BAnQ digitizes book on history of the Sherbrooke Regiment

One of the latest books the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) has digitized is The Sherbrooke Regiment (12th Armoured Regiment), published in 1958.

The book, in addition to being about the long, storied account of the Sherbrooke Regiment, is about the genealogy of a regiment that can trace its roots back to the Loyalists who settled in the Eastern Townships after the American War of Independence. In later years, the regiment, or battalion as it was called prior to May 1900, served in the Fenian Raids, Rebellions of 1837 in Lower Canada, and both World Wars.

This 229-page regimental history was written by Lt.-Col. H.M. Jackson of Aylmer East, Quebec, who was the director of war service records at the Department of Veterans Affairs and an experienced regimental historian. He wrote books about several regiments before his death in 1961.

The Sherbrooke Regiment is illustrated with a number of photos, all captioned with the names of the men in them.

Appendices
While the names of many officers appear throughout the book, the appendices list enlisted men, regimental staff and company commanders.

The two rolls of honour list the men who died during WWI and WWII, and Post-War Deaths lists men who died after serving in those wars. The list of casualties is another place to look for family surnames.

The military researcher, in particular, will be interested in reading Appendix O, Rifle Shooting, about the early drills and the types of arms used throughout the years.

Keyword search
The book can be browsed and searched by keyword.

You can browse page to page from the initial view where all the navigation tools are visible, or you can enlarge the book to full screen by clicking on the four arrows, as illustrated below.

If you want to search a family name, use the search box — before you enlarge to full screen.

Click on the magnifying glass, as shown below, to open the search box. (Note that the box in the top right, next to Patrimoine québécois — Quebec heritage — will search all digitized items within the heritage collection, not just the selected book.)

Do not become overwhelmed by the French navigation terms. There are only a handful to learn, such as Rechercher for Search and Tout surligner for Highlight all. Once you learn these few words, you will be able to search this book and other publications with ease.

To print or download the book for future reading and research, click on the icons indicated in the illustration below.

Other recent digitized items
To see BAnQ’s latest digitized items, listed in order of most recent, select Derniers ajouts in the left margin on Patrimoine québécois home page.