1909 - 1st Prince of Wales Regiment Fusiliers Officers silver mounted Malacca cane, 83.5cm long - presented to Captain James Cooper (1860-1938) by No1 Company PWRF. - Late Lt. Col. Commanding 1st Regiment Canadian Grenadier Guards, and CGG veteran of the 1885 North West Rebellion

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Musée Canadian Grenadier Guards Museum

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1909 - 1st Prince of Wales Regiment Fusiliers Officers silver mounted Malacca cane, 83.5cm long - presented to Captain James Cooper (1860-1938) by No1 Company PWRF. - Late Lt. Col. Commanding 1st Regiment Canadian Grenadier Guards, and CGG veteran of the 1885 North West Rebellion ABOUT LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JAMES COOPER, VD (1860-1938) Passed away at Noranda General Hospital, to and Mrs. A. Dixon Rollitt, of Rouyn, on October 25th, 1938, in his 79TH year. He was the former Grenadier 0.C., Prominent Mason, and was widely known James Cooper, long prominent in local military and Masonic circles. He died after an illness. In his military career, he was one of the early members of the Montreal Garrison Artillery, Col. Cooper served in the Northwest Rebellion and continued his active military career until 1915. When he retired from the command of the Canadian Grenadier Guards. Born and educated in Montreal. he started his military career in 1883 in the Montreal Garrison Artillery, and in 1895, he transferred to the First Prince of Wales Rifles as a sergeant. On the amalgamation the First Prince of Wales Rifles with the Sixth Fusiliers, forming the First Regiment Prince of Wales Fusiliers, 1898 he was granted a commission. Promoted to the rank of captain in the following year, he continued in that capacity when the regiment became the present Canadian Grenadier Guards in 1911. He was later made a major and subsequently succeeded to the command of the regiment in 1914, with the rank of retiring in the fall of 1915 when he was transferred to the reserve. He continued to maintain enthusiastic interest in all local military matters, however. An excellent marksman, he took part with distinction in the annual matches of the Province of Quebec Rifle Association (P.Q.R.A.) and the Dominion Rifle Association (D.R.A.) for a number of years. In Masonry, he held many high offices. He was a Past Master of the Lodge of Antiquity. a Past District Deputy Grand Master of No. 1 District, and was also a member of the Montreal Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, as well as a 32-degree member of the Scottish Rite and intervening bodies. In business was associated with the old Crown Reserve Mining Company as secretary-treasurer for a number of years and later. CGG APPOINTMENTS: Appointed to 1st Prince of Wales Regt., as Lieut., 11th May 1897. Promoted Captain, 4th June 1901. Transferred to R.O., 4th November 1910. Appointed to 1st Regt., as Captain, 20th, February 1912. Promoted Brevet- Major, 24th October 1913. Promoted Major, 1st October 1914. Promoted Lt.- Colonel Commanding 1st Regt., 2nd October 1914. Awarded the Canada North West Rebellion, 1885, Medal. Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers Decoration

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Abdourahamane, Issa

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December 28, 2023

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Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.

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June 22, 2026