Heraldry: Motto: No motto. Reverse: Escutcheon gules party per fess argent with three mullets azure all between two Greyhounds argent dexter and sinister. Helmet argent in profile with crest Angel Wings gules and argent proper bound by mantling gules and argent. Initials TW argent below crest. Obverse: 48th Highlanders, Buckle Badge, proper, on a field of azure Culture: German, Darmstadt in Hesse
The Wentzell family were, at mid-eighteenth century, German Protestant peasants in Darmstadt in Hesse. There is some evidence that they had initially come from what is now the Czech Republic. They were recruited by the British to settle the south shore of Nova Scotia and were one of the original families who landed in Lunenburg in 1751.
Service: Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, 2006-2011.
48th Highlanders of Canada, 2011-Present.
Pipe Banners are a decorative Scottish flag that is tied to the bass drone of a set of bagpipes. These flags are carried by Pipers on important occasions and parades. They have a long tradition of use by Highland Regiments and Clan Chiefs. Each Banner is hand embroidered on heavy silk damask and fringed in gold bullion thread; an expense normally borne by the Officer whose family crest is seen on the reverse side.
In the 48th Highlanders of Canada it is the custom that all Field Officers (Company Commander, usually a Major) or higher have a Pipe Banner that is carried by their Piper on parade. It is tied by ribbons to the base drone of a set of bagpipes. On the obverse side the Regimental Badge is displayed, normally on a field of Royal Blue. On the reverse side the personal arms, shield, helm, wreath mantling, crest, and motto as well as initials of the Officer is displayed on a field colour of that Officer’s choice. When not on parade Pipe Banners are hung in the Officers’ Mess.
On parade, the Pipe Major carries “The Regimental Banner” which displays on each side the Sovereign’s and Regimental Colours. The second-in-command of the Pipe Band carries the Commanding Officer’s Banner on parade. The junior Piper on parade carries the banner of the Regiment’s first Commanding Officer, Lt-Col J.I. Davidson, VD.
