist, Table C.1 498–505 AFAL - Christmas design 235,489,503,510 AFAL – Different types outlined 497 AFAL – Envelope dimensions 506 AFAL – Postage details AFFIX 10¢ POSTAGE 498,503,504 POSTAGE 10¢ AFFIX 504 AFFIX 6d POSTAGE HERE 498 AFFIX 6d STAMP 499,502 Affix 10¢ or 6d Stamp 499,500 Affix Postage Here 500,504 Affix 10¢ or 6d Stamp 499,500 Affix Postage Here 500,504 AFFIX POSTAGE HERE 504,505 STAMP 500,501,502,503 POSTAGE FREE (Christmas 1944) 503 (postage not indicated) 505 AFAL – Postage rates 497fArmed Merchant Cruisers, RCN 280Armenians 152Armentieres, France 114,115,121Armistice, Versailles, 1919 138Armistice Agreement 1949 (Israel, etc.) 397 1953 (Korea) 389,396 1956 (Egypt-Israel) 401Armour Heights (Toronto) 66Army – See Canadian Army Army AA (Anti-Aircraft) Battery 280Army Base Post Office – See Base Post OfficeArmy Gift Shop, Brussels 263Army HQ (Ottawa) 353,388,399,436Army HQ FPO 123Army Letter Office 100,108Army mail 228,290,460

Army Parcel Office 100,104Army P.O., England 186Army Post Office - APO, a regional office, See also CAPO (C= Cdn.) 332Army Post Office, London 126,218,494Army Postal Service 127,195Army Stations - Listings 346–347Army Troops 189Arnhem, Netherlands 247,249Arras, France 117Arrezzo, Italy 229Arromanches, France 248Aruba, Dutch West Indies 313Asia 158,292Assault landing craft 224Assistant Dep. Postmaster General 211,329Assistant Director of Postal Services – ADPS – B.E.F. 131 ADPS – Canadian Corps 119,123,131, 133,194,251,252 ADPS – Europe 435Assistant Director of Posts, Europe 360,404ATAF – See Allied Tactical Air ForceAthens, Greece 398,425Atkinson, Captain F.T. 292Atlantic 163,192,194,201,231,266,267,282, 301,338,432,438,440,453,455,488Atlantic Command, Halifax 266,326Atomic power 327Attu Island, Aleutians 281Aubin St. Vaast, France 116,122,131Australia 149,157,193,459,488,489Australian Army Post Office 392Australian Army Postal Service No. 1 Australian Base PO, Sydney 319 No. 2 Australian Base PO, Melbourne 319 No. 3 Australian Base PO, Brisbane

319,320,321Australian desert 319,449Australian Forces 319,322,390,391,396Australian Postal Facilities 394,396Austria 339,394Austro-German Armies 135Auxiliary service stationery 472Avalon – See Fleet Mail Office Avalon and see H.M.C.S. AvalonAvellino, Italy 226,229,243Avonmouth, U.K. 84,114Aylmer, Que. 181

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Aylmer, Colonel M. 38Azores, Islands 186,201,231

“B” Force – See Force “B”, Bermuda “B” Squadron, RNWMP 136,137,141,147Baden Soellingen, W. Germany 356,358,359 433,434,435Bagged mail – See sealed bag, mailBahamas 312Bailey and Toop 335Bailleul, France 115Baker Point, (Dartmouth), N.S. 67Bakharitza 155Balboa, Canal Zone, Panama 443,444Baltic Sea 249Bands 452fBangalore, India 304Barrie, Dr. H.G. 39Barrie, Ont. 66Barriefield Camp 45,55,60,66,73,78,158Base 479Base APO 122,123,127,128,132,162Base Army Post Office, BAPO – See Base Post Office, BPOBase Depot 117,136,137,139,142,144,147Base HQ 140,141Base Post Office 33,44,51,52,69,70,74,86,90, 93,117,159,162,163,177,178,181,183-186, 196,202,207,218,228,230,232,251,254,

260,270,301,331,464 Base PO, Canada 302 Base PO Jericho (Vancouver) 333 Base PO, Montreal 354 Base PO, Ottawa 269,272,293,317,333 Base PO, St. John’s 270 Base PO, Seattle 285 Base PO, UN – See United Nations Base PO – 9 Sections 162Base Postal Facilities 177Base Postal Facilities – Listings 352-353Basra, Iraq 152Basra Record Office 152Batoche 12Battle of Britain 190Battle of El Alamein 189Battle of the Atlantic 267Battleford 13Bauxite, from British Guiana 312Bay Bulls, Nfld. 267

Bayeux, France 248,249,251,252BCATP – See British Commonwealth Air Training Plan Beach Maintenance Group 251Beaches, Normandy 247,248,252Beamsville Camp 47,51,54,55,66,72,78Bechuanaland 25B.E.F. - See British Expeditionary Force Beira, Mozambique 26Beirut, Lebanon 398,403,404,412,413,414,415Beirut Airport 410,411,412,425Beirut Civil PO 425Belfast, Northern Ireland 445Belgian civilians 415Belgian Congo 415Belgian troops 248,415Belgium 151,122,124,127,128,227,252,432 432,435,436,464,484Belmont, South Africa 25,27,34,35,39Bell, Lt. Col. A. H. 64Bell Island, Nfld. 266Beny-sur-Mer, France 251Beresnick, N. Russia 155Berlin, Germany 156,189,247,326,451,452Berlin Airlift 327Berlin Blockade 326Bermuda 64,67,68,145,148,149,150,157,

186,307,311,312,444,445,458BFMO – See British Fleet Mail OfficeBiak Island, Indonesia 423,424Bicester, U.K. 432Big Bear, Chief 13Biggin Hill, U.K. 202,231,253Bilingual designations, Armed Forces 341Birchall, Squadron Leader L.J., RCAF 296Black Friday 117Bloemfontein, South Africa 25,26,34,35Blue Mountains, Jamaica 308Blue Train See Canadian Postal Corps, CPCBlue triangle certification, AFAL 256,257Bluevale, Ont. 99BOAC - See British Overseas Airways Corp.Boer 22,25,26,34Boer War 479Bolshevik 136,138Bolshevik Government 135Bombay, India 233,296,299,301,302,303,304Bomber aircraft 460

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Bomber mail 163,201,202,211,221Bomber Squadrons, RCAF 191,248Bonn, Germany 117,122Borden, Camp 47,50,51,52,53,55,57,58,66,70,

73,75,76,77,78,179,180,346Border area 412Bordon, Camp 97,102Bordon, Hants. 188,238,254Borneo 319Botwood, Nfld. 266,267,268,271,272,276,

460,461Boulogne, France 116,117,121,122,127,128,

132,249Boundary Bay, B.C. 158Bournemouth, U.K. 190,194,196,197Bramshott, Camp 97–99,102,105–108,117Bramshott Military Hospital 126Brazil 301Brazzaville, former French Congo 417,420Breakey, Lieut. Ian 293Breckenridge, Camp, Kentucky 281,283,287Brest, France 188,216,250Brigade Camp, Brockville 19,20Brighton, Camp 97,103,108Brisbane, Australia 319Bristol, U.K. 114British Army 97,150,151,155,251,289,307,332,

402,475,477,481British Army of the Rhine, BAOR  255,432,438British Army PO 302British Army Postal Facilities

151,153,231,235,316British Army Postal Service

194,230,314,382,438British authorities 484British Base, Rouen, France 491British Civil Post Offices 208British Colonial Postal Services 148British Commando Forces 193British Commonwealth 387British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, BCATP 157,161,165,177,190,296British Consul 141,338,339British Empire 136British Expeditionary Force, B.E.F. 152,482 B.E.F. Postal Directorate 123,124,127,132British Fleet Mail Office, BFMO BFMO Bermuda 445 BFMO Sydney (Australia) 319

British Forces, troops 115,153,157,188,210,224,225,227,247,248,266,289,307,308,311,314,316,389,390,391,395,401,412,432,476,480,

481,486,489British FPO (Cyprus) 427British FPO (Sardinia) 435British FPO 358 (Antwerp) 436British FPO 911 (Hannover) 451,452British FPO 971 (Naples) 404British General Post Office – See GPOBritish Government 312,483British GPO Port Detachment – See GPOBritish Guiana 312,463British Home Postal Depot 194,434British Liberation Army, BLA 255British Marines 153,315British Military Mission 139,140,142British Naval Base, Jamaica 311British Naval Facilities 316British Naval Task Force No. 57 322British Navy 443British North Africa Force, BNAF

224,225,232,234British North America Act, 1867 6British Overseas Airways Corp., BOAC 162,163,186,201,271,299British Pacific Fleet 193,319British Packet Boat 475British Parliament 475,479British Possessions 482British Post Office, BPO 406British Post Office Act 477British Postage – See Postage, BritishBritish Postal Authorities

128,201,251,437,479,488British Postal Facilities 250,394,437British Postal Services 148,208,228,230,481British Troops – See British ForcesBritish units – See British ForcesBritish type date stamps 216British West Europe Force, BWEF

254,255,260,320British West Indies – BWI – See West IndiesBrockville, Ont. 8,19,162Brockville Battalion 10Brockville Rifles 307,311Bromyard Avenue, Acton 194Brown, Sgt. Douglas 144Brunssum, Netherlands 359

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Brussels, Belgium 247,252Budaeyri, Iceland 317Bukavu, Congo 416Bulawayo, S. Rhodesia 26Bulk mails 404,406,434,438Burgess, Major F. 408Burma 296,303Burma Camp, near Accra, Ghana 450Burns, General E.L.M. 398,401Bush, Major H. 290Buxton, Camp 98BWEF – See British West Europe ForceBWI – See West Indies

“C” Force – See Force “C”, Hong KongCabinet (Ottawa) 136,138,289,480Cabinet War Committee (Ottawa) 307,314Cachet, hospital 483Cachet, padre’s office 483Cachet, unit (of the armed forces) 483,484,486Caen, France 247,248,251,259Caestre, France 122Cairo, Egypt 228,233,244,322Calais, France 116,117,121,249Caldwell, Lieut. B. McG. 91,102Calgary, Alberta 124,285,331Calgary, Camp  44,45,51,55,60,62,66,78,179Cambodia 445,446Cambrai, France 117Cameron Highlanders 316,317Camp Breckinridge See BreckinridgeCampbell, J.J. 15Campobello Island, N.B. 9Canada  124,125,126,136,138,141,143,148,

149,155,156,157,158,160,186,192,194,195, 201,205,207,208,209,210,230,231,234,235,250,256,259,266,267,271,280,281,282,284, 289,290,292,298,299,300,302,303,308,310,311,312,314,316,317,318,319,320,327,328,330,337,341,393,395,396,399,401,403,405,

406,407,408,410,411,413,414,415,416,417,418,419,420,424,426,427,429,432,433,435,436,438,439,442,443,446,455,456,467,468,475,476,478,479,480,481,483,486,487,489,

491,496,497Canada Gazette 156,160,330Canada House, London, U.K. 442,443CANADA / POSTAGE PAID / PORT PAYE

See POSTAGE PAID / PORT PAYECanada, Province of 476,477Canada – UK, postal agreement 208Canadian (s) 412,415,417,420,421,422,425,

426,427,429,435,445,446,457,464,469,479,481,489

Canadian Active Service Force, CASF 156Canadian Ambassador to Switzerland  451Canadian American Special Service Force – CASSF (Devil’s Brigade) 227Canadian Armed Forces 160,162,163,177, 186,195,201,203,265,411,475Canadian Armed Forces mail 158,456Canadian Armed Forces Training Team Ghana – CAFTTG 450Canadian Army 148,150,156,159,161,162,

177,178,226,267,268,273,280,281,284,287,289,297,307,316,325,326,327,329,331,332,337,341,396,398,400,427,432,437,442,445,

455,456,459,460,464,489,491Canadian Army, Det’ment, Tokyo airfield 391Canadian Army (Active), in Nfld. 266Canadian Army Contingent, Korea 390Canadian Army HQ, Ottawa 448Canadian Army Occupation Force, CAOF

250,255Canadian Army (Overseas), CA(O)

187,189,227,255,269,293Canadian Army Pacific Force, CAPF

162,184,186,249,281,283,287Canadian Army Post – CAP CAP-Glasgow 197,239 CAP-Istres 231 CAP-Southampton 251Canadian Army Post Office – CAPO

