Capt Marshal Stearns MBE (MID)
Carrier Platoon Commander, Scout Platoon Commander and Intelligence Officer 1st Battalion. 48th Highlanders of Canada Lt. Marshall Stearns joined the 2nd Battalion, 48th Highlanders in Toronto and is shown in a 1940 newspaper article as one of the 52 officers of […]
Capt. WRIGHT, J.E.W.
Capt Wright, J.E.W. (C.C)
Capt RW Murdock
Officer Commanding D Coy, 1st Battalion CASF Sergeant RW Murdock was among the first senior non-commissioned officers to be accepted for service with 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders of Canada (CASF) in September 1939. In 1939 the Canadian Army created the rank of Platoon Sergeant Major (PSM) which was to allow experienced senior NCOs to command […]