Commanding Officer 92nd Battalion (48th Highlanders) CEF  1916 – 1917

Lieutenant Colonel George Thomson Chisholm, VD, was born on January 10, 1873, in Aberdeen, Scotland. He immigrated to Canada in 1897 and settled in Toronto, where he pursued a career as a stockbroker. Chisholm joined the 48th Highlanders of Canada and served with them for nearly two decades. Due to an untimely illness, he was unable to join the 15th Battalion when it sailed for Europe in October 1914. Prior to assuming a command of his own, he was guard commander at Stanley Barracks, which held German enemy aliens. 

In August 1915, Chisholm was appointed commander of the 92nd (48th Highlanders) Battalion, which was authorized to replace the heavy casualties suffered by the 15th Battalion during the Second Battle of Ypres. The 92nd Battalion quickly filled its ranks with enthusiastic volunteers eager to avenge their fallen comrades. As the battalion departed Toronto for the east in May 1916, tens of thousands of citizens assembled to send off the 92nd. The police and other city battalions struggled to control the crowd as the train left, and Mayor Tommy Church received complaints of rowdyism.

After arriving in England, the men of the 92nd were drafted to reinforce the 13th, 15th, and 45th Battalions on the front lines. In January 1917, Chisholm assumed command of the 3rd Reserve Battalion. By June of that year, he had transferred to the Imperial Sixth Army Corps as a staff officer in France. He returned to Canada in March 1919 and resumed his career with the firm of Osler and Hammond. He died on June 10, 1953.

The VD after his name stands for the Volunteer Officers Decoration, a medal awarded for long and meritorious service in the Volunteer Force.