268,269,274,333,335,337,396,400,404,405,406,409,410,411,412,419,420,421,

422,427,433,434,435,438,489 CAPO designation changed to CFPO 382 CAPO function described 333,434 CAPOs in Europe 354,355,356,359 CAPO Listings - POs 355-356, 359 CAPO postal functions 332 CAPO, “5000 block” numbers 333 CAPO No. 1, St. John’s

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268,275,276,461,462 CAPO No. 2, Botwood

268,275,276,277,461,462 CAPO No. 3, Gander

268,275,276,277,461,462 CAPO No. 4, Gander

268,276,278,461,462 CAPO No. 5, Torbay 268,276,277,461 CAPO No. 10, Goose Bay 268,269,270, 273,274,276,277,330,391,461 CAPO No. 51, Adak and Kiska 284,285, 286,287,288 CAPO 5000 333,334,335,355,392,393, 396,397,429 CAPO 5001 355,393,427,428 CAPO 5002 333,355,392 CAPO 5003 335,355,393 CAPO 5046 335,355,418,419,420.421,422 CAPO 5047 355,435 CAPO 5048 355,406,409,410 CAPO 5049 355,399,406,409,410,411,

412,413 CAPO 5050 355,400,434,435,436,437, 439,440,453 CAPO 5051 355,400,434,439,440,451,512 CAPO 5052 356,434,439,440 CAPO 5053 356,435 CAPO 5054 356,434 CAPO 5055 356,435,438 CAPO 5056 356,435 CAPO 5057 356,435 CAPO 5058 356,435Canadian Army Dental Corps 329Canadian Army Service Force – CASF  

188,232Canadian Army Special Force 327Canadian Base, Avellino (Naples) 226,229Canadian Base, Philippeville 225Canadian Base Depot Etaples 131 Harfleur 131Canadian Base Depot - UK 216Canadian Base Office 97,98,109Canadian Base Post Office (CBPO) 102,105,

107,108,109,110,332,334,336,339,352,

354,360,393,444, 489,490 1st Canadian Base Post Office – 1 CBPO 352,354,444 2nd Canadian Base Post Office – 2 CBPO 444 CBPO Antwerp, Belgium 510 CBPO Bombay, India 299,303,305 CBPO Calcutta, India 299,305 CBPO Colombo, Ceylon 299,305 CBPO Delhi, India 299,305 CBPO Karachi, India 299,305 CBPO (Overseas) 194,196,197,217,218,231Canadian Base Unit HQ, Middle East 405Canadian Casualties 132Canadian Casualty Assembly Center, CCAC 493 CCAC, Folkestone, England 493 Canadian Cavalry Brigade 115,130Canadian Command Depot 107,109Canadian Concentration Centres 98,106Canadian Consul 338,339Canadian Contingent 22–24,26–28,30,33,

35,40,111,402,403,404,406,412,415,416,426,427,442

Canadian Contingent Cachet, En Route 28,29,30,32,36,41

Canadian Contingent Cachet, Oval 23,30,33,35,39,41

Canadian Contingent Record Office 101,102,108,127,491,493,495

Canadian Coronation Contingent 442,443Canadian Corps 115,117,122,124,127,128,

131,150 Canadian Corps HQ 115–117,119,122,129Canadian Delegation – See International Commission for Supervision and Control – ICSC Canadian Divisional Ammunition Column – CDAC (Halifax, N.S.) 494Canadian Embassy 451,452,453Canadian Engineers 136Canadian Expeditionary Force, CEF CEF – Great Britain 64,65,89,93,97,102 CEF – NW Europe 114,117,121,126,132,

150,467,460

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CEF – Siberia 66,135–140,143,147,467 CEF mail 467Canadian Field Artillery 126,136Canadian Field Post Office – CFPO 54,105,

107,109,110,332,337,403,404,406,408,409,410,420,422,427,428,429,433,434,

437,438,439,487,489 CFPO, function described 333,434,435 CFPO, PO Listings 356-358 CFPO, postal functions 333 CFPO, 2 & 3 digit “block” numbers 333 CFPOs in Korea and Japan 332 CFPO 25 356,392,395,420,422 CFPO 26 342,356,392,393,427,444 CFPO 27 356,427,490 CFPO 28 356,392,393,427 CFPO 29 357,393 CFPO 30 357,393 CFPO 31 357,393 CFPO 32 357,393,409,410 CFPO 33 357,409,410 CFPO 34 357,406,409 CFPO 35 357,403,406,408,409,410,411 CFPO 40 357,434,437 CFPO 41 357,434,437 CFPO 42 357,434,437 CFPO 43 357,434,437,512 CFPO 44 358,434 CFPO 45 358,434,439,453 CFPO 46 358,434,435 CFPO 47 434 CFPO 101 358,434 CFPO 102 358,434,512 CFPO 103 358,434 CFPO 104 358,434,435,438,439 CFPO 105 358,434 CFPO 106 358,434,438,512 CFPO 107 358,434 CFPO 108 358,435 CFPO 109 358,435 CFPO 110 358,435 CFPO 111 358,513 CFPO 5000 359,429 CFPO 5001 359,428 CFPO 5045 359

CFPO 5046 359 CFPO 5047 359 CFPO 5048 359 CFPO 5049 359 CFPO 5050 359 CFPO 5051 359 CFPO 5052 359,435 CFPO 5053 359,434 CFPO 5054 359 CFPO 5055 359 CFPO 5056 359 CFPO 5057 359Canadian Flag 444Canadian Fleet Mail Service 207,211,212Canadian forces, troops, units 145,150,157, 201,208,225,226,247,267,271,280,282, 283,297,316,325,329,332,334,337,389, 391,394,404,407,409,411,417,418,433, 434,435,440,442,446,454,455,456,458, 464,466,475,479,480,481,482,483,484, 486,488,489,497,512Canadian Forces air mail 201Canadian Forces Bands 452,453Canadian Forces Drill Teams 452Canadian Forces in the Netherlands, CFN 250,252,253,255,263,265Canadian Forces Mail 140,250,282,442, 467,468,497Canadian Forces Post – CFP CFP–Bombay (India) 299,300,302,303, 305,306 CFP-Calcutta (India) 299,305 CFP–Colombo (Ceylon) 299,305 CFP–Delhi (India) 305 CFP-Gibraltar 231,232,245 CFP–Karachi (India) 299,302,303,305 CFP–Marseilles (France) 231 CFP-Northolt/Biggin Hill (U.K.) 215 CFP–Prestwick (U.K.) 197,202,215 CFP–Rabat (Morocco) 232,245Canadian Forestry Corps - See Forestry CorpsCanadian Fusiliers 281,285Canadian Government 266,418Canadian Government Officials 480

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Canadian Home Postal Depot 3Canadian Joint Staff (CJS), at London and Washington - Liaison Establishments for Army, Navy and Air Force 282,325,352, 432,450,451Canadian Legion 257,258Canadian Military Headquarters, CMHQ 187,189,194Canadian Military Missions 450,451 Military Mission, Berlin 432,451,452 Military Mission, Germany 250 Military Mission, Tokyo 390,391,451,452Canadian Military Officials 480Canadian Military School, Shorncliffe 65,85Canadian Mounted Rifles, CMR 24,28,34,37Canadian Naval Post Offices - CNPO

333,338 CNPO, ships on cruise 333 CNPO 5071, Halifax 333,338,347 CNPO 5073, Montreal 333,338,347 CNPO 5075, Victoria 333,338,339,347Canadian Occupation Force, COF 252,253, 255Canadian Officer’s Letter 105Canadian Ordnance Corps 137Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force, COEF 45,46,54,64,65,80-95,

97,150,151,455,456,480,481,482

Canadian Overseas Postal Depot, COPD 197,198,200,203,206,207,212,

218,219,232,233,250,251,253,254,302,382

Canadian Pacific Airlines, CP Air 390,393Canadian Pacific Railway, CPR 12,14Canadian Philatelist 475,497Canadian Pioneer Training Depot 152Canadian Port Detachment 245Canadian Post Office Department 395,479 482,484Canadian Postage Stamps – See under Postage Stamps Canadian Postage stamps added by

Canada Post - See under Postage Stamps

Canadian postage stamps sold outside of Canada - See under Postage Stamps

Canadian Postal Authorities 201,489Canadian Postal Corps, CPC 22,25,27, 28,29,30,33,34,35,40,43,44,57,70,85,

86,93,100,102,103,104,106,108,112,115,116,121,122,123,127,128,132,137,139,140,141,158,161,162,177,184,194,196,197,208,211,212,228,231,233,235,250,251,269,273,275,278,282,283,284,285,289,329,331,332,337,341,342,391,402,404,406,408,409,410,412,417,425,429,433,434,435,437,438,440,451,453,

459,480,489,491 CPC Detachment 44,51,268,288,418,427 CPC emergency dater 284,287,288 CPC HQ Ottawa 290 CPC Korea 391,489 CPC Japan 391,489 CPC Liaison Officer 283,287 CPC Officers 283 CPC Port Detachment 217,253,264 CPC becomes “Royal” – see RCPC below RCPC Blue Train 343,353 RCPC Detachment 342 RCPC Detachment No. 1 353,354 RCPC Detachment No. 2 353,354 RCPC Red Train 343,353 RCPC, Royal Cdn. Postal Corps 342 RCPC Travelling POs 343Canadian Postal Detachments 141,230,231, 287,288Canadian Postal Facilities 129,231,282,304, 394 See also Postal Facilities, CanadianCanadian Postal hammers 211Canadian Postal Records Office 122,132,134Canadian Postal Records Section – CPRS 491,492,494,495 CPRS staffing 491,492Canadian Postal Services 128,194,195,207, 228,232,253,255,282,394,395,397,464Canadian Postal System 271,299,302Canadian Railway Troops, C.R.T. 153,154Canadian Record and Pay Office 491

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Canadian Records Office 116,127,194,251Canadian Reinforcement Camp Aubin St. Vaast, France 131 Lillers, France 131Canadian Reinforcement Unit, Aldershot, U.K. 510Canadian Record Office 495Canadian Repatriation Liaison Group

322,323Canadian Resolution, UN 401Canadian Rifles 136,143Canadian sailors 459Canadian Scottish 126Canadian Section 228,245,299,392Canadian Second Echelon 199Canadian Section, Australian APO 214 382Canadian Section, 3rd Echelon – See Third Echelon Canadian Segregation Camp 111Canadian Services Contingent 449Canadian Soldiers – See Canadian Forces

Canadian Special Wireless Group, CSWG Australia 319–321,488Canadian Trade Commission(er), Leopoldville, Congo 417Canadian Training Camp – Aubin St. Vaast, France 131 Lillers, France 131 School 116,122Canadian Training Depot 97,98,111Canadian Training Division 98,105,111Canadian Troops – See Canadian Forces Canadian units – See Canadian ForcesCanadians – See CanadianCanal Zone – See Panama CanalCanal Zone – See Suez CanalCannes, France 227Canterbury, England 493Cape Bon, Tunisia 224Cape Colony 23,25,27Cape of Good Hope 30,36Cape Route 230Cape Verde, Atlantic Ocean 28,29

Capetown, South Africa 22,24–28,33–35,37,39,41

CAPO - See Canadian Army Post OfficeCAPOs - Listed Numbers - See Canadian Army Post Office, CAPOCapodichino, UN Base, Naples 401,402,404Captivity, Canadians in 289Card Index System 233,299,302Caribbean, Islands, area 307,310,443,444Caribbean Task Force (RN) 307Caribou aircraft, RCAF 387Carling Heights (London, Ont.) 66Casablanca, Morocco 224CASF – See Canadian Army Service ForceCaspian Sea 152Cassino (Monte), Italy 227,228,229Casteau Brabant, Belgium 359Castel Benito airfield, Libya 224Castries, St. Lucia 149,150Casualties, Canadian 289,491Catalina flying boats 296Catania, Italy 228,230Catania Plain 226Catholic Army Huts 144,145Caucasus 136Caucasus Oilfields 135Cavalry Brigade FPO 123Cease fire, agreement 398,425,429,445Censor Canadian 455,464 Check-up 457 Chief 466 Civil 467 Dates 462,466 Deputy Chief Field 466 Indian 429 Initials 458,461,462,463 Manuscript 463 Pakistani 429 Postal 457,467,468 Signature 458,463,466 Subordinate 457Censor code, naval, DB/N 463Censor labels 467

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Censor marks, 458,459,460,461,462,466,467 RCN, “DBN” 462,463 RN 462,463 RN “tombstone” 459,461,462,463Censor stamps 466,467 Base 466 British design 459 Canadian design 459 Local design 458 British Guiana 463 Jamaica 463 Newfoundland 463 Siberia 463 Serially numbered 458,459,466,467Censorship 204,205,206,235,256,268,

269,274,283,285,286,287,290,291,292,298,300,308,309,310,311,312,

315,317,455f,487 Base 456,457,464f Double, Triple 457 Duty of the censor 457 End of, 1945 461 Postal 466fCensorship – Unit, Base, Civil 456,457 Censorship – Unit Military Censorship

455–458,464,466,468,471 Task 457 Procedures 457–458,465,466 Markings Unit censor stamps 457,458–459 Censor marks – RCAF mail 459 Censor marks – Used in Nfld. 460–462 Censor marks – RCN 462–463 Postal stationery 463–464 Censorship – Base Base censorship 456,466 Task 457 Procedures 464-466 Censorship – Civil Civil censorship 456 Security measures 468 Task 457 Procedures 467-468 Markings

Blackout (Ghost) cancels 468-469 Blackout machine cancels 468 Blackout handstamps 468Centennial Celebrations, 1967 343Centennial Tattoo 353Central Camp, Petawawa 18,73,75Central Mediterranean Force, CMF

203,226,232,Central Mediterranean theatre 189,197, 210,225,230,255,282Ceylon 191,296,298,299,459CFPO – See Canadian Forces Post OfficeCFPOs – Listed Numbers – See Canadian Forces Post Office, CFPOChandipur, Belasore, India 300Channel, English – See English ChannelChannel Ports 118,247,249,253Charlottetown, P.E.I. 18Checklist of Canadian Armed Forces Air Letters – AFALs (by Brian C. Plain) 498f

Chemainus, B.C. 282Cherbourg, France 247China 389,444China Clipper, Pan American 290,291,293Chorwon, Korea 391Christmas Day, 1941 289Chungking, China 299Church Army 144Church Army Huts 144Churchill, Winston 316Cigarette Reply Card – See Tobacco Acknowledgement Reply CardCircular No. 60 (Post Office)

2,6,9,10,13,477,478Circular of 24 February 1900 30,479Civil censor mark 460Civil postal censorship 456Civil Postal System 456,467Civil Power 308Civilian component 415Civil(ian) post office (PO) 158,163,177,183,205,

216,222,268,270,272,274,276,290,292,293,295,312,330,331,332,334,338,340,341,342,366,388,400,443,444,447,450,460,468,481

Civilian postal facilities 468Civilian-run Army POs, India 297Civilians living on forces stations 434Clark, S/Sgt. Charles A., D.C.M. 289

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Cleve, Germany 249,252,254Closed bag mail – See Sealed bag mailCloutier, Private R. 273Clyde Ports, Clydeside, U.K. 225,226CNPO – See Canadian Naval Post Offices Coal Mines, Spitzbergen 189COEF – See Canadian Overseas Expeditionary ForceColchester, Essex 239Cold Lake, Alberta 329Cold War 325,327,328,329Collective Security (UN) 325Cologne, Germany 117,122Colombo, Ceylon 296,297,298Colonial forces 486Colony, Canada 475,476,479Colony – See also Newfoundland/Hong Kong Combined Operations, RCN 193Combined Operations Training Area 225Combined Pay and Records Office 97Commands and Areas, Canada 325,326,336Commercial air routes 303,316,438,440,489Commercial airline/service 230,258,410,427, 438,440,453,488,489Commercial mail 428Commissioned Officer, mail to 476Commonwealth Base, Hiro, Japan 391 Hirota, Japan 391 Kure, Japan (Main Base) 390 Pusan, Korea (Advance Base) 390 Soeul, Korea (Advance Base) 391Commonwealth Base Hospital, Kure, Japan 391,394Commonwealth Base PO, Ebisu Camp, Tokyo, Japan 392,393 Kure, Japan 392Commonwealth Division, HQ 394Commonwealth Field PO 397Commonwealth Fleet 444Commonwealth Forces 394,457,458,464Communist 326,327,329,389,444Conception Bay, Newfoundland 266Confederation, Canada, 1867 476Confederation, Newfoundland, 1949 326Congo, The 337,417,418,419,421,449,490Congo military postal service 418Congo Postal Administration 416,417Congo River 417

Congolese Authorities 418Congolese Government 415Congolese mail 418Congolese military forces, troops 415,420Congolese Post Office (PO) 416,418Congolese Postal Authorities 417,420Congolese Postal Service 418Connaught Camp 52,55,73,77Constantine, Algeria 232Continent (NW Europe) 250Contraband control, Jamaica 311Convoy 162,192,225,230,266,

281,307,313,316,455,460 Escort Duty, RCAF 316 Escort Duty, RCN 192,194,267,390Coombe Down, Camp 104,107,109Coquilhatville, Congo 416Cornerbrook, Nfld., 267Cornwall, U.K. 190Coronation, British Edward VII 442 George V 442 George VI 442,443 Elizabeth II 442Corps HQ FPO 123Corps Troops 115,122,189Corry, Maj. R.J. 448Corvettes, RCN 193,224,280,460Cost of sending a letter 475Coulter, R.M. 30Courseulles-sur-Mer, France 251Courtenay, B.C. 281Covert, Earle 497CPC – See Canadian Postal CorpsCrockett, Lieut. M. 150Cross Channel Raids 193Crowborough, Camp 97,103,107Crown Assets Disposal Corporation 162,325Cummings, J.H. 15Currie, General Sir Arthur W. 128Currie Barracks, Calgary 346Cutknife Hill 12Cypriot waters 427Cyprus 224,357,426,427Cyrenaica 224Czarist Regime 135Czechoslovak Army Corps 153Czechoslovakia 138,143,326Czechoslovaks 135,136,138,143

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Dakota, aircraft 231Damascus 398,400Dartmouth Air Station, N.S. 73,75,161Darwin – See Port Darwin, Australia Dawson, Yukon 15De Aar, South Africa 25,27,32,34Dead Letter Office, Ottawa 127,254,491,493Dead Letter Office, W. Pakistan 388Dead Letter Office function, field 491Debert, N.S. 157,179,180,183Decimomannu, Italy 355,358,359,433,435,513Decoding 320D-Day, 6 June 1944 193,247,248,250,256,259Defence Council 16,337Dehra Dun, India 303Delagoa Bay, Mozambique 26Delayed transmission of mail 455,456Delaying tactics, incoming mail 417Delivery time, mails – See MailDemarara River, British Guiana 312Demobilization 158,191,325Denmark 266,419,432Department of External Affairs, Ottawa

398,448Department of National Defence, DND, Ottawa 194,330,331,332,

336,420,421,452,468Deputy Adjutant General’s Office 491Deputy Assistant Adjutant General – DAAG 491Deputy Assistant Director, Postal Services - DADPS 128,131Deputy Minister of Militia and Defence 85Deputy Minister of National Defence 183Deputy Minister of National Defence – Air

329Deputy Postmaster General 86,417,418Desert Air Force 191,224Destroyers, RCN 267,393,460Detained mail, Hong Kong 292-293Devonport, U.K. 82,88,89,93,207DEW Line – NORAD Radar 328Dewan, T. 15Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria 442Dibgate, Camp 97,102,103,107,108,110Dicks, Private C.J., 291Diego Garcia, Br. Ind. Ocean Territory 296Dieppe, France 189,193,210,249

Digby, N.S. 65Diplomatic Bag, Pouch (mails)

285,338,417,448,450,451,453Director, Fleet Mail 159,160Director of Postal Services, NDHQ 159,160Director of Postal Services (Overseas) 195Directorate of Armed Forces Postal Services 337,341,352,353,406,420,437Directorate of Supplies and Transport 353Directory Service 185,197,198,199,206,218, 220,233Disbandment 249,250,252,253Disengagement agreement 425Distant Early Warning Line – see DEW LineDistrict HQ 80Divisional HQ 119,122Divisional HQ FPO 123Divisional Railhead FPO 123Divisional Train (Supply Column) 122,136Divisional Train FPO 123Dockyard PO 204,228Domestic air, within Canada 439Dominion 479Dominion Army Letter Office, DALO

100,102,104,108,112Dominion Force, Manitoba 10Dominion forces 486Dominion Parliament (Canada) 476Dorval, Que. 202,270,273,320,337,

390,404,415,425,433Double deficiency – See TaxDouble-ring postmark 258,303,493,494Dover, U.K. 253Draft officer 455Drill teams 452fDuck Lake, Sask. (Battle of) 12Duguid, Col. A.F. 480Duke of Cornwall and York 16Duke of Windsor, HRH 312Duncan, B.C. 259,509Dundee, Scotland 154Dundurn Camp 51,52,55,57,73,76,346Dunkirk, France 188,456Dunsterforce 152Dunsterville, Maj. Gen. Lionel C. 152Durban, South Africa 26,37,296,300,318Dutch East Indies 296Dutch Harbor, Alaska 280Dutch troops 248

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Earl Grey, ship, icebreaker 442East Africa 228,244,283East Africa Forces 318East Barracks 137East Sandling Camp 97 Easter Island 444Eastern Approaches to Canada (RCN) 192Eastern Canada 157 Eastern Counties 188Eastern Front 247Eastern Mediterranean 224,398Eccles Hill, Quebec (Battle of) 9Ecclestone, Capt. W.R. 28,30,43Edmonton, Alberta 180,326,329,427Edwards, Lt. Col. C.M. 148,149Egypt 152,191,224,230,232,234,235,342, 397,401,402,404,405,406,409,482,490Egyptian 401,406Egyptian Air Force PO 406,407Egyptian Expeditionary Force, E.E.F. 154Egyptian Forces 401Egyptian Israeli Border Area 401Eindhoven, Netherlands 247,252El Alamein, Egypt 189,224El Arish, Egypt  357,402,403,404,409,410,425Elat, Israel 401Elizabethville, Congo 416Ellesmere Island, N.W.T. 329Ellison, Ken 322Elmsley, General J.H. 136,137,138Embarkation Officer 290,291Emden, Germany 252Emergency daters 178,186,276,284,288,354Empire 479En Route mail 455,456,481Endorsation Includes: BAOR, BLA, BWEF, CAO, CAOF, CASF, CFN, COF, OAS, etc.

127,187,209,210,234,235,255,259,269,293,301,487

Canadian Soldier’s Letter 483 Canadian Officer’s Letter 483Enemy (German) 224,225,226,247,254England 89,90,93,97,102,115,126,143,

150,151,152,153,163,186,188,189,194,225,250,253,255,299,304,307,314,316,382,401,435,442,455,456,482,486,494,496,507,508,509,510,512

English Channel 82,97,151,188,189,193,247,248,434

Esquimalt, B.C. 8,16,62,76,77,292,308,322,326,338,443,444

Etaples, France 116,117,128Euphrates River, Iraq 152Eureka, Pilot Boat – See Pilot Boat, EurekaEurope 157,188,190,191,206,226,250, 267,276,280,327,328,337,411, 432,433,434,440,452,467,512European theatre 458European waters 267Evacuation, Canadian Nationals, RCN  444Evans, Lt. Col. T.D.B. 15Exchange offices 124,481,483Exhibition Park, Toronto 16,19,20,47,52Expeditionary Force: see Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force (COEF)

Fairbanks, A.G. 476Fak Fak, Indonesia 423FAM-14 (U.S. civil air mail route) 291Far East 289,331,332,333,334,341,389, 390,391,393,395,488Far Eastern Waters, RCN 444Far North 158Farnborough, U.K. 188,239,509Farnham, UK 239Farnham Camp 45,47,55,60,73,78Father Point (Point-au-Pere), Que.  

86–89,455,480,481Fenian raids, troubles 2,6,8-9,477Ferry Command – see RAF Ferry CommandField censorship 250,285,456,457Field Post Office – a mobile office

332,480,486,487Field Post Office No. 1 18,42,43,58Field Service Postcards

119,235,251,256,471,472Fighter aircraft, Gander 460Fighter Command, RAF 190Finance Branch, War Office, U.K. 437Financial transactions, postal 196,299First Class Mail 163First Contingent 64,80,83,88,93,148First Day Cover, day of issue 438,439,443First World War – See World War IFish Creek, Sask. 12Flanders 84,122,125,475,483,484Fleet exercises 443,444

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Fleet Mail Office, FMO 160,162,163, 181,203,204,205,206,211,212,218, 221,228,338,368,369,370,444,464 FMO Avalon – St. John’s 270,271,272, 273,275,276,278 FMO Avalon I 276 FMO Avalon II 276 FMO Halifax 338,341,347,445 FMO Hamilton 341,347 FMO Victoria 338,341,347Fleet Mail Officer 159,203,204,205 Halifax 270 NSHQ, Ottawa 271Fleet Mail Room 160,162,163,204,271Fleet Mail Service 207,211,212,218Fleet Mail Staff 159,160,163Florence, Italy 228,229Flying Boat 296,318,488Flying boat base, Botwood, Nfld. 266Flying Fortress, aircraft 163,230,231Foggia, Italy 226,230Folkestone, U.K. 253Folkestone, Camp 104,107,117Force “B”, Bermuda 311Force “C”, Hong Kong 289,290,291,

292,293,294,322Force “N”, Bahamas 312Force “W”, Newfoundland 267,268,269,460Force “Y”, Jamaica 307,309,310Force “Z”, Iceland 307,316,317Force de l’Organization des Nations Unies au Congo – (FONUCO) 415Forces – See Canadian Armed ForcesForestry Corps 97,112,116,124,189,197,

249,259Forgeries 458Form of Address 337,338,397,398Fort Benning, Georgia 281,283,287Fort Churchill, Man. 162,329,346Fort Garry Horse, 2nd Squadron 493Fort Henry, Kingston, Ont. 346Fort Lewis, near Tacoma, Washington 327,332,333,334,355,360Fort Niagara 2Fort Pitt 12Fort Qu’Appelle 12Fort Selkirk 15Fort William Henry Harrison, Montana

281,283,287

Fort Worth, Texas 66Fortress Europa 193,247Fortress of Gibraltar – See GibraltarForward APO 119FPO DCA-5 457FPO H.X 493FPO T62 494FPO 9.X 496FPOs, financial transactions 196France 84,86,90,91,97,101,102,114,122,124,125,

127,128,135,136,150,151,152,153,189,192,216,224,230,248,250,251,252,259,266,267,401,432,433,446,464,475,481,483,484,491

France, fall of 280Franconia See H.M. Troopship FranconiaFranking Privileges 483Fredericton, N.B. 8,51,62,325Free postage, mail, letters – See Postage FreeFree Privilege – See Postage FreeFrench Army Postal Services 446French forces, troops 227,247,401,445,447French Government 433French North Africa 189,193,224,228,314Front – See Western Front Frontier (in Canada) 477Furstenfeldbruck, W. Germany 358,433,435

Gagetown, Camp, N.B. 329,341,342,346Galipeau, AB G. 207Gallipoli., Turkey 150,151Gander, Nfld. 201,202,231,266–268,

272,276,460,461Gaspé, Que. 64,81,88,89,93,455,481Gault, Col. Hamilton 150Gaza, Gaza Strip, Egypt 357,398,399,400, 401,402,403,404,409,410,490General Delivery 163,434General Order No., Militia 44,50,51Geneva, Switzerland 445Georgetown, British Guiana 312Georgians 152German 135,153,224,225German civilian internees 309German Forces 266German surrender, Cape Bon, Tunisia  224German surrender, 7 May/45 194,247,249,252Germany   117,122,127,135,151,156,227,247,249,

252,253,314,327,432,433,437,438,439,464,512Ghana 450

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Ghent, Belgium 252Ghost cancels – See Blackout cancelsGibbons, O/Sea W., RCN 193Gibraltar 189,192,193,201,202,224,228,239, 231,232,234,235,253,301,302,314,315Gift reply cards 472Gironde District, France 116Givenchy, France 115,494Glasgow, RCN base 192,206,207Glasgow, U.K. 187,197,206,253,485Glenora, NW British Columbia 15Goderich Camp 45,47,54,55,78Gold Coast (Ghana) 283Goose Bay, Labrador 201,267,268,272,273, 276,330,461Gordon, General 10Gournastai,Barrack,Vladivostok 137,141,144Gourock, U.K. 187Government House, Jerusalem 397Government of Lebanon 412Government of the United Kingdom 289Government (Ottawa) 289,325,327,391,481Governor of Bahamas 312Governor of Gibraltar 314Governor General, His Excellency 477,484GPO – (British) General Post Office 100,112,194,197200,204,205, 232,269,274,314,437,482,486GPO, Jamaica 309GPO Port Detachment 435Grab handle daters 123,132,207,211,212, 216,221,258,259,265Granby, Que. 18Great Britain 100,107,124,136,144,148,266, 412,426,443,467,481,483,484Great Powers 426Greece 432,435Greek Islands 227Green-Armytage, H.R. 37,38Green Envelope 119,120,153,229,256,257, 463,464,465,466,471,472Green Point, Camp 24,25Greenland 328Greenock, RCN base 192,202,206,207Greenock, RN base 192Greenock, U.K. 187,189Greenwood, B.C. 31Gresty Park (Port Arthur), Ont. 66Griesbach Barracks, Edmonton 329,341,347

Griqualand West, South Africa 25Grostenquin, France 356,358,432,434Guam 322,323Gujarat, India (now Pakistan) 296,299Gulf of Aqaba 401,402Gulf of St. Lawrence 81Gummed labels 466

Halifax, N.S. 2,8,16,24,25,44,47,62,65,66,67, 124,148,150,159,162,177,180,192,204, 267,300,311,313,325,326,338,339,347, 402,403,433,476,487,494Hamilton, Bermuda 148,444,445Hamilton, Ont. 124,347Handstamp shapes 458Haney, B.C. 233Hannover, W. Germany 356,357,358,432, 434,437,451,452Harbour Grace, Nfld., 267Hard rock miners, Gibraltar 314Hastings, U.K. 239Hastings, U.K., Camp 107Hastings Park, Vancouver, B.C. 136Haug, Captain G.W. 303Haymarket (London), HQ RCN 192Hazebrouck, France 114,121,122Hemer, W. Germany 357,432,434Her Majesty, The Queen 342Her/His Majesty’s Army 479Her/His Majesty’s Navy 476,479Her Majesty’s Service 476Her/His Majesty’s Troops 477,481Hebrides, Scotland 296Hechler, Henry 14Herford, W. Germany 355,357,432,434,437,440High Commissioner for Canada 446Hilversum, Netherlands 249Hiro, Japan 335,355,357,393Hirota, Japan 356,393His Excellency-in-Council 483His Excellency the Governor General 484Hitler, Adolf 156,193,247H.M. Ships 462H.M.A.S. Perth 487H.M.C. Dockyard Halifax

62,69,330,338,348,444H.M.C. Dockyard Victoria 62,330,333,334, 338,339,348,393,444H.M.C. Ships 337,339,432,442,443,444,

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462,464,482,489H.M.C.S. Assiniboine 307,308H.M.C.S. Athabaskan 390H.M.C.S. Aurora 67H.M.C.S. Avalon 460H.M.C.S. Avalon I 267,271,273H.M.C.S. Avalon II 267,271,273H.M.C.S. Avalon III 266H.M.C.S. Bonaventure 342,348,353,371,427,444H.M.C.S. Brockville 463H.M.C.S. Cape Scott 444H.M.C.S. Cayuga 390H.M.C.S. Cornwallis 202H.M.C.S. Crescent 444H.M.C.S. Dawson 280H.M.C.S. Florence 67H.M.C.S. Hochelaga 67H.M.C.S. Huron 339H.M.C.S. Magnificent 402,403,408,445H.M.C.S Margaree 187H.M.C.S. Margaret 67H.M.C.S. Naden 341,348,353H.M.C.S. Niobe 16,62,63,66-69,148H.M.C.S. Niobe (Shore Base) 202,206,207,221H.M.C.S. Nootka 394H.M.C.S. Ontario 322H.M.C.S. Ottawa 206H.M.C.S. Patriot 67H.M.C.S. Prince David 193,227,280H.M.C.S. Prince Henry 193,227,280H.M.C.S. Prince Robert 280,289,290,291,292,

319,322H.M.C.S. Rainbow 16,62,63,66,67H.M.C.S. Restigouche 443,444H.M.C.S. Saguenay 307H.M.C.S. Sioux 390H.M.C.S. Skeena 77,192,464H.M.C.S. Somers Isles 311,312H.M.C.S. Sorel 463H.M.C.S. Stadacona 341,348,353,445H.M.C.S. Uganda 193,319,322H.M.C.S. Vancouver 280H.M.C.S. Warrior 445H.M.S. Benbow 314H.M.S. Kempenfelt 307H.M. Troopship Alaunia 88,93H.M. Troopship Florizel 9H.M. Troopship Franconia 9,87,88,93,480,481H.M. Troopship Tunisian 86,93

Hohne, W. Germany 357,437,512Holding Units 216,220Holland – See NetherlandsHome, Lieut. Col. W.J. 292Home Depot, British 101,194 Canadian 102,109,117,124,125,132,195, 196,197,211,216,238Home Forces 54,62,64,65,69,70,156,158,161Hong Kong 281,289–295,296,

304,319,322,323Hong Kong, Surrender of 289Hong Kong Defence Force 289Honolulu, Hawaii 289,290,291,322Honour Envelope – See Green EnvelopeHorley, England 507Horseshoe Route 300Hospitals, Military 151-152,153,238,240,241House of Commons 479Howland, W.P. 478Howlett, Cpl. J.F. 101HQ 1 Corps 226HQ Postal Services, CEF 104,108,109HQ Postal Services, OMFC 108,109Hudson’s Bay Company 10Hughes, Camp 47,49,51,55,66,74,78Hughes, Sir Sam 47,80,88,455Hull, Que. 207Hussein, King of Jordan 412Hyde, Lieut. Col. R.V. 406

Iceland 157,192,269,307,315,316,317,318,433

Imjin River, Korea 391Imperial Airways - See Br. Overseas Air. CorpImperial Penny Post(age) 23,30,479Imphal, Assam, India 296,299Inchon, Korea 389,390India 135,233,296,297,299,300,301,304, 326,387,388,429,446,467,489India, FPOs 388India-Pakistan Conflict 327Indian Army 289Indian Army Post Office (APO) 56 447Indian Army Postal Service 297,447Indian civil post 429Indian Field Post Office (FPO) 742 447Indian Field Post Office (FPO) 743 447Indian Field Post Office (FPO) 744 447

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Indian forces 390Indian Ocean 296,318,338Indo-China 445Indonesia, Republic of 423Inland Water Transport Service, R.E. 152Integration, Can. Armed Forces 329,353Insufficiently addressed mails 491International Commission for Supervision and Control – ICSC 445,446,448 Canadian Delegation 445 Commission for Cambodia 445,446 Commission for Laos 445,446 Commission for Viet Nam

445,446,447 Military Component, Canadian Delegation – MCCD 445,447,448 P.O. Box 220, Saigon 447Internee 186Internment camps 471,473Invasion, Denmark 315 French North Africa 189,314 Italy 226,459 Normandy 226,250,251,459 Norway 315 Sicily 224,225,459 Southern France 227Inverary, Scotland 189,225Iraq 412Ireland 426Ireland Island, Bermuda 445Irish Fusiliers 307Iron Triangle, Korea 391Iserlohn, W. Germany 357,432,434Island Brigade, Hong Kong 289Israel 327,397,401Israeli 404Israeli Arab Conflict 327Israeli Forces, troops 401,402Istres, France 231Italian Border 227Italian Mainland 226,228Italian Peninsula 226Italian Post Office 406Italy 136,151,202,203,225,226,228,231,234,

248,249,252,301,314,404,406,432,457,513

Jamaica 157,289,307,308,310,311,312,444,459,463

Jamaica Garrison 307Jammu & Kashmir 387Japan 136,162,191,193,281,319,332, 334,335,390,391,395,396,489,511Japan, surrender, Aug. 1945 283,297,322,389Japanese  138,158,280,281,282,289,290,292, 294,296,322Japanese Fleet 296Japanese Forces 296,297Japanese military mail letter cards 141,142Japanese military signals 319,320,321Japanese Postal Service 141Japanese Railways 393Japanese threat 158Japanese waters 322Jerusalem 397,398Jews, Palestine 397Joint Air Training Centre 329,331,353Joint Liaison Staff, London 329,440Joint Liaison Staff, Washington 329Joint ultimatum 401Jones, Lt. Col. 4 Jordan 397Jordan River, Palestine 153Jura Mountains, France 116

Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong 290Kaiser of Germany 22Kaldadarnes, Iceland 316Kapyong, Korea 390Karachi, India 322Kashmir 326,429Keane, F.W.L. 475Kelley’s Beach (North Sydney, N.S.) 67Kelowna, B.C. 298Kemp, Sir Edward 107Kerry, Signalman 83Keyhole FREE marking 479Kiev, Ukraine, Russia 135,136Killed in action 491“Killer” postmarks 268Kimberley, South Africa 25King, Major H.W. 417King, Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie 280King Edward VII 16King Edward VIII 443King George V 84,91,443King George VI 443King’s shilling 475

