Sgt Maj (WO2) Colin Fraser Barron VC
Colin Fraser Barron was born on 20 September 1893 in Baldavie Cottage in Boyndie, Banffshire, Scotland. He emigrated to Canada in March 1910, becoming a railway worker in Toronto. He enlisted in the 48th Highlanders, a militia unit in May 1913 and was posted to H Company. He volunteered for the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) […]
Lt Sandford Galt Smith
Lieutenant Sanford Galt Smith came to 1st Battalion 48th Highlanders of Canada on 8-Dec-44. While attending University of Toronto Cadet Smith was a member of the Canadian Officers Training Corps (COTC) and qualified as an Artillery officer. Also, while working as a miner in South Africa he served in the 8th Transvaal Regiment. Having qualified […]
Cpl Kay WF (Bill), DCM
Our regimental history, Dileas, states: “Two of Lt. Handley’s sections and all of Lt. Naylor’s were into the ground, unable to move. A young English lad, Cpl. William Frederick Kay, and the third section of No. 17 Platoon, rose to the occasion. Cpl. Kay was on Lt. Handley’s far right flank; his section was the […]
Pte Muckleston WH
134th Battalion, 48th Highlanders
Col John Forbes Michie, VD
Founding Officer and Honorary Lieutenant Colonel John Forbes Michie was one of the original officers of the Regiment who served as Officer Commanding D Company from 19-Feb-1892. He served to 1928, retiring as a Colonel. Col Michie, who had been one of the foremost instigators of the movement for the formation of the Regiment, and […]
Sgt Boulaine LRPJ, MM
Dileas p. 574 – The Hitler Line Cpl. Leslie Raoul Boulaine, an acting serjeant of Baker, was one of the most gallant of all. In the attack on the houses, he had taken command of No. 10 platoon when its officer was knocked out. When the platoon was pinned down, Cpl. Boulaine just took charge […]
Brig FB (Bev) Matthews CBE, (NL-Order of Orange Nassau) (MID*)
1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders of Canada CASF 1939 to 1940 Brigadier “A” (Administration) Canadian Military Headquarters 1945 Colonel “AQ” (Administration and Quartering) First Canadian Army 1944-1945 Frederick Beverly (Bev) Matthews graduated from University of Toronto and was called to the Bar in 1930. In 1939 he went overseas an original officer of 1st Battalion, 48th […]
Cpl Crane RB, MM
Cpl Riley RA, MM
Pte Sundholm, R. F. A. SL5006
SL5006 Pte. Sundholm, R. F. A. (Raymond Frederick Albert) 48th Highlanders standing at ease in front of barracks building at Aldershot camp in Nova Scotia, during Basic Military Training in 1953 prior to going to Korea. In battledress with balmoral. Sundholm was recruited out of Regina with the Recruiting Officer saying it was for Germany […]