Sgt Caldwell S, MM
Capt JE (Jack) Pickering MC
Lt Jack Pickering joined “A” Coy 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders CASF in Sicily as a reinforcement officer during the last week of July 1944. Without a 48th background, he sensed he was severely handicapped, with the challenge to prove himself that much sharper. He noted his platoon’s speculative regard; after a while one man elected […]
LCpl Haig DH, MM
Capt WP (Bill) Richardson
OC Headquarters Company 1st Battalion 48th Highlanders of Canada (CASF) Captain WP (Bill) Richardson was an original 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders of Canada (CASF) who was serving as Quartermaster when the battalion landed in Sicily and later took over as Officer Commanding (OC) HQ Coy. (Q.M)
Sgt Maj (WO2) Colin Fraser Barron VC
Colin Fraser Barron was born on 20 September 1893 in Baldavie Cottage in Boyndie, Banffshire, Scotland. He emigrated to Canada in March 1910, becoming a railway worker in Toronto. He enlisted in the 48th Highlanders, a militia unit in May 1913 and was posted to H Company. He volunteered for the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) […]
Lt Sanford G Smith
Killed in Action 16 December 1944 Lieutenant Sanford Galt Smith came to 1st Battalion 48th Highlanders of Canada on 8-Dec-44. While attending University of Toronto Cadet Smith was a member of the Canadian Officers Training Corps (COTC) and qualified as an Artillery officer. Also, while working as a miner in South Africa he served in […]
Cpl Kay WF (Bill), DCM
Col John Montgomery Lowndes, OStJ, CD, QC, AdeC
Commanding Officer 48th Highlanders of Canada 1964-1967 Honorary Colonel 48th Highlanders of Canada 1988-1992 Commander Toronto Militia District 1974-1976 Corporal – The Royal Canadian Regiment 1944-1945 John Montgomery Lowndes was born on 8-May-1926 in Toronto. He graduated from St Andrews College in 1941 and was awarded the JL Wright Cup for the best Upper School […]
Cpl Crane RB, MM
Maj AS Lemesurier CD
Andrew Stuart Lemesurier initially joined the Royal Canadian Artillery in his native Montreal and went to Overseas as a gunner with the 5th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery. He returned in 1942 and undertook training as an infantry officer at Brockville Ontario. In 1943 he came to 1st Battalion 48th Highlanders in Italy as a reinforcement officer. While serving […]