RSM (WO1) JR “Tiny” Shaw, MM

Regimental Sergeant Major  1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders (CASF) 1942-43 Platoon Sergeant Major (PSM) James “Tiny” Shaw was an original 1st Battalion member who joined on 4 Sep 39. He served as RSM of 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders from January 1942 until he was wounded in the battles for Regalbuto, Sicily in July 1943. During the First […]

Lt Evan Ryrie

Lieutenant Evan Ryrie was a 21 year old bank worker with pre-war service in the 48th Highlanders when he attested into the 20th Battalion at Sandling camp in May 1915. He was an accomplished athlete and had attended Trinity College School and University College Toronto. While serving with the 20th Battalion in Belgium in November […]

Lt Samuel John Reeves, MC

Trench Raiding Party Commander – Collone Raid – 3-Mar-17 NOK: Son of Marion A. Reeves, of 36, Lake Front, Toronto, and the late S. J. Reeves. Marrian Audley Reeves (M) 131 Macdonell Ave., Toronto, ON

Capt MP Neilly, MC ED

Raider Party Commander – “Collone Raid” 3-Mar-1917 West Nova Scotia Regiment and Recruiting Officer Province of Nova Scotia    (6 PD) Second World War

RSM (WO1) Frank Jamieson

Regimental Sergeant Major 48th Highlanders of Canada (1932-42) Regimental Sergeant Major 1st Battalion 48th Highlanders, Canadian Actice Service Force (1939-1942)