Pte Harry Smith – 1st Battalion
B74881 In photo wearing suit & tie KIA Aug 11, 1941. Buried at Toronto Prospect Cemetery, Veteran’s Plot Sec.7.Grave 4987.
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
Pte Davidson Peart – 1st Battalion
B135917 In Photo wearing Winter hat wearing different cap badge. KIA Dec 4, 1944. Buried at Cesena War Cemetery IV.H.7. Italy
Pte William Stewart Pearce – 1st Battalion
B72880 In Photo wearing Glengarry KIA Feb 13, 1942. Buried at Brookwood Cemetery, 36.F.1. U.K.
Pte Percival Patenall – 1st Battalion
B75259 In photo wearing Glengarry. KIA Jan 23, 1944. Buried at Moro River Cemetery, X.F.2, Italy
Pte Thomas Albert Partridge – memorial book photo
B73808 In photo wearing wedge cap KIA Feb 13, 1942. Buried at Brookwood Cemetery, 36.F.2. U.K.
Pte Frank Owen Partland – 1st Battalion
B73654 Photo wearing glengarry KIA Jul 27, 1943. Buried at Agira War Cemetery, D.A.379, Italy
Capt William Peter (Bill) Richardson
OC Headquarters Company 1st Battalion 48th Highlanders of Canada (CASF) Captain WP (Bill) Richardson enlisted in Toronto for the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders of Canada (CASF).The first entry in our records show him as a Lieutenant being assigned Orderly Officer on 5 May 1942. At that time the battalion was at Littlehampton in England training […]
Lt Sandford Galt Smith
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 the 8th Transvaal Regiment. Having qualified […]