Capt. W.L. Beattie
Capt. W.L. Beattie
Lt William Sweetman Miller (Dusty)
Died of wounds from shelling after the successful capture of the town of Valguarnera, Sicily NOK: Son of John Miller, and of Clara Edith Miller (nee Sweetman); husband of Catherine Jane Miller (nee Craig), of Hillingdon, Middlesex, England.
Lieut. K. F. Davenport
Capt H. C. Mitchel
Major J. Eardley W. Wright, D.S.O.
Eardley Wright joined the 48th Highlanders militia regiment, commission number 51843 and was a Lt in C Company from 1935 on. He had been a cadet at Upper Canada College from 1926-31. In early September 1939, just days after war had been declared, he volunteered for overseas duty as a Lt. with the 1st Battalion […]
Captain J.S. McFarlane
Lt Ian MacDonald
Lt Jeffery Filder Smith
Killed in Action with 13th Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada) June 1917 Lieutenant Jeffery Filder Smith was a graduate of Upper Canada College and Trinity College, University of Toronto who went overseas with the 92nd Battalion (48th Highlanders). He was later transferred to 73rd Battalion. While serving with the 73rd during the battle for Vimy […]
Maj PR Griffin, MC
1st Battalion 48th Highlanders of Canada (CASF) 1940-43 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion 1944-45
Drum Major (S/Sgt) DM Fletcher, CD