Brigadier J. Edwin Ganong, ED
Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders (CASF) March 1942 – December 1942 Commander 4 Canadian Infantry Brigade – 1944 Commanding Officer, 48th Highlanders of Canada 1945-1946 Commander 5 Canadian Infantry Reserve Brigade – 1946-1949
PTE. FOKES, Edward A.
Edward Fokes joined the 48th Highlanders militia battalion on 08 October 1934. When war was declared in September 1939 Fokes, and large numbers of Highlanders, enlisted in the 1st Battalion for service overseas. Fokes went with the battalion on the SS Reina del Pacifico in December, and remained with the regiment in England, France, Sicily […]
LCol WWG (Bill) Darling, DSO ED (MID)
Commanding Officer 48th Highlanders (1946-49) Commanding Officer 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards (1944) Honorary Colonel, 48th Highlanders of Canada (1970-72) Honorary Lieutenant Colonel, 48th Highlanders of Canada (1972-77) Lt Col Warren William Gibson (Bill) Darling (son of Lt Col C.W. Darling) joined the Regiment in 1929. A graduate of Royal Military College and former Toronto […]
LCol Peter W Bennett, OBE
Commanding Officer Essex Scottish 1945 Brigade Major 7 Canadian Infantry Brigade 1944