Maj George W (Geordie) Beal MC
1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders of Canada (CASF) 1940 – 1945 Former Argo QB for 5 seasons (26-30). Retired when League formally approved forward pass. Joined 48th Highlanders at age 31 (Apr 08). Older than all other junior officers and most officers in the Battalion. Arrived in UK as a 48th Officer in late 1940. Stayed […]
Captain WR Catto
Lieutenant S Macfarlane
Lieutenant EB Johnston
Captain DFB Corbett
Major BB King
Lieut W H Naylor
Lt. W. H. (Bill) Naylor joined the 2nd Battalion, 48th Highlanders in Toronto and is shown in a 1940 newspaper article as one of the 52 officers of the 2nd Battalion who were training for service in the Second World War. Following training Lt Naylor sailed to England to join the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders […]
LCol J I (Ian) Douglas, CM,KStJ,CD
Lt. Ian Douglas joined the 2nd Battalion, 48th Highlanders in Toronto and is shown in a 1940 newspaper article as one of the 52 officers of the 2nd Battalion who were training for service in the Second World War. Once in England he quickly joined the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders in January 1943 in the […]
Major Blair Smart Eby, MC
Lt. Blair Eby joined the 2nd Battalion, 48th Highlanders in Toronto and is shown in a 1940 newspaper article as one of the 52 officers of the 2nd Battalion who were training for service in the Second World War. Travelling to England to the Holding Unit he was promptly sent to the 1st Battalion, 48th […]
Pilot Officer John L Bradbury
April 1942 John Leslie Bradbury, Police Constable 100 of the Toronto Police Department was a married father of three who lived at 297 Briar Hill Ave. Bradbury had five years of service and was based out of No. 5 Police Station in the area of Davenport and Avenue Roads. On June 26th 1940, John Leslie […]