Lieutenant-Colonel E.L. Caldwell
Royal Canadian Dragoons

I’m afraid we follow a rather colorless routine here … to disseminate and inculcate sound administrative principles as laid down in official manuals and regulations, thereby ensuring uniformity of method in their application throughout the Canadian army … and for that matter throughout the Commonwealth forces.

(Victoria Daily Times, 25 Oct 1941, 9)

Born on 30 June 1886 in Massachusetts, Eugene Lloyd Caldwell was a long-time Royal Canadian Dragoon, and commanding officer of the regiment since 1936. He joined the Canadian militia in 1905, was commissioned with the Corps of Guides in 1908, joined the RCD in 1911 and embarked for France in 1915. He served throughout the First World War, earning a promotion to captain and a mention in despatches. He graduated from the staff college at Camberley in 1919.

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