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Kingman, Capt. Abner 143Kingston, Jamaica 307,308,309Kingston, Ont.  8,18,44,51,62,99,124,158,326,335Kinmel Park, Camp 100,105,107,110Kirkdale, Camp 98Kiska Campaign 281Kiska Island 281,282,284,285,286,287KLM, Royal Dutch Airlines 423Klondike River, Yukon 15Knights of Columbus 145,257,258Kobe, Japan 357,393Kodiak Island, Alaska 280Koggala, Ceylon 296,297,300Koje Island, near Pusan, Korea 391Korea 328,331,332,334,339,355, 356,357,389,390,392,393,395,396,489Korea, North, People’s Republic of, 389,396Korea, South, Republic of, 327,389,390,393 395,396Korean forces, interpreters, guides 389,391Korean postal system 395Korean soldiers att. to Cdn. Forces 394,395Korean War 334,335,389-395Korean Waters 394Kowloon, Hong Kong 281Kosi Bay, South Africa 26Krag cancelling machine – See Machine CancellersKrasnoyarsk, Siberia 140Kure, Japan 334,335,355,356,357,391, 392,393,393,396

Labadie, Major Ian A. 5Labrador, Canada 157,266Lagos, Nigeria 230,298,301Lahore, Pakistan 359,429Lahr, W. Germany 358,359,433Lake Baikal, Siberia 138Lanarka, Cyprus 427Lancaster Park, Alberta 341Land based aircraft 488Landing Craft, Infantry, RCN 193,225,463Landing fields, temporary 248Landing Ships, RCN 193Landu, N.B. (Congolese) 418Langar, U.K. 358,404,432,433,434,435,512Langlois, J.G. 43Langmar Plain, Camp 102Laos 445,446

Laurie, Maj. Gen. 14Lawrence, LAC E.T. 191Lawrence, Col. T.E. 153Lawson, Brigadier J.K. 289Le Havre, France 116,117,121,122,124,249Le Touquet, France 151League of Nations 397Leaside, Camp 66,70,71,73,74Leave Centre, Ebisu Camp, Tokyo 391,393Leave Centre, Kobe, Japan 391,393Lebanese Government 412Lebanese Post Office, PO 413Lebanon 397,398,410,412,413Leeds, U.K. 197,238Leer, Germany 249Leghorn, Italy 227Legislative Assembly (Canada) 476Leith House, London 207Lemon, W.E. 43Lens, France 116Leopoldville, Congo 355,356,360,415,416, 417,419,420,422,449Leopoldville GPO 416Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal 316Letter(s) 162,197,218,235,264 Addressed to foreign countries 391 Letter weight 475 Stampless 105,134,479,481,489 Stamps added – See under Canadian Postage, stamps added Stamps not available 32,88 Unpaid 479 Unstamped 483Levant, Eastern Mediterranean 227Levis, Camp 18,45,47,55,60,64,78,81Lewis, A.G., Sto(1), RCN 443Lewisporte, Nfld. 267Leyte, Philippines 322Liaison Establishments – See Canadian Joint Staffs (CJS)Liberator, aircraft 163,231,312Libya 224Lillers, France 116,122,131Lincoln Park, Alberta 341Line of Communication Troops 189,327Line of communication 226,247,249,251, 252,253,263,327,434Linton-on-Ouse, U.K. 191Lisbon, Portugal 186

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List of Armed Forces Air letters, AFALs 497fLiverpool, U.K. 197,253Local postage stamps 205,235Lombard Plain, Italy 227London, England 27,28,36,37,97,103,104, 108,127,136,156,187,189,190,194,197, 216,232,238,243,245,289,300,314,322, 355,356,358,359,400,432,433,434,435, 442,450,451,467,479,493,496,512London, Ont. 124,293,326London, Ont., Camp 8,14,45,51,55,57,60,62, 73,78,180

Londonderry, Northern Ireland, RCN base 192,202,207 RN base 192Londonderry, N. Ire., RCN Base 192,202,207Londonderry, N. Ire., RN Base 192Long Branch, Camp 47,51,54,55,66,70,72,78Louise Embankment, Que. 81Low Countries 266Lufthansa, commercial airline 453Luftwaffe 224Luluaberg, Congo 416Lusaka, Zambia 449Luxembourg 432

M. de Montmagny, Gov’r of New France 1MacArthur, General Douglas 389MacDonald, Major General Bruce F. 429Macedonia, Greece 151Machine cancellers 52,53,70,71,366,379, 394,400,408,409,439,468.487 “DD Universal” type 212,257,259 “Krag” type 212,222,259,260 “Perfect” type 468 “Superior Model” type 408,409,410MacInnes, Maj. A.L. 442MacNabb, Cpl. A.R. 116Madagascar 296,318Mafeking, South Africa 26Mail, delivery time 497Mail handling, delivery 196,251,497Mail handling, quantity – Letters, Parcels and Registered Items 491Mail Orderly 253,254,285,339,458Mail returned to Canada 491Mail Room 163,200,221,235,250,251,276,285,

309,311,332,333,337,341,366,371,375Mail to foreign countries 394

Mail, weight per pound, letters and Armed Forces Air Letters – AFALs 497

MAILCAN, airmail service 202,210,211,229,230,231,233,234,244,245,250-253,257,258,272,301,302

Main PO (Post Office) 204Maintenance Area, Gaza, Egypt 402,403Malaya 289Maldive Islands, Indian Ocean 296Malta 224,225,234,235Manchester, U.K. 196,197,198,238,250Manila, Philippines 289,291,322,323Manning records 206Manoeuvres, Camp Gagetown 342Manoeuvres, Joint US - Canadian 340Manoeuvres, N. Quebec, 1952 354Maralinga, Australia 449Maritime mail markings 204,205,487Maritimes, Provinces 162,268Marseilles, France 153,227,231,253Marville, France 356,358,359,404,

425,433,435Mauripur Airfield, Karachi 302Massachusetts Institute of Technology 67Masset, Queen Charlotte Islands 329MATS - See U.S. Military Air Transport ServiceMCCD – See International Commission for Supervision and Control – ICSC McChord Field, Tacoma, Washington

327,334,390McKean, Lieut. R.T., RCN 314 McLeod, J.W. 43McLeod, PO Inspector 14Medical reports 491Medicine Hat, Alberta 124Mediterranean area, theatre

224,226,227,228,231,233,235,283,296,300,302,322,402,404,464

Mehan, Private F.E. 84Melbourne, Australia 319Merchant Navy 183Mercy missions, RCN 444Mesopotamia 152Messina, Sicily 225Meters, postal, See Postage MetersMétis 9,12,22Metz, France 356,358,359,433,435

540

Miami, Florida 283,284,301Mid-Africa Route 230Mid Canada Line - NORAD Radar 328Mid–Ocean Point (RCN) 192,267Middle East 145,152,153,224,228,230,231,

234,337,399,401,405,407,412,488,489Middle East Forces, M.E.F. 152,211Middleton, Gen. Frederick 12Midlands, U.K. 188,189Military Assistance Programmes 450Military Attaché 450,451.452,453Military censorship 457Military Component 415Military concession rate 428,452Military District, MD 6-8,10,16,44,51,64,77, 161,325,326Military mail 460Military Missions – See Canadian Military MissionsMilitary Post Office – MPO 158,159,161, 163,164,177,178,179,180,181,183,330, 331,336,337,340,342,343,344,345,346 MPO, Listings 344–346Military postal air services 489Military Schools of Instruction 477Military security, censorship 457Military Service Act of 1917 66Militia 4,6,22,28,54,62,64,80,85,88,90,156, 157,158,194,477Militia Act 6,16Militia Department 6Militia Dept. handstamp 5,20Militia Field Office No. 1 42Militia FPOs 43,44,45,55,56Militia Order 372, 17 August 1914 480Milk run 201,253,254Milligan, W.G. 43Minesweeper, flotillas, RCN 193Minister of Militia & Defence 81,97,455,481Minister of National Defence 331Missing in action 491Mixed Armistice Commissions – MACs

398,399,400 EIMAC- Egypt-Israel (Gaza) 398,400 HJK-IMAC – Hashmite Jordan Kingdom – Israel (Jerusalem) 398 ILMAC – Israel–Lebanon (Beirut) 398 ISMAC –Israel–Syria (Damascus) 398,400Mobile operations 479

Mobile POs 251,252,258,259,299,434Mobilization Period, 1939–1940 157Mohawk, Camp 66,70,73,74Moir, H.H. 35Mombassa, Kenya 318Moncton, N.B. 190,271,272,300Money orders 434,435Mons, Belgium 117Montreal, Que. 1,3,30,31,44,51,124,162,

177,182,257,269,270,273,326,336,337,338,339,340,341,479

Montreal Civil PO 337,339Moodie, Private W.H. 34Moore Barracks Hospital 98Morocco 224,231Moscow, Russia 135,136Mother Country 485Motor Torpedo Boat, flotillas, RCN 193Mount Etna, Italy 225MPO – See Military Post OfficeMPOs – Listed Numbers – See Postal Facilities of the Armed Forces of CanadaMulberry Harbours 248Mules, shipped to India 297Mulock, PMG William 30,479Mumford, Gunner A.G. 494Murmansk, North Russia 153,154,155,192Murmansk-Archangel Region 136Murray, Lieut. (later Col.) K.A. 85,88,90, 122,123,128,464Murray, Capt. W.H. 25Mutual Defence Pact – See North Atlantic TreatyMylrea, Leading Seaman Russell 187

“N” Force – See Force “N”, Bahamas Nagasaki, Japan 141Nairobi, Kenya 230,301Namur, Belgium 128Nanaimo, B.C. 281,282,284Naples, Italy 226,227,228,229,230,231,233,

234,243,253,302,355,357,401,402,403,404,406,408,409,410

Nassau, Bahamas 312Nasser, President G. A. 401,402Natal, South Africa 25,26National Defence Headquarters 354National Revenue, Postal Branch 193NATO – See North Atlantic Treaty

541

OrganisationNaval Assignments 442Naval Authorities 160Naval Base 456Naval Base Post Office 341Naval Censor marks 183,463Naval General Order of 1945 159,160Naval HQ, Ottawa 69Naval HQs, UK 207Naval mail 274,275,276,288,334,337Naval Mail Office 271Naval Post Office, NPO 159,161,163,164,

177,178,179,180,181,183,270,271,330,331 NPO – Listings 344–348Naval Security 340Naval Service Act 16Naval Service HQ (Ottawa) 160,271,337Naval Volunteer Reserve 62Navy – See Royal Canadian NavyNazi 157Nazi invasions. 188,315NDHQ – See National Defence HQNdola, Zambia 449Negev desert 401,403Neilson, Surgeon-Major 11–12Nelson, B.C. 124,510Netherlands 227,247,249,250,252,257,432New Brunswick 476New Delhi, India 388,446,447New Guinea 322New Westminster, B.C. 124New York, N.Y. 281,283,287,288,398,437New Zealand 157New Zealand Forces 322,390,391New Zealand Postal Facilities 394Newcastle, South Africa 26,37Newcastle, Jamaica 308Newfoundland 157,178,192,266,267,268, 269,270,272,289,459,460,461,463Newfoundland Airport, Gander 461Newfoundland censorship 460Newfoundland Government 266Newfoundland Militia 266Newfoundland Postal Administration

330Newfoundland Regiment

82,90,150,151,266Newspaper mail 118Niagara, Camp 18,42,43,45,50,52-55,57-

59,66,73,75,76,78,179Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. 19Nicosia, Cyprus 355,356,357,358,427Nigeria 283,450Nijmegen, Netherlands 247,249,252Nile Delta 224Nile Expedition, Voyageurs 10–12Nizne-Udinsk, Siberia 143Njili Airport, Leopoldville, Congo

415,420,449Norfolk, Va. 283Normandy 189,191,226,247,248,249,250,251North Africa 202,489North America 158,235,293,328North American Aerospace Defence Command - NORAD 328North Atlantic 201,296,315,316North Atlantic Treaty 327,432North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO 328,406,432,440,512 NATO establishments 432,433,435 NATO fleet exercises 432,444 NATO forces in Europe 437,452,512 NATO mail 512,513North Bay, Ont. 328North East Staging Route 158,280,316,325North Korea 327North Luffenham, U.K.

