1940 - WW2 - 3 June - Original copy of Regimental Standing Orders - Canadian Grenadier Guards named to 2Lt. Michael Ramsden by Lt.-Col M.F. Peiler, OBE, ED (Lt.-Col. Commanding 1st Battalion 1940-1942)

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1940 - WW2 - 3 June - Original copy of Regimental Standing Orders - Canadian Grenadier Guards named to 2Lt. Michael Ramsden by Lt.-Col M.F. Peiler, OBE, ED (Lt.-Col. Commanding 1st Battalion 1940-1942)

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*** FOR ARCHIVE PURPOSES ONLY - ARTIFACT NOT PART OF MUSEUM COLLECTION *** Part of the Lieutenant Michael A. Hayes-Rivet (MHR) Trust Collection 1940 - WW2 - 3 June - An original copy of the Regimental Standing Orders, Canadian Grenadier Guards - named to 2Lt. Michael Ramsden and published by Lt.-Col M.F. Peiler, OBE, ED (Lt.-Col. Commanding 1st Battalion 1940-1942). A 25-page booklet explaining the Standing Orders (RSOs) of the Canadian Grenadier Guards. The previous owner was Second Lieutenant Michael Sansden. The booklet is in very good condition and measures approximately 4 1/2 x 7“. ABOUT THE CGG OFFICER - Lt.-Col M.F. Peiler, OBE, ED Born in Montreal on 4 January 1897, Maurice Fisher Peiler was an engineer and First World War veteran. He joined the Canadian Officers’ Training Corps at McGill University in 1915. He took a commission with the Victoria Rifles and served as a signaling instructor in Canada until being seconded to the Royal Flying Corps in 1917. He was shot down by the Red Baron’s squadron over enemy lines in May 1918 and taken prisoner. After the war he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force but soon transferred to the Canadian Grenadier Guards. He took command in July 1939 and mobilized for active service with the regiment in June 1940. When the Grenadiers converted to the 22nd Armoured Regiment, at the end of February 1942, he and several officers went to the United Kingdom for training. Major H.C. Griffith assumed temporary command in his absence. When Prime Minister Churchill asked Peiler when the rest of his unit would be coming overseas, the colonel replied, “I think, sir, you probably know more about that than I do.” The Grenadiers left for England in September 1943. Peiler resumed command but was replaced a year later by Lieutenant-Colonel W.W. Halpenny. He took charge of a training unit and returned to Canada in September 1945. He was made Member of the Order of the British Empire. In later life, he worked as a magistrate in British Columbia where he died on 26 April 1972.– Matthew Barrett.com

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Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.

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July 18, 2025

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R. John Dolbec C/Sgt. (ret.)

Update Date

August 5, 2025