This is My Regiment

I moved down to Sorrel, got kicked out of there, couldn’t get a ride. Come back to Toronto because I knew people here and I figured well I’ll find some way, I can’t get overseas. They wouldn’t let you over anymore; the war was getting too close. So I transferred to this regiment, The Royal Regiment. And I looked around Toronto, different armouries, the old armouries on University armouries was there then. I looked around different regiments and I looked at the 48 but then, you know, I was only nineteen years old and I was only about one hundred twenty five pounds, I was only a skinny little fellow. I went in there and I didn’t look too good in a dress, my little knobby knees and that so I said that’s no good for me. I looked around here and I found the Royals and I said, uh oh, wearing the big bear skins and the scarlet uniforms which I liked. Now I could look tall, do better with the girls. Girls liked the big bear skins so this is my regiment. So I have been here ever since. I joined this regiment the end of June I think it was, ’39 and then when the war broke out I enlisted to go overseas and I have been with this regiment ever since. As I said, that was my starting with the Royals in my escapades.