358,432,433,434,435North Russia 136,145,154North Russia Expeditionary Force 154North Sea 151,193,247North Star, aircraft, RCAF 390North Sydney, N.S. 271North West Europe 114,117,123,124,128, 129,132,144,150,151,227,229,230, 247,248,250,251,253,255,260,283North West Field Force 13,27,478North West Highway System 325,326North West Mounted Police, Royal 15North West Rebellion, 1885 12-15,27North West Staging Route 158,280Northcote, steamer 12Northern Ireland 190,201,202Northolt, U.K. 231,250,252,253 Norway 266,359,432Nova Scotia 202,272,307,316,476NPO - See Naval Post OfficeNPOs – Listed Numbers – See Postal

542

Facilities of the Armed Forces of CanadaNuclear Arms Race 328Nuclear bomb tests, Australia 449Nuclear weapon tests, Nevada, USA 449Nuclear Weapon Trials, Australia 449

Oakville, Ont. 326OAT – See Onward Air TransmissionObservers 412Observers, Canadians in SE Asia 297,303Observers, Canadians in SW Pacific 322Occupation Duties (in Germany) 250Office stamps 235Officer, Commissioned 476Officer, Non-Commissioned 477Official mail 201,290,382,385,428,438, 440,450,453Official records 290Official War Diaries 491Ogdensburg, N.Y. 280O.H.M.S. 451O.H.M.S., in manuscript 4,5Okinawa 322Old Sarum, near Salisbury 189Oldenburg, Germany 249,250,252,253Omsk, Siberia 136,137,138,139,140,142On Active Service – OAS 234,255,477,478, 479,481,485,486,489On Service 181Ontario Rifles 9Onward Air Transmission, OAT 511Operation Buffalo 449Oran, Algeria 224Orange Free State. South Africa 25,26,33,36Orange River, South Africa 25,27,36,38Orderly Room or Office markings 188,208, 209,210,212,235,255,292,486,487Ordinary (surface) letters 234,256,272,273,

292,299,303,314,320,334,339,391,422,438,456,478,479,480,481,486,487,488,489,490

Organization des Nations Unies au Congo (ONUC) – see UNOC – United Nations Organization in the Congo Oromocto, N.B. 329,341,342Ortona, Italy 226,228Ostend, Belgium 249Ottawa 64,74,76,80,85,89,91,97,122,124,

127,136,138,156,158, 159,177,181,182,187,201,202,232,254,259,273,289,290,293,301,

302,322,323,326,337,399,405,417,420,446, 448,467,481Otter, Lt. Col. 12-14,22Otter, aircraft, RCAF 423Otterpool, Camp 97,102,107,109,110Overseas Forces (of Canada) 208,484

Overseas Military Forces of Canada in Great Britain – OMFCGB 65,84,97,98,102,104, 105,107,483Overseas theatres, areas, (of war) 459

Paardeberg, South Africa 25Pachino, Sicily 225,228Pacific Command, Esquimalt, HQ 282,326Pacific Ocean 194,320,338,339Pakistan 326,387,388,423,429Pakistan, FPOs 388Pakistani Army 423Pakistani civil post 429Palestine 153,398Palestine, League of Nations Mandate 3Palmer, Private G.D. 23Panama, city 444Panama Canal 77,149,443,444Pan American Airways 271,290,291Panmunjon, Korea 396Paramilitary offices (postal) 337Parcels, post, mail 162,197,205,218,253,258, 264,339,391,422,456Paris, France 116,156,247,356,358,359, 432,434,435,438,446Paris, Ontario 493Parliament (Ottawa) 156,387Part II Orders – See (3rd) Third EchelonPasschendale, Belgium 116Passed by (military) censor 461,462Patriotic cards and envelopes 38,39Pay records 206Peace time forces 158Peace time liaison duties 282Pearl Harbour, Hawaii 280,289Peck, Capt. Brian, RAF 70Peebles, Lieut. A.A. 90,100,108,110Pembina, North Dakota 9Permanent Active Militia 8Period of Overseas Service 433Permanent Force, PF 22,23,28,62,64,66,326Permanent Joint Board of Defence – PJBD 280,282,325

543

Permanent United Nations Military Force 325Personal mail 437,456Personnel Reception Centre 190,197Petawawa Camp 8,16,18,45,51,54,55,57, 59,62,66,76,78,331,341,347Petrolia, Ont. 283Philippeville, Algeria 225,228,244Philippines 289,296,319,322Phillipsburg, Que. 4Phnom-Penh, Cambodia 447Picton, Ont. 343,353Pictou Highlanders 311,312Pilot, maritime 455,481Pilot Boat, Eureka 88,480Pinetree Line – NORAD Radar 328Pisa, Italy 403,404,425PJBD – See Permanent Joint Board of DefencePlain, Brian C. 497Plymouth, RCN base 192,193,206,207Plymouth, RN base 192,455Plymouth, U.K. 82,83,93,192,193,481,482Plymouth Sound, U.K. 192PO Box 220, Saigon, Viet Nam 447,448PO Box 1000, Toronto, Ont. 232PO Box 1639, Accra, Ghana 450PO Department (Ottawa) 158,162,309,330, 332,337,340,417Poison Gas 114Poland 156,446Poles 136Poles, American 50Polish troops 248Pomigliano Airfield (Naples) 229,230Poole, England 186,196Poperinghe, Belgium 116Port aux Basques, Nfld. 271Port Churchill, Man. 330Port Clos, France 227Port Darwin, Australia 319,488Port Detachment, CPC – See Canadian Postal Corps Port post offices 267,338,339Port Said 401,402,403,408Porto Verde, Cape Verde Islands 28Portsmouth, England 187,442Portuguese East Africa 26Post cards 467Post Office Act of Canada, 1850 476,477

Post Office Act of Canada, 1867 467Post Office Act of Canada, to 1927 160,332,476Post Office Department, Ottawa 115, 144, 160,194,270,273,303,331,333, 337,341,385,438,475,477,478Post Office Savings Bank 159Postage adhesives – See Postage StampsPostage due 235,258,457,459,479,481Postage Free, Christmas time 235Postage Free, delivery 90,112,125,140,143,

183,204,208,209,210,211,221,229,234,235,256,257,259,260,272,274,286,291,299,303,313,314,318,320,334,391,392,395,396,400,404,408,409,410,411,413,416,418,419,420,422,423,424,425,426,427,429,450,451,453,475,476,479,480,481,482,483,484,485,486,

488,489,490,503,510Postage meters    161,162,177,179,222,364,366,

367,368,371,373,364,368,407,439,440,448POSTAGE PAID / GPO 274,275,277POSTAGE PAID AT OTTAWA 481,482POSTAGE PAID / PORT PAYE 375,385,438Postage rates 208,209,210,211,231,235,258,

268,269,270,271,272,292,298,300,301,302,303,309,310,311,314,315,337,420,427,429,436,437,438,453,471,475,477,479,481,483,

485,486,488,489,497-512Postage Rates – Concession(al) 1,2,3,6,26, 30,143,210,230,235,272,275,287,309,

310,311,320,471,475,477–479.488,489Postage Rates – Privilege 475,476,477, 483,485,488,489Postage stamps 196,272,291,292,298,303,

308,312,314,316,333,339,395,398,405,406,407,410,411,413,414,416,420,421,423,427,434,438,440,442,444,445,446,447,448,449,450,451,452,453,475,479,481,484,486,490

Postage Stamps – British 90,100,105,116,123, 125,208,212,235,258,437,442,443,

476,481,482,486,507,508,509,Postage Stamps – Canadian 144,291,334,

391,392,394,406,420,421,428,429,435,436,437,438,444,453,476,481,484,485,511–513

Postage stamps – Canadian – added by Canada Post 114,115,120,125,126,481, 483,484,485Postage stamps – Canadian - sold outside of Canada 269,270,427Postage Stamps - Jamaican 309

544

Postage stamps – Newfoundland 268,269, 270,272,273,274,275,276,278Postage stamps – Newfoundland – RCN use is prohibited 270,273Postage stamps – Normal rate, 2 cents 479Postage stamps – No stamps available

258,479Postage Stamps – U.S. 231,232,284,285, 286,399,405,436Postage to be paid 209,210,211,257,298,299 477,478Postage weight 391,475,477,480,482,487Postage weight – 2¢ privilege postage weight at ½ oz 477,478Postal Authorities 235Postal censor 457,467-468Postal censor markings 458Postal clerks, CPC 283Postal Codes for Army units 196,251Postal Corps (Boer War) 27,28,29,30,33,35Postal Directory Service – See Directory Service Postal equipment 198,211Postal HQ, Ottawa 269Postal Insurance 339Postal Personnel (Fleet) 159Postal Privileges 486Postal Rates – See Postage Rates Postal security regulations 270Postal Services, HQ 268,353Postal Services of the Armed Forces of Canada 332,343,433,464Postal Stationery 198,463f,497fPostal Tracing Section, Unit 162,177,184, 198,218,229,252-254,259,262,265,

317,337,360,352,362,363,388,434Postal vehicles 253,254Poste Restante 163,183,218Posted on board ship 481Postmaster, Civil 479Postmaster, Fleet 159Postmaster General (Canada) 42,159,160,

163,164,195,201,329,332,476,477,478,479Poundmaker, Chief 12POW – See Prisoner of War PPCLI - See Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Prepaid Air Mail 273,274,277,278Prestwick, Scotland 197,201,202,203,206,

241,253Pretoria 25,26,34,35Prime Minister 136Prince Albert, Sask. 161Prince Edward Island, P.E.I. 272Prince George, B.C 180Prince Rupert, B.C. 158,311Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry

45,64,81,90,115,150,328,333,390,392,395,453Princeton, B.C. 336Printed envelope, CPC 459Prisoner of War – POW 135,136,162,186, 309,390,391,473,511 POW camps 157,161,186,308,322,390,391 POW mail 162,323,471,511 POWs, liberated 322,323Pritchard and Andrews 84Privates 477Privilege Envelope 464Privy Council Order 332Privy Council Report 484Proof Impressions 493,495Proof Impression Book 59,73,77,95,100, 104,105,108,177,182,295Protestant Hut 144Public Archives, Ottawa 47,475Pullen, Private E.F. 23Purfleet, Camp 98Pusan, Korea 356,360,389,390,391,392,395Putlos, W. Germany 358,432,434

Qu’Appelle, Sask. 13Quebec, P,Q. 1,8,24,26,36,44,48,51,62,66,80, 88,93,124,148,293,326,447Quebec Rifles 9Queen Victoria 26,28Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada 402,403Queen’s Printer, Ottawa 258

Rabat, Morocco 231,232,253Radar, RCAF 296,297 equipment, Canadian made 319 ground stations, RCAF 299 instructors 319 specialists 319 squadron aircraft, RCAF 299 Technicians 319Radio Station CAE – “Canadian Army Europe” 433

545

RAF – See Royal Air ForceRafah, Egypt 357,359,399,400,402,403, 409,410,412,413Railhead APO 118,119,123Railhead Office 196,200Ramree Island, Burma 297,299Ramstein, W. Germany 358,433,435Rathburn, Camp 66Ration Point 236,237,245,253,254,262Ravenna, Italy 227,228,229Rawalpindi, W. Pakistan 388RCAF -–See Royal Canadian Air ForceRCN – See Royal Canadian NavyReaddressed mail 485Rebellions (1837–1840) 2,477Records Section 234Red River Expedition, Canada 9–10Red Cross Nurses 22,24Red Train – See Canadian Postal Corps, CPCRedirect mail for casualties 491Redirected, redirection of mail 51,114,232,

233,254,255,259,274,278,287,299,300,311,312,410,418,419,468,491,492

Reggio, Italy 226,228Regiment de Hull, Le 281Regina, Saskatchewan 51,114,326,443Registration, mail 116,134,162,197,204,205,

207,208,209,212,218,222,258,259,264,274,278,287,312,316,339,340,365,374,391,411,

422,428,440,468,478Regular Army of Canada 328,331Regular Forces of Canada 158,329Rehabilitation, Canadian ex P.O.W.s 322Reichswald 249Reinforcement Units 216,238,239,243,244,263Repatriation Depots 216,241 P.O.W.s 250,322Replacement (hand) stamps 458Report of the Committee of the Privy Council 484Republican Government, Yemen 425Resealing of envelopes 466Reserves Training Command, RCN 326Responsible Government (Canada) 476Revelstoke, B.C. 124Revised Statutes of Canada 476Reykjavik, Iceland 192,201,316Rhine River 117,127,247,249,252,254

Rhodesia 449Rhodesian Field Force 26Ridgeway 9Riel, Louis 9-10,12Rigolet, Labrador 267Rimini, Italy 227,228Rinfret, PMG G. Edouard 332Ripon, Camp, U.K. 98Rivers, Camp, Man. 329,331,347Riviera 227Rock, The – See Gibraltar 314Rockcliffe, RCAF (Ottawa) 66,73,75,76, 161,163,190,202,203,253,296Rockcliffe, Rifle Range (Ottawa) 73,77Rocky Mountain Rangers 281,286,303Roman Catholic Hut 144Roman Way Hospital, Aldershot 508Rome, Italy 227,229Roosevelt, President Franklin Delano 280Ross, Lt. Col. George 43,44,86,92,106,107Ross, Lt. J.R. 139,141Ross Barracks, Shorncliffe 102Rosyth, RN base 191Rouen, France 116,124,127,132,134,249, 491,493,494,495,496Roumanians 136Routine Order 235,485Routine Order No. 248 208Routine Order No. 845 (30 July 1915) 482Routine Order No. 5582 (19 Mar. 1919) 485Routing, mails 230-232,250-253,269,270,272,

283,285,287,293,299,300,301,302,309,311,312,315,399,411,425,429,43,438,488

Royal Air Force, RAF 66,70,72,124,157,190, 195,224,297,312,316,325,479 RAF, airlift of mail cargo 228 RAF base 316,318 RAF Base Post Office, Ceylon 297,298,300 RAF Base Post Office, Colombo 297,301 RAF Command Postal Officer 251 RAF Ferry Command (RAFFC) 201,312,320 RAF Ferry Command, mails 459 RAF India Command 302 RAF Post Ceylon 297 RAF Post Colombo 297,298,459 RAF Postal Facilities 316 RAF Postal Service 297,302,303 RAF Station, Abu Suweir, Egypt 402 RAF Transport Command – See RAFFC

546

Royal Army Service Corps, RASC 290Royal Canadian Air Force, RCAF 156-159,

161,162,178,181,187,189–191,195,200,201,226,233,248,250,251,267,268,280,282,284,286,287,296,307,312,315,318,325,326,327,328,329,331,337,341,390,423,424,427,429,432,433,435,437,439,442,449,455,456,458,

459,460,464,489 RCAF Air Division, No. 1 328,337,341, 432,433,435 HQ 432,434,435,440 Postal Unit 337,433,434 RCAF Air Weapons Unit 435 RCAF aircraft 402,435,449 bomber 460 Catalina flying boat 316 North Star transport 390 RCAF airlift, transport 438 RCAF Assignments 449 RCAF Detachment, Rhodesia 449 RCAF Fighter pilots, in Korea 390 RCAF Fighter squadrons 248,250,460 No. 1 Fighter Wing 432,435 No. 2 Fighter Wing 432,434 No. 3 Fighter Wing 433,435,438 No. 4 Fighter Wing 433,435 RCAF Forces 460 RCAF mail 228,230,251,459,460 RCAF NCO – Non. Comm. Officer 251 RCAF (Overseas) 232,233,251,269 RCAF pilot 456 RCAF Post Bombay – See CFP-Bombay RCAF Postal Clerk 251 RCAF Postal Officer 251,253 RCAF Postal Service 194,195,200,201,202, 202,203,204,211,212,224,228,230,231, 233,251,297,303 RCAF Postal Unit, India 296,299,303 RCAF Sections, units 233,251,252,435 RCAF Squadrons 432 RCAF Station Calgary 331,341 Edmonton 341 RCAF Station Listings 348-352 RCAF Women’s Division 200Royal Canadian Army Service Corps – RCASC 331Royal Canadian Artillery, RCA, Batteries 24,29,36,37,203,311

Royal Canadian Corps of Signals – RCCS 319Royal Canadian Dragoons, RCD 24Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers – RCEME 437Royal Canadian Engineers, RCE 149,189,224Royal Canadian Navy, RCN 16,62,66,67,69,

148,151,156-160,178,187,192,193,197,202,203,204,225,226,232,248,266,267,270,275,280,281,282,284,285,297,307,308,311,313,314,316,319,325,326,327,329,331,337,341390,432,442,444,455,456,459,460,464,489

RCN Destroyers in Korea 327 RCN Flotillas 226 RCN HQ Reserves 341 RCN Listings – Stations and Ships 347–348 RCN mail 228,339,340,459,460 RCN postal detachment 319 RCN Shore establishments, 206,270,

274,316,341 RCN Training ships, Great Lakes 341 RCN under RN command 459Royal Canadian Postal Corp, RCPC – See Canadian Postal Corp, CPCRoyal Canadian Regiment, RCR 22–26, 32,34,36,39,68,148,149,317Royal Events 442Royal Hamilton Light Infantry 210Royal Flying Corps, RFC 47,66,70,74,101, 124,148,151Royal Naval Air Service, RNAS 66,67,124, 148,151Royal Navy, RN 6,8,62,81,148,192,224, 266,445,475 RN bases 459 RN Camp, Trinidad 314 RN postal facilities 316 RN School of Physical and Recreational Training, Portsmouth 187 RN ships 459Royal North West Mounted Police 136Royal Regiment of Canada 316Royal Review, Camp, Toronto 16,17,20Royal Rifles (of Canada) 289,291,292Royalist Party, Yemen 425Ruhr Valley, Germany 432Russia 135,138,153,327,328,389,442Russian 138,327,443Russian Army, troops 135,247,249Russian Civil PO 140

547

Russian military forces 326Russian Revolution 135,142,152,153

“S” Office (Stationary APO) 120–123Saanichton, B.C. 298St. Andrews, N.B. 66St. Angelo, N. Ireland 202Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Que. 87,89,456,480Ste. Antoine, Sask. 114Ste. Armande, Que. 4St. Bruno, Camp Militaire 73,75,76St. Eloi Area, France 493St. Jean, Camp 45,51,55,62,66,78St. Jean d’Iberville, Quebec 64,69,73,75St. John, N.B. 66,82,124,153,463,468St. John’s, Nfld. 67,266,267,268,269,270, 271,272,275,276,326,460,461St. Lawrence River 81,88,455St. Lo, France 249St. Lucia, Caribbean 64,149,150St. Martin’s Plain, Camp 97,102,107St. Nazaire, France 114,193St. Omer, France 121St. Petersburg, Russia 135St. Vith, Belgium 117Safed, Palestine 153Saigon, Viet Nam 447Salerno, Italy 226Salisbury, U.K. 82,83,84,90,91,92,93,97, 100,101,102Salisbury Plain 481Salonica, Greece 124,153Salvaged mail 203Salvation Army 257,258,473San Diego 444San Francisco, California 282,283,290,291,293,387San Francisco Conference of 1945 325San Pedro 444Sana, Yemen 425Sandling, Camp 107,109Sarcee, Camp 52,55,66,73,79Sardinia, Italy 225,227,435Saskatchewan Landing 14Saskatoon, Sask. 234,268,272Satellite radio comm. stations, Congo 416Saudi Arabia, forces 425Sault Ste Marie, Canal Locks, Ont. 280Savannakhet, Laos 447

Scapa Flow, RN base 192,193Schedules, for postal air mail services 489Scheldt, Estuary, Netherlands 247,249School of Aerial Gunnery, Beamsville 72School teachers, NATO forces 433Scientific missions, RCN 444Scoble, Nursing Sister Catherine Isabel   87Scotland 150,188-190,197,296Scott, Signalman D.G., CSWG 321Sea port 456,468Sea training cruises, RCN 444Sea of Japan 390Seaford, Camp 97,98,103,104,107,108Sealed bag mail 205,206,270,308,309, 334,339,393,400,427,440,453,491Seattle, Washington 283,285Second World War – See World War IIScott Catalogue #384 (Canada) 438Security, military 457Security measures, RCN mail 460Security Postal Markings 297,298,300Security postmarks 183,268,298Seine, River, France 249Senior RCAF Postal Officer Overseas 200Sennelager, W. Germany 432,434Seoul, South Korea 327,389,391,392,393,396Serbs 136Seventh Army (US) 225Sewell Camp 45,47,49,55,66,73–75,78Sham Shui Po Camp, Hong Kong 289Sharm el Sheik, Sinai 402Shetlands, U.K. 190,191Shilo, Camp 51,52,55–58,341,347Ship’s correspondence 458Ship’s itineraries 443Ship’s mail division 338Ship’s Mail Orderly, mailman, Writer 203,205,206,270,273,278,309,339, 340,371,443Ship’s Mail Orderly – Duties 339Shore establishment, base – RCN 206,270, 274,316,463Shoreham-on-Sea, Camp 97,104,107Shorncliffe, Camp 65,84,85,97,98,102,103, 106,108,109Shkotova, Siberia 138Siberia 135–147,458,463,467Siberian Expeditionary Force 136Sicily 225,226,228,229,231,234,235,489

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Sidney, B.C. 66Signal Corps 46Slogans, military 366–367,371,375,379,423,424Slough, U.K. 198Smith, Bob 146Soest, W. Germany 357,358,432,434Soldier’s letters 3,6,105Somme, France 116,496Soroka, N. Russia 155Sortation 204,205,253,269,270,290,299, 301,302,337,338,342,455Sousse, Tunisia 224South Africa 24,27,28,30,37,38,40,45,64,85, 230,479South African Constabulary 24South African War – See Boer WarSouth Atlantic 301South East Asia 230,231,283,296,301,304, 488,489South East Asia theatre 466South England 188, 189South Korea – see Korea, SouthSouth Viet Nam 448South West Pacific 322Southampton, U.K. 82,117,251,253Southern France 227Spain 312Special Service Force 227,231Spitzbergen Is., Norway 189Springfontein, South Africa 34,38Staff officer 455S.S.M., in manuscript 4,5S.S. Awatea 289,292S.S. Canada 67S.S. Empress of Japan 137,139S.S. Laurentian 24,28,29,36 S.S. Milwaukee 24S.S. Monteagle 138,141S.S. Monterey 24S.S. Ocean King 11S.S. Pomeranian 24S.S. Protesilaus 138S.S. Rangatira 26S.S. Sardinian 22–24,26,36S.S. Teesta 138Stanleyville, Congo 230,301,416Static FPOs 251-253,258,259,269,299Stationary APO See “S” OfficeStationary Offices (postal) 195

Stavelot, Belgium 117Steel daters, Hong Kong 290Steel hammer, COEF 84,91,95Stellenbosch, South Africa 24Stephenville, Nfld. 267Strait of Messina, Italy – Sicily 226Strange, Maj. Gen. 12Strathcona, Lord 23Strathcona’s Horse 22,23,26,31,35-38,45,64Sub-base Post Office 162,177,183Sub-base PO Halifax 272Submarines 296Suez Canal 143,225,401,402Sunningdale, Camp 98Supply columns 253,254Supply dumps 247Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe – SHAPE (NATO) 328Supreme War Council 135,153,154Surface delivery, mails 235,282,283,285,292, 293,298,299,308,309,317,337,438,497Surface Raiders 296Surplus ships, RCN 194Sussex, N.B., Camp 18,45,47,50,56-58,66, 73,78Sweden 426Swift Current, Sask. 13,14,19Sydney, Australia 319,320,322Sydney, N.S. 67,69Syracuse, Italy 225SYREN, North Russia Exp. Force 154,155Syria 153,397,412

Tacoma, Washington 327Taegu, S. Korea 389Taishet 143Tanzania 450Taormina, Italy 226Tax, taxed, taxing, double deficiency 479, 481,485TCA - See Trans Canada AirlinesTerminus, NATO, Europe 433Terminus, Trans Atlantic flying boats 196Thames Valley, Camp 74Third (3rd) Echelon 491,493,494,495,496 Canadian Section, GHQ (Rouen) 491,493 Part II Orders – Records of Personnel 491

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Canadian Postal Records Section – CPRS 491,492,494,495 CPRS staffing 491,492 Casualties 491 Mail redirection for Casualties 491,496 Use of Red Ink 491 Appointments, postings, transfers, awards, discipline, returns 491 Official War Diaries 491

Canadian Section, GPO / 3rd Echelon 495Thirsk, U.K. 190,200Thirty-Eighth (38th) Parallel, Korea

