RCOC Grouping – Named to L/Cpl. Clyde Edward CHAMBERS (F-51685)

Original WWII Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps (RCOC) Grouping – Named to L/Cpl. Clyde Edward CHAMBERS (F-51685), Halifax, Nova Scotia.

This impressive grouping belonged to Lance Corporal Clyde Edward Chambers, service number F-51685, of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Born on August 10, 1922, Chambers enlisted for Canadian Army Active Service on December 28, 1942. He went overseas to the United Kingdom and North-West Europe, embarking from the UK on July 7, 1944, and disembarking in France on July 9, 1944. According to his service records, Chambers also served with the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps attached to the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division. The grouping includes his complete field equipment, remarkably preserved and never disassembled — a rare find! The web belt is maker-marked ZL&T 1942, the bayonet frog also by ZL&T, and the pair of basic pouches by MS&U dated 1942. The water bottle and carrier are maker-marked, while the small pack is MS&U 1942, and an additional small pack is by ZL&T. All items show period-applied blanco, and each bears his service number or name.

Included is a large portrait of Chambers (size 53 × 37 cm), his full set of medals—the 1939–1945 Star, France and Germany Star, engraved Canadian Volunteer Service Medal, and War Medal. And a unqiue Allied Normandy Campaign medal with number. Also present are his dog tags, two cap badges and insignia, an original plastic identity card with photo and details, his Canadian Army Soldier’s Pay Book, and a photograph from Christmas 1944 and more…

A truly unique and complete time capsule, this is a stunning and historically rich grouping from a Canadian soldier of the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps.