LCol SHEPPARD, Dugald Coryear
NOK: Murdina Olive Sheppard, Springhill, N.S.
Lt Col Gerald (“Gerry”) Morphy Malone, MC VD
Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion 48th Highlanders of Canada 1940-1943 Lieutenant Colonel Gerald Morphy Malone, MC, ED, was born 10 February 1891. He attended St Andrew’s College. He married Isabel Sanderson Levan, and together they had at least two daughters. He was a lawyer and also serving in the 48th Highlanders when he attested into the […]
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)
Sgt DRADER, HCP
Captain WH Denton, MC
Captain W. H. Denton was awarded the Military Cross while with the 15th Battalion, 48th Highlanders at Amiens on 8/9 August 1918, where he, as a Lieutenant, took command in the field of No. 4 Company. On 24 September 1916, at the Somme he was wounded in the shoulder by shrapnel. When war was declared […]
Major Aleck J Sinclair VD
A Highlander Who Served During Three Wars Private Aleck Sinclair of the 48th volunteered for South Africa with the first contingent in 1899 and served with 2nd (Special Service) Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry. Upon returning to Canada in 1901, he continued with the 48th, rising to sergeant. In 1906 Sgt Sinclair was […]
RQMS (WO2) Ralph Henry
Sgt. Henry Ralph 1885 – 1948 Henry Ralph emigrated to Canada from Goodnestone England in 1908 and joined the 48th Highlanders at the outbreak of WW1. At the second battle of Ypres he was captured and was sent into Germany as a POW. In his letter home he states they were let down by the […]
RQMS (WO2) MILTON, Joseph William (served in WW1 as Mutimer), DCM
W02 JW Milton 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 […]
LCol George Hagarty (“Georgie”) McLaren, VD
Commanding Officer 48th Highlanders of Canada 1928-1930 When George Hagarty McLaren was born on 29 December 1877, in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, his father, LCol Henry McLaren, was 30 and his mother, Mary Gates, was 26. He attended high school at Trinity College School in Port Hope and graduated in 1899 with a degree in […]
RSM (WO1) Frederick Charles Gledhill, DCM
RSM – 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders) 1917-1919 Regimental Sergeant Major – 1927-1936 Born 1896 Prewar employment as a cutter T. Eaton Co Sgt 1916, wounded at Chateau Dugouts Ypres salient April 1916 No 2 Coy Mt Sorrel June 1916 As Sgt becomes CSM No 2 Coy after Mt Sorrel Awarded DCM as CSM Jan 1917 Promoted […]