Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War did not appear in print until 1955 at the earliest. This was not unusual, in as an Official History of the First World War had also been many years in coming. Though the first of a projected eight volumes by Colonel Duguid first saw print in 1938, 20 years after the Armistice, the remaining 7 volumes were never completed. G.W.L. Nicholson published a one-volume Official History in 1964. The Royal Canadian Air Force's official Second World War history was not published until the 1990s. In Stacey's words: "Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War: Volume I.
Ramsgate tug Blackwall on the Thames and in use by 1855, "Vulcan", an iron steam paddle tug of 140 tons (142 t), also built at Blackwall and delivered to Ramsgate in 1858, and "Fabia", which was in service in World War II—participated in many rescues alongside the local lifeboatmen, receiving several rewards from the RNLI and grateful foreign governments. Another Ramsgate tug was "Sun Swale". In January 1881 the Ramsgate tugs "Vulcan" and "Aide" participated with the lifeboat "Bradford" in the rescue of the "Indian Chief", in response to which the Ramsgate harbour-master, Captain Braine, wrote the commendation, "Of all the meritorious