Cpl Wesley, Howard – 1st Bn
Howard Wesley, Service number B79735 enlisted at No. 2 District Depot with the Irish Regiment of Canada in Toronto. Once with the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders overseas Wesley was made A/Cpl on 28 November 44 as the battalion was moving from chasing the Germans through Lombardy, north of Rimini and Cpl on 25 February 1945 […]
Pte Grice, William Bruce Leroy
B487779 Grice, William Bruce Leroy joined the 48th Highlanders (reserves) on 10 October 1950 and was assigned to D Company. However, the record shows he left three weeks later on 01 November 1950. More research required as Grice recalled being in the regiment and marching in the Coronation parade on 2 June 1953.
Cpl Cottrell, Walter Jack
B124681 Cottrell, Walter Jack enlisted in Military District No. 3, in the southern Ontario area. As it is not a number assigned to the 48th Highlanders this suggests he came to the regiment after enlisting, most likely overseas. There were two entries in the Pt 2 Orders, attached to the 48th Highlanders War Diary of […]
Pte Faloon, Lloyd Burns – 1st Bn
B73487 Pte Faloon, Lloyd Burns joined the 48th Highlanders of Canada, 1st Battalion in September 1939. Following training, mostly at the Horse Palace in the CNE grounds in Toronto he, as part of the 1st Battalion, left by CN train from Toronto on 17 December 1939 for Halifax where they boarded the Reina del Pacifico […]
McIntyre, Mathew Buttery – Bisley Team
Pte McIntyre, Mathew Buttery joined the 48th Highlanders (Militia) in Toronto on 13 April 1931 and was assigned to No. 3 Company. He was on the regiment’s Bisley team in 1938.
L/Cpl Markham, Fredrick C.
A61046 Pte Fredrick C Markham enlisted in Militia District 2 (Southern Ontario, including Toronto) with service number allocated to NRMA Recruits to active force in England. He is not on any of our sailing lists from Canada in 1939 or 1940 so he may have sailed with other unit soldiers or after 1940. NOK: Wife: […]
Birinyi, Alexander
Pte Birinyi, Alexander, service number B105128 enlisted at No. 23 T.C. (Reserve Recruits) either from or to a reserve unit. The entries in 48th Highlanders orders of July 1944 show: . Struck off Strength X-3 List to 48th Highrs on 14 July 44 and the unit registered him on strength on the 15 July. The […]
Lt. Douglas Barrett Scott – 1st Bn
Lt Scott joined up with the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders just after the battles north of Rimini when the battalion had been chasing the Germans through the mud of Lombardy and was at rest at Miramar. The date is 20 October 1944. He was assigned as a Platoon Commander in Baker Company. He is then […]
Pte Roe, Charles Stuart
B75244 Pte Roe, Charles Stuart enlisted with the 48th Highlanders in Toronto. He is not on the sailing lists we have for 1939 and 1940 so he may have sailed later or with a group from other battalions. Pte Bain was Struck off Strength of the 48th Highlanders on 29 May 1944 and assigned to […]
LCol Tyler Wentzell, CD
Commanding Officer 2024 – LCol Tyler Wentzell was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland and grew up mostly in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia. He joined the Canadian Armed Forces in 2002 through the Regular Officer Training Program. After graduating from the Royal Military College in 2006 with a degree in history, he commissioned into the Third Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian […]