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- Major Maurice Albert Parker
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- Army
- Article ID:听
- A4643237
- Contributed on:听
- 01 August 2005
The following story appears courtesy of and with thanks to Ronald Parker and Father
Major Maurice Albert Parker:
"D" Company of the Royal Rifles of Canada occupied Obelisk Hill, an excellent defensive position on high ground with excellent lines of fire, on a front 1500 yards wide and 1000 yards deep. It also had 17 below ground bunkers that could house 9 men each.
The strength of the Company varied between 250 and 124 men, depending on the demands that were put upon them.
"D" Company had a variety of other support units attached to it such as a mortar unit, 29 men of the Middlesex Machine Gun Regiment, an artillery battery, a search light unit, a staff of clerks, drivers, dispatch riders, and cooks.
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