327,389,391Tholthorpe, RCAF station 213Thomas, Peleg 3-5Three Rivers 18,66Three Sisters, C.G.H. 36,38Tidworth, Camp 97Tigris River 152Tobacco – See No. 2 Cdn. Tobacco DepotTobacco Acknowledgement Reply Card 200,210,309,473Tokyo, Japan 327,334,355,357,382,389,390, 391,393,395,451,511Tombstone censor mark 462–463Tomsk, Siberia 142Torbay, Nfld. 267,268,276,329,461Toronto 17,19,20,43,44,51,52,53,56,62,74, 86,88,124,158,180,232,270,309,481Tournai, Belgium 128Trans-Atlantic 202,211Trans-Atlantic Air Service 433Trans-Atlantic airmail 162,186,201,271,282Trans-Atlantic mail, Bermuda 311Trans-Canada Air Lines, TCA 162,201, 202,203,271,272Trans-Siberian Railway 135,136,138,143Transfer points 253,434Transit time, mails 298,299,301,302,311, 318,417Transvaal 22,25,33,36Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, 1918 135,153Treaty of Paris, 1763 1Trenton, Ont. 179,180,337Treviso, Italy 227Trier, W. Germany 356,358,435Trincomalee, Ceylon 296Trinidad 313,314Tripoli, Libya 224

Tripolitania, Libya 224Troop movements 281Trout River, Quebec (Battle of) 9Truro, N.S. 36Turkey 425,426,432Turkish Cypriots 426Turkish Troops, Forces 153,426Turn around points, flying boats 316Tunisia 224,228Tunneling Companies, Royal Canadian Engineers, RCE, at Gibraltar 189,224, 234,314,315

UAR – See United Arab RepublicU-Boats 194,266,267Uckfield, Sussex 97UK – See United KingdomUmnak Island, Alaska 280,285UN – See United Nations Underwood, Lt. Col. E.J. 194,195,211UNESCO House, Beirut, Lebanon 413Unit officer 455United Arab Republic - UAR 412United Arab Republic forces 412,425United Kingdom, UK 85,86,126,149,157,

162,186,187,188,189,190,191,192,193,195,196,197,198,201,206,208,209,210,222,224,226,228,230,234,235,250,253,255,258,259,289,296,300,301,302,314,316,325,443,449,

452,456,475,482,486,487,488,489 UK Government 307 UK Ports 248,267 UK Postal Authorities 489United Nations, UN 325,328,334,387,391,

395,397,402,403,411,412,415,423,425,426, 427,429,489 UN administrative services 403 UN air communications 403 UN aircraft 402 UN Base Post Office, UN BPO 342,412 UN CAPOs, CFPOs 342 UN Charter, 1945 325,387 UN Charter, Articles 39,40 397 UN Command 396 UN Command, Japan 327 UN Command, Korea 327,389 UN Command, Tokyo 389,390 UN Emergency Session 401 UN Fleet 327

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UN Force(s) 325,338,389,390,392,422,426,490 UN General Assembly 327,401,412 UN Military Observers 398,400 UN New York, postmark 406,407,420 UN New York, HQ 388,404,406,411,412, 416,418,420,429 UN Peacekeepers, Peacekeeping 387,403 UN Post Office 406,407 El Arish, Egypt 403 New York 407,421 Rafah, Egypt 403 UN Postal Facilities 427,490 UN Pouch, mail forwarding 388,398,

399,400,417,420,421,429 UN Relief and Works Agency 411 UN Secretary General 387,401,402,412 UN Security Council 325,327,387,389 397,412,415,425,429 UN Security Force, UNSF 423 UNSF HQ 423 UN signals, communications 403

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *UNCMAC – United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission 396,397 UNCMAC – Advisory Group 396,397UNEF – United Nations Emergency Force 342,399,400,401,402,404,410,415,425.426,435

UNEF air letter 410,411,416,419 UNEF BPO (Base Post Office)

360,404,422 UNEF BPO, Beirut 409 UNEF HQ 401,402,403,409 UNEF HQ, Naples 406 UNEF Leave Centre, Alexandria, Eg’t 403 UNEF Leave Centre, Beirut, Lebanon  403 UNEF Movement Centre, Pisa, Italy 403 UNEF Naples 406 UNEF Forces, forces 402,403 UNEF Postal Service 412,413 UNEF Postmarks, square, circular 404,405,

408,410,413UNFICYP – United Nations Force in Cyprus 342,426,427,429 UNFICYP Brigade HQ 427UNIPOM – United Nations India - Pakistan Observer Mission 429UN Operations in Korea–See General Index

UNMOGIP – United Nations Military Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan 327,387,388,429UNOC / ONUC – United Nations Organization in the Congo 342,415,

416,417,419,420,435 ONUC Base PO 416,418,422 ONUC communication system 415 ONUC forces, troops 422 ONUC HQ 416,417 ONUC internal air service 415,422 ONUC logistical flights 415 ONUC postal facilities 416 ONUC postmark 418UNOGIL – United Nations Observer Group in Lebanon 412,413,414 UNOGIL Address 414 UNOGIL HQ 412UNTEA – United Nations Temporary Executive Administration (West New Guinea / West Irian) 423 UNTEA Base PO at Biak 423,424UNTSO(P) – United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation (Palestine)  397 398,399,400,402,409,412,415,425 UNTSO(P) – Chief of Staff 398,401

UNYOM – United Nations Yemen Observer Mission 425,426 UNYOM HQ, at Sana 425,426

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United States of America, U.S.A. 125,134,136,186,201,274,275,280,281,282, 283,285,287,288, 297,301,325,327,328,389,398,405,

412,449,452,485,497,513 U.S. Air Force 267,390,423 U.S. air mail 282 U.S. Army 267 U.S. Army Air Force - USAAF 301 U.S. Army Base PO, Canadian mails   283 U.S. Army hospitals 322 U.S. Army PO / Postal Service 285,286, 290,292,312,318,395,397,398,399, 425,435,440,451 US APO 500, Tokyo 451,452 U.S. censorship 286

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U.S. civilian postal rates 287 U.S. Directorate of Army Postal Service, Washington 283,287 U.S. Field PO 397 U.S. Fifth Fleet 322 U.S. Fleet 280,444 U.S. Forces 227,322,325,389,390,391,394,412 U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff 281 U.S. mail stream 407 U.S. Military Air Transport Service – MATS 327,393 U.S. Military Hospitals, Europe 435 U.S. Military Postal System 283,284,452 U.S. Naval Base, Argentia, Nfld. 267 U.S. Naval Base, Capodichino, Italy  401 U.S. Naval Command 390 U.S. Naval/Navy Postal Service 272,312 U.S. Navy 267,405 U.S. Navy Base PO, Canadian mails 283 U.S. Navy PO 17000BR (Naples) 394,405 U.S. Navy PO 17020 (Italy) 404 U.S. Navy Security Postmarks 272 U.S. postal facilities 282,394 U.S. Postal Officials 283 U.S. postal stationery 231,232 U.S. surface craft (mails) 282 U.S. Transports (ships) 282Universal Postal Union, UPU 30,10,479,481Unpaid letters 479Unstamped letters 483Up Park Camp, Jamaica 307,309Uplands Air Station (Ottawa) 74UPU – See Universal Postal Union 481US-Canada Border 328Utrecht, Netherlands 249

V-mail, US air letters 231Valcartier, Camp 45,46–48,52,56,57,60,64,

66,71,73,78,80,81,85,88,91,92,148,291, 337,347Valenciennes, France 117Van Horne, Major General Carl 415Vancouver, B.C. 124,136,137,139,141,143,

187,285,286,287,289,290,291,293,308,311,313,326,334,335,336,339,341,393,397,467,

489,490VE-Day (Victory in Europe) 273,275Vendome, France 151Verdun, Que. 229

Vernon, Camp 47,56,66,74,78Versailles, France 328Veterans’ Guard of Canada, VGC 157 No. 33 Company, Bermuda 312 No. 34 Company, British Guiana 312,313Victoria, B.C. 62,124,136,150,205,232,256, 286,311,347,393,494Victoria, Hong Kong 291,292,294,295Victoria West Road, S. Africa 25,29,32,36Victory celebrations, Berlin 250Vientiane, Laos 447Viet-Minh forces 445Viet Nam 445,446,447,448Vimy Ridge, France 116Vinter, Sgt. Robert 406,407Vladivostok, Siberia 135,136,137,138,139, 141,142,144,145,146,154Volunteer Militia(-man) 2,6,9,477,478Vosges Mountains, France 116V.R.I. 33,36

“W” Force – See Force “W”, NewfoundlandWabana, Nfld. 267Wadi-Halfa, Sudan 11Wainwright Camp, Alberta 327,332,

333,336,341Wales 188War – See World War II War of 1812 2,3,477War tax 483Warden, Lieut. Col. J.W. (Dunsterforce) 152Warships, RCN 248Warwick, Jamaica 311Washington, D.C. 280,282,283,287,450, 451,452,453Wawanesa, Manitoba 310Weaver, F/Sgt. E.S. 318Webb, Lieut. Col. Roland H. 54,60,78,87, 199,254,320,321,416,417,419,421,429,

436,446,453,454,471,474,475,491,497Webb Collection at LAC 148Webb’s AFAL list, 1964 497,506Wellington Barracks, RCR 149Werl, West Germany 355,357,358,359,400, 432,434,436,439,453West Africa 283,284West Coast 158West German Post Office 440,453West Germany 432,452

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West Indies 145,149,192,283,307,311,314,443West Irian, Indonesia 423West Kensington, U.K. 442West New Guinea 490West Nova Scotia Regiment, The 188West Sandling, Camp 97,102Western Desert 234Western Europe 327,432Western Front  115,117,121,135,153,247,493,494Westminster House, London 491Wethey, Lieut. Col. H.D.W 320,321White Russians 135,138,152,153,154Whitehorse, Yukon Territory 326,329,340Whitehouse, Wilf 198,506Williams Lake, B.C. 161Willows, Camp 136Wilson, Private J.H. 27Windsor, Ont. 66Winnipeg, Man. 10,12,13,14,44,51,62,80,114, 115,124,126,199,326,485Winnipeg Grenadiers 281,289,307,311Wismar, Germany 249Witley, Camp 97-99,103,104,106-108,110,117Wolseley, Col. Garnet 9–10World War I 235,311,455,457,464,467,480World War II 156,157,161,162,

164,189,191,194,196,203,216,228,230,234,247,266,167,276,282,292,304,311,312,314,319,326,329,444,445,450,455,457,459,460,

464,466,467,468,485f,488,489,497

Xanten, Germany 249,252

Yalu River, N. Korea 389,390Yarmuk River, Palestine 153Yarmuk Valley Bridge, Palestine 153Yellow Sea 390Yemen 425YMCA 22,24,36,38,39,133,144,257,258Yokohama, Japan 141Yongsun, Korea 490Yorkshire, U.K. 189,190,200,248Youngstown, Alberta 115Ypres, Belgium 114,115,116Yugoslav Reconnaissance Unit 425Yukon 158,280Yukon Field Force 15–16

“Z” Force – See Force “Z”, Iceland

Zambia 449Zweibrucken, W. Germany 356,358,359, 433,434,435,438,512

WWI (numerical entries)1d postage, Bermuda 148,149,1501d postage, St. Lucia 1501st Bridging Company, C.R.T. 153,1541st Canadian Division, CEF 82,91,97,102, 114,117,120–122,481,4821st Contingent, Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force - COEF 4551st Division: HQ 1291st Division: Train 1291st Division: 1st Brigade 1291st Division: 2nd Brigade 1291st Division: 3rd Brigade 1291st Division: Railhead 1301st Division Postal Unit 45,47,85,122,1231st Infantry Brigade 892nd Brigade 1142nd Contingent, COEF 912nd Division, CEF 84,91,93,95,97,

101,102,115,1172nd Division: HQ 1292nd Division: Train 1292nd Division: 4th Brigade 1292nd Division: 5th Brigade 1292nd Division: 6th Brigade 1292nd Division: Railhead 1312nd Division Postal Unit 1223rd Division, CEF 98,115,1173rd Division: HQ 129,4833rd Division: Train 1303rd Division: 7th Brigade 1303rd Division: 8th Brigade 1303rd Division: 9th Brigade 1303rd Division: Railhead 1313rd Echelon 116,122,133,471,491f4th Division, CEF 98,115,1174th Division: HQ 1304th Division: Train 130,4944th Division: 10th Brigade 1304th Division: 11th Brigade 1304th Division: 12th Brigade 1304th Division: Railhead 1314th Infantry Brigade (2nd Division) 845th Division: Train 1305th B.C. Regiment, CGA 150

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9th Hampshires 137,14216th Battalion, Canadian Scottish 12616th Field Company 13616th Infantry Brigade 136,137,15420th Machine Gun Com