Capt James V Findlay CD
James (Jim) Findlay began his military career in 1939 as a piper in the 48th Highlanders Cadet Pipe Band. He went on Active Service in 1942. After training in Canada and England he joined the 1st Battalion 48th Highlanders of Canada (CASF) in Italy in the summer of 1943. He was engaged in many battles. […]
WO1 James E (Tiny) Small
Regimental Sergeant Major 4th Princess Louise’s Dragoon Guards (1941-1945) Platoon and Company Sergeant Major, 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders (CASF) (1940-1942) Drum Major 48th Highlanders of Canada (1932-1937) James E Small tried three times to join the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) during World War I. In 1916 he was released from the 182nd Battalion. His medical described […]
Lieutenant-Colonel William B (Bill) Hendrie, ED
Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion 48th Highlanders of Canada 16 January to 31 March 1942 William Brown (Bill) Hendrie was the son of Lieutenant Colonel William Hendrie and had served as an officer since the 1920s. He and his brother George were both serving in September 1939 and volunteered to join the 1st Battalion on mobilization. He […]
Captain Norman Alexander “Norm” Ballard DSO
Lieutenant Norm Ballard, a divinity student before the War served as Platoon Commander with 16 Platoon, “Dog” Coy of 1st Battalion 48th Highlanders. He fought 16 platoon throughout every major action in Italy. He was wounded during the approach to the Lamone crossing and led his platoon during the breaching of the Hitler Line. For […]
Lieutenant Colonel Trumbull “Trum” Warren OBE (USA-Bronze Star)
LCol Warren was Personal Assistant to Field Marshal Montgomery (Commander 21st Army Group) from January 1944 to the end of the war. Personal Assistant was the senior position on Montgomery’s staff. Warren and had previously served as Aide de Camp (ADC) to Montgomery while he commanded British Eighth Army. Trumbull “Trum” Warren was a 48th […]
Pipe Major James Robb Fraser
Pipe Major 48th Highlanders of Canada 1913-1952 In 1913, after 21 years service with the Gordon Highlanders in Scotland Fraser replied to a notice from Lt. Col. William Hendrie asking for a “competent” piper to be the Pipe Major of the 48th Highlanders. Fraser sailed for Canada and enlisted on 30 May 1913. Roles in […]
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Private Bray JA, DCM
Hero of the Lamone Crossing (17-Dec-44) Joseph Albert Bray was born in St Isadore, Ontario. He joined the Canadian at Kingston, ON on 9-Feb-44 he joined the Canadian Armoured Corps, and was sent to Canadian Machine Gun Training Centre (CMGTC) Camp Borden. His training record described him as “steady and a good worker, very quiet […]
Maj CE (Beaver) Read, MC
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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)