Site Conventions
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All maps are oriented with north
at the top unless otherwise indicated.
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The use of abbreviations has
been avoided as far as possible, with the exception of:
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Months, which always appear in
3-letter abbreviated form except in direct quotes
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Provinces, which always appear
in the current 2-letter abbreviations used by the post
office (in decades past, longer abbreviations such as
Alta., Sask., Man., Ont., were used; these have been
deleted in favour of the modern AB, SK, MB, ON except in
direct quotes)
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Pages dealing with specific
corps/regiments/branches/units are generally indicated by
the final approved name of the unit, with lineage indicated
in an introductory section of the article. For example, 1st
Canadian Armoured Carrier Regiment was the final name of a
unit known previously as Kangaroo Squadron, 1st
Canadian Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron and 1st
Canadian Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment between Aug
1944 and Dec 1944. Only one article is included on the site,
using the final name granted in Dec 1944.
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The use of periods has faded
since the 20th Century, where possible these have been
eliminated (for example, AA will be used instead of
A.A. for "anti-aircraft", etc.)
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Modern spelling will be used
where possible, ie Sergeant rather than the archaic
Serjeant
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Dates will always be given in
the format dd mmm yyyy where
dd is the day,
mmm is the 3 letter abbreviation for the month, and
yyyy is the year.
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Code names for exercises and
operations are indicated in all-capitals, ie Operation
OVERLORD.
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Use of past tense is used
exclusively for consistency, even when in reference to
units, ranks, concepts, etc., that have survived into the
21st Century. This should not be taken to imply ignorance of
the existence of current military units, ranks, etc., but
has been done as a stylistic choice since the site is firmly
a look at past history.
Copyright
All material on the site is
protected by copyright. Permission is usually granted to those
requesting use of images or text for other projects, with the
proviso that canadiansoldiers.com is recognized as the source
of the material. Quotes of the copyrighted material of others
are used under free use laws, and are indicated by inline text
or inline references. Some photographs deemed to be in the
public domain are used on the site and an attempt has been
made to identify them on the image's home page.
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