LCol WIlliam Charles Warren Darling, VD

Commanding Officer 48th Highlanders of Canada (Home Battalion) 1915-1919

Commanding Officer 48th Highlanders of Canada 1919-1923

Born 22 Jul 1879

William Charles Warren Darling joined the 48th Highlanders as a private on 31 March 1897. He was the first of four generations of the Darling family to wear the Davidson tartan.

Darling assumed command of the Home Battalion in December 1915, following Lieutenant Colonel Donald’s departure to raise the 134th Battalion (CEF). He continued on to command the 48th Highlanders of Canada from 1919 to 1923.

Brother of Captain Robert Clifford Darling (1887 -1915) and Helen Gwendolyn Darling Briscoe (1883-1951). Father of LCol Warren William Gibson Darling (1906 – 1979) and Evelyn Margaret Darling Davis (1905 -1988).

Died 30 Jul 1967 (aged 88)

Awards

Unit(s)

Militia / Reserve Bn

Fate

Released

Cemetery or memorial name

Mount Pleasant Cemetery

Grave or panel reference

Plot V, Lot 89

Cemetery or memorial country

Canada

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Detail

48th Highlanders Regimental Casualty Book

Section D - Entry 3 Pte W. Darling: Age 18 is actually William Clifford Warren Darling (CO) Commissioned in 1899 on completion of Cadet Course.

Regimental HIstory (Vol 1) 48th Highlanders of Toronto

p 75. Assumed command of the Home Battalion in December 1915 when LCol Donald stepped aside to raise the 134th Battalion (CEF)