Document - Personal message from the Commander of the British 8th Army General R.L. McCready to all troops regarding the departure of the Canadian Units from his Army to Northwest Europe, 17 February1945. The original donor was Staff Sergeant W. Pawluk, K53322, SH of C in 1980. He served in the Seaforths from 23 April, 1943 to 8 September, 1945. General Sir Richard Loudon McCreery GCB KBE DSO MC (1 February 1898 – 18 October 1967), was a career soldier of the British Army, who was Chief of Staff to Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander, during the Second World War, at the time of the Second Battle of El Alamein and later commanded the British Eighth Army in Northern Italy from late 1944 onwards.