Captain William M (Bill) Darling MMM CD
Regimental Sergeant Major 48th Highlanders of Canada (1999-2002) Brigade Sergeant Major 32 Canadian Brigade Group (2006-2008) Land Forces Area Central Sergeant Major (Reserve) (2010-2014) William Darling joined in 1979 as a Gunner with 2 Field Royal Canadian Artillery, located in Montreal, Quebec. In 1982 he relocated to Toronto, Ontario, re-mustered Infantry […]
Pte Corbet GT
George Thomas Corbet was born in Guernsey. Before 1914 he came from Kapuskasing, Ontario and joined the 48th Highlanders. He served in the Military Band of the 48th Highlander of Canada under Captain John Slatter. In 1916 he was mobilized with the 134th Battalion (48th Highlanders) for service with the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) overseas. […]
Pte Street, Kenneth Leslie
Attested on 7 July 1917 with the Service Bn CDF, 48th Highlanders CEF for overseas duty. Date of Birth is 4 July 1871 which made him 46 when he attested. Sent to NCO’s Training Depot in Militia District 2 at Niagara on the Lake for training where he was diagnosed with a hernia that required […]
Pte Reichelt, Albert Joseph
B166052 Pte Reichelt, Albert Joseph of Stevensville, Ontario enlisted in Hamilton in 1944 when he turned 18. He arrived in the UK in the spring of 1945 and was part of the 1 May 1945 reinforcing draft for the 1st Battalion 48th Highlanders in Holland. In June, Reichelt was posted to the 4th Battalion Queen’s […]
HCol Michael D Scott CM CD
Honorary Colonel 48th Highlanders of Canada 2017-2020 Honorary Lieutenant Colonel 48th Highlanders 2014-2017 HCol Mike Scott joined the 48th Highlanders in 1979 and served until 1986. During that time he also served with the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada and the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment. A passionate and life-long member of the Scouts Canada for […]
WO1 James E (Tiny) Small
Regimental Sergeant Major 4th Princess Louise’s Dragoon Guards (1941-1945) Platoon and Company Sergeant Major, 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders (CASF) (1940-1942) Drum Major 48th Highlanders of Canada (1932-1937) James E Small tried three times to join the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) during World War I. In 1916 he was released from the 182nd Battalion. His medical described […]
Pipe Major (CWO) Alexander (Sandy) Dewar MMM CD
Pipe Major 48th Highlanders of Canada 1985-2007 Alexander “Sandy” Dewar started learning the bagpipes at age seven from his father, the late Pipe Major Archie Dewar. The Dewar family is well known in the 48th Regimental family having had 10 family members serve in the 48th Highlanders to date with continuous service in the Pipes […]
Maj George Henry Musgrove DSO
George Henry Musgrove was a subaltern (Lieutenant) in the 48th Highlanders when the First World War began and arrived at Valcartier as a Captain. In early May 1915 he arrived to join the 15th Battalion in the field as part of a draft brought forward by Major Bent that included the last group of original […]
Capt Lloyd Smith
Lieutenant-Colonel William Brown (Bill) Hendrie, ED
Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion 48th Highlanders of Canada 16 January to 31 March 1942 William Brown (Bill) Hendrie was the son of Lieutenant Colonel William Hendrie and had served as an officer since the 1920s. He and his brother George were both serving in September 1939 and volunteered to join the 1st Battalion on mobilization. He […]