RQMS (WO2) Ralph Henry
CSM (W02) WJ Rae
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RQMS (WO2) Joseph William Milton (served in WW1 as Mutimer), DCM
W02 JW Miton served as Mutimer with 15th Battalion 48th Highlanders in World War 1 as did his brother James. He was still serving as Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant (RQMS) in September 1939 when 1st Battalion 48th Highlanders was mobilized for overseas service as part of the Canadian Active Service Force (CASF). He reverted to Sergeant […]
Major WW (Bill) Maybin, MC, MM
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Pte OWENS, MT
1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders Killed in Action 8 December 1943
Lt Douglas Schuyler Snively (MID)
Killed in Action at the Hitler Line – 31 May 1944 Son of Schuyler Crosby Snively and Marjory Braithwake Snively, of Aurora, Ontario.
Sergeant R Carle, MM
Robert Carle was born in Scotland and emigrated to the USA. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1930-1934 and enlisted for service with the Canadian Active Service Force (CASF) on 29 May 1940. He landed at Dieppe on 10 August 1942 and was awarded the Military Medal for bravery with the Essex […]
RSM (WO1) Frederick Wigmore, MM,CD
Regimental Sergeant Major 48th Highlanders of Canada 1951 – 1956 RSM “Fred” Wigmore served during World War 1 with the Imperial Argylls. His prowess as a shooter led to some claiming that during his service in the Middle East he had shot the nose of the Sphinx. In 1944 CSM Wigmore left the 1st Battalion […]
Sgt Riley JR
Joe Riley was a 1st Battalion 48th Highlanders “39er ” who sailed onboard the Riena del Pacifico in December 1939 to Glasgow and then the train to Aldershot and their first wartime home – Corunna Barracks. He was a member of the Regimental Boxing Team that took the Canadian Army Overseas Championship in 1942. In […]
RSM (W01) JM Rae (MID)
Regimental Sergeant Major 11th Canadian Provost Company Company Sergeant Major 1st Battalion 48th Highlanders