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From: "Mark Hutchings" <>
Subject: Re: [DragNet] Letter to all Dragoons
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 07:08:12 -0500
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good thinking, Badger. Condolences ref your dad. That is a tough loss, and
only time heals.
Good to see you on Sat too, even if we nearly did have to march over you at
the Cenotaph!
Mark
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To: "Dragnet" <>
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 1:19 PM
Subject: [DragNet] Letter to all Dragoons


> Ladies and Gents
> First off I wanted to say Hello to all dragoons! Some of you know me as
> Badger, some as the X RSM RCD, some don't even know me at all, and some
> just as Denis Levesque, either way it's great to be a Dragoon. If you do
> know me, then you know I speak out of two reasons, one of experiences, and
> one from the heart. Well I have been pondering on how to put this across,
> however now I need to say the things I want to say. Most if not all know I
> recently lost my father. The questions that I had to answer, in such a
> horrible time in my life, were not mind to answer, and I found my Mother
> in a teary confused state for few days, the decisions still had to be
> made, and my mother left them to me and my sister Lynda to sort out. My
> fear was (did we do right or were we reflecting the wishes of Mom and
> Dad). Where am I going with this
> e-mail. I will focus now.
> The best decision I had made for our family was when asked to what charity
> did my Mother want to give donations to, that were received at the funeral
> home. My mother was given 6 to choose from. My thoughts were, those
> charities are all given money regularly by Military sourced contributors
> or have huge drives monthly and the money would go into a pit of money
> used for wages more that for the Charity. This money was to be given in
> honor of Dad and it was personal. I told my Mother that all contributions
> shou
> ld be given to the RCR Soldier's Fund. The RCR were amazed at this offer,
> and didn't know where to put it as this was a first. Where am I going with
> this, I was so hit by the loss of Dad that my thinking was blurred, so
> blurred that I did the right thing for the RCR Guild back in June. Not
> that I'm asking for donations for the RCR Guild. What I am doing is
> letting you know my thoughts of when my Father passed on, his Regimental
> Family is where those personal donations on h!
> is behalf were sent.
> This is a personal decision not a requirement but very appreciated. Dad
> was proud of his unit, and the unit was proud of his accomplishments. When
> he passed he left no word on what he wanted, but when we had the add
> placed in the paper donations came in from everywhere from Yellow Knife to
> Florida. This money had to go some where and they were donations given in
> his memory. The right place had to be chosen. The Funeral Director smiled
> and agreed that Dad would have been proud. I don't know how much was coll
> ected and I don't care.
> The other interesting statement was where are Dad's Metals going. Well the
> first thought was Tom Skeldings work. Tom has been telling the Regt of
> many great soldiers medals are on E-Bay for a cost of X Dollars we could
> own them. Tom was doing great work to preserve the Regiment's History to
> collect these Regimental Hero's lost medals and memento's, he still does
> this fine work on his own time, but the last thing I want is my Father's
> medals on E-Bay by some civilian that didn't even know my father, looking
> for money, and asking the Regt to purchase them 50 years from now. So my
> mother is in the process of donating my father's medals and memento's to
> the Regt. This will mean that if a Museum wants them they will ask the
> Regt, and when they no longer want them they will be returned to the Regt.
> This also means that they will never be on E-Bay or any other system in
> the future. They will be held by his Regt in confidence.
>
> Ladies and Gents, I'm not speaking on behalf of the Regiment. I'm not
> speaking on behalf of the Guild. I'm speaking on behalf of Denis &
> Margaret Levesque Son and Mother of CWO (Retired) Aurele (Jimmy) Levesque
> Deceased. You will have to make the same decisions I had to make. I'm just
> letting you know there are alternatives. I hope if there is someone that
> reads this and takes offence to this E-Mail for any reason. You should
> know this is a personal view not intended to force anyone to follow my
> lead. It's
> just food for thought.
> Thanks for reading my e-mail to the end and once again I say, It's always
> a great day to be a Dragoon!
> This e-mail should be forwarded to any one you wish to forward it to, with
> a positive note. If not appreciated Please delete it.
>
>
>
> Denis Levesque
> (Badger)
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