A 6 inch (15.24 cm) by 7 inch (17.78 cm)  black and white photograph of Padre and Honorary Capt. S. B. East chatting with some of his men as they rest by the side of the road in Sicily near Regalbuto, which Canadians captured on 30 July 1943 after severe fighting.

Left to right – LCpl J.Gray, Capt East, Pte B.Clarke, Pte C.Glover, Pte F.C.Beard  Book 12, Page 1199P1450

Regalbuto, a typical Sicilian town with ridges providing strong defensive positions, faced the 1st Brigade. The Armoured Engineer Battalion of the Goering Division, who claimed that they had never been forced to withdraw, occupied it. While temporarily under command of the British 231st (Malta) Brigade, whose Devonshire battalion had taken Regalbuto Ridge, the 48th used a goat track to climb Mount Serrione at night. As Dog Company cleared all resistance to the northeast, the other companies fought into the edge of Regalbuto, controlling the road. There, Charlie Company, finding that they faced Panzer tanks with no PIAT anti-tank weapons, made a daring one-platoon attack, capturing a 20mm anti aircraft gun, which they turned around to fire at the Panzers. A & B Companies then stopped a German attack on a company of the Devons who were being forced back. The battalion fought their way into Regalbuto ending the German boast. Five days later, on 5 August, the 1st Canadian Division had completed its task in Sicily.

Curiously, official dispatches gave the credit to the Devons: “Regalbuto fell on August 2 to the Malta Brigade.”