MCpl Iain Kinkaid on patrol with Afghan Interpreter
MCpl Iain Kinkaid out on foot patrol with OMLT interpreter near Patrol Base Sperwan Ghar in the background. Cpl Kinkaid was serving in ROTO 9, 2010. After returning to the 48th Highlanders in Toronto he was promoted Sergeant with his first role of QM Stores.
MCpl Iain Kinkaid prior to an operation – Afghanistan
MCpl Iain Kinkaid on right with OMLT member Cpl Jason Cameron of the Royal Canadian Dragoons in a staging area prior to an operation. MCpl Kinkaid was serving in ROTO 9, 2010. After returning to the 48th Highlanders in Toronto he was promoted Sergeant with his first role of QM Stores.
MCpl Iain Kinkaid at Sperwan Ghar – Afghanistan 2010
MCpl Iain Kinkaid on right with MCpl Roger Miner of the Essex and Kent Scottish on top on Sperwan Ghar, Panjwayi District, Afghanistan. Cpl Kinkaid was serving in ROTO 9, 2010. After returning to the 48th Highlanders in Toronto he was promoted Sergeant with his first role of QM Stores.
MCpl Iain Kinkaid leaving Forward Operating Base – Afghanistan
MCpl Iain Kinkaid in his TLAV (Tracked Light Armoured Vehicle) preparing to leave the Forward Operating Base. Cpl Kinkaid was serving in ROTO 9, 2010. After returning to the 48th Highlanders in Toronto he was promoted Sergeant with his first role of QM Stores.
MCpl Iain Kinkaid in TLAV – Afghanistan 2010
MCpl Iain Kinkaid, 48th Highlander, commanding his Tracked Light Armoured Vehicle (TLAV) on Highway 1. The vehicle consisted of driver, remote weapon system (RWS) gunner, crew commander, 9 personnel. Cpl Kinkaid was serving in ROTO 9, 2010. After returning to the 48th Highlanders in Toronto he was promoted Sergeant with his first role of QM […]
MCpl Iain Kinkaid in Panjwayi District – Afghanistan
MCpl Iain Kinkaid on foot patrol in an Afghan village in the Panjwai District. Kinkaid stated: “The mud hut walls pictured are 3+ feet thick, making penetration impossible with small arms.” Kinkaid served in 2010, ROTO 9 in Afghanistan. On return to Canada and the 48th Highlanders, he was promoted to Sergeant of the QM […]
Captain J. Eardley Wright – England July 1944
Capt Wright in England in July 1944 at 3CIRVHU. Captain Wright, a member of the 48th Highlanders, had led a company of the 48th Highlanders 1st Bn through Sicily and Southern Italy. In late 1943 he was returned to England as part of Operation Pouch which sent battle experienced officers and Senior NCOs to England […]
Major J. Eardley Wright with jeep – Europe
Major Wright of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders with his jeep in France in the winter of 1944/5. Major Wright, a 48th Highlander, was transferred from Italy in late 1943 as part of Operation Pouch which sent to England battle experienced officers and Senior NCOs from the 1st Cdn Division in Italy. They were to […]
Major J. Eardley Wright receiving DSO in Ottawa
Major Wright shaking hands with General MacNaughton at the presentation of his Distinguished Service Order in Ottawa, likely 1946. Major Wright would have been offered the opportunity to have the DSO presented by His Majesty King George VI if he had remained in England after the war had ended. Major Wright decided that returning home […]
Lt Eardley Wright in car – England 1940
Lt Wright driving small British car with Lt Trumbull Warren looking on. – England, 1940