Captain John Slatter, MBE, VD
Captain John Slatter, MBE, VD – Bandmaster 1896 to 1946 For fifty years, Captain John Slatter led the 48th Highlanders Military band. Before his eleventh birthday, he was in the Royal Navy and two years later, giving his age as fourteen, he joined the Royal Fusiliers (Imperial). At seventeen, he was cornet soloist in the […]
Pte GOUGH, WILLIAM HENRY (Sr)
Killed on 29 August 1918 while serving with 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion. Enlisted through 134th Battalion (48th Highlanders). William Gough’s son, also William Henry Gough was killed in action with the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders of Canada on 10 October 1943. Son of Anna E. Gough, of Caradoc St., Strathroy, Ontario, and the late […]
Fraser, Pte Gerald Edward
Enrolled in the 48th Highlanders on 10 October 1927 and was discharged 30 September 1929. Fraser was in The Shore Patrol in WW2 because of his age and size. He was the brother-in-law of RSM (WOI) Tiny Shaw.
Pte Morrison, George
Killed while serving with 13th Bn
Pte Duncan, John
Died while serving in 13th BN Son of William and Mary Duncan; husband of Ethel Duncan, of 544, Jones Avenue, Toronto. Brother of Private George Ford Duncan, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).
Pte Anderson, William
Died while serving with 13th Bn Son of William and Jeanette Anderson; husband of Grace Marion Anderson, of 50, Donlands Avenue, Toronto.
Pte Woolley, William James Evans
Died while serving with 42nd Batt. CEF Son of William H. P. and Alice Elizabeth Woolley, of Burnham, Somerset, England.
Pte Head, Roy Albert- 48th Highrs Cadets
Roy Head joined the 48th Highlanders cadets during WW2 and retired from the Cadets at the end of the war. Although he did not join the active Regiment Roy returned in the 80s and 90s and volunteered as a member of the Old Comrades Drill team which participated in the 48th Highlanders parades on days […]
A/Major John Matthew Bowman – 1st Bn
John Matthew Bowman of Toronto, dob 14 Aug 1885, had served in the Militia with the Cdn Army Service Corps as a Lieutenant from 31 July 1916 to 13 Dec 1917, and prior to that with the Royal Canadian Dragoons. He then enlisted in the University of Toronto Canadian Officer Training Corps (Overseas Training Company) […]
Braidwood, Piper David Forest – 15th Battalion
13611 Piper Braidwood, David Forest signed his Attestation papers in Valcartier, Quebec on 22 Sept 1914. On 15 Sept 1915 he was transferred to the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders), remaining with the 15th until 21 Sept 1918. Braidwood was transferred out to attend training to be an officer. He was appointed 2/Lt on 23 Nov […]