Lt RF (Frank) Girdestone
1st Battalion 48th Highlanders Taken Prisoner at Riccione 6 September 1944
Lt William Arthur Hunter
1st Battalion 48th Highlanders Taken Prisoner near Marano River – 6 Sep 44 Lt William A. (Bill) Hunter, of Shreveport, Louisiana USA, joined the 48th Highlanders 1st Battalion in England on 12 June 1941. He remained in England, joining the 1st Battalion as a replacement office in Italy in the week of 14 January 1944 […]
CSM Leuty, John Gill
192261 John Gill Leuty attested with the 92nd Battalion, 48th Highlanders (a reinforcement battalion) on 10 August 1915. He arrived in England on 29 May 1916 and was transferred to the 42nd Battalion arriving in the field on 04 September 1916, just after the battle of The Somme which began on 01 September. He reported […]
Pte Norris, Donald William
B810800 joined the 48th Highlanders of Canada in 1960.
Pte Norris, Joseph William
B75391 Pte Norris joined the 48th Highlanders of Canada on 26 July 1940 and was released 31 March 1942. Family recall that he said he was a machine gun instructor at Base Borden, Ontario. NOK: Mary Norris – grandmother – 37 Simpson Avenue, Mimico
LCpl BELLERBY, Francis Matthew
Son of Alice Bellerby, of 17, George St., Redcar, Yorks, England, and the late John Henry Bellerby.
Pte Cameron, Rupert Murry – 1st Bn
B91567 Pte Cameron, R M – TOS from 48th Highrs X-4 list (4 Bn) eff 25 Jan 44 Pte Cameron sailed from England where he was on the 48th Highlanders’ reserve list of soldiers who would be called to Italy to fill vacancies. He arrived at the battalion on 25 January 44 while they were […]
Hamilton, Pte Robert Lorne
B64061 Pte Hamilton, Robert Lorne, nickname “Slim”, enlisted with the Queen’s Own Rifles in Toronto then transferred to the 48th Highlanders, joining the 1st Battalion in England. Pte Hamilton was taken on strength of the 1st Battalion 48th Highlanders on 10 August 1943. Pte Hamilton had travelled from Scotland in the “slow convoy’ which carried […]
Lt Albert Eric Jackes
Attested into Overseas U of T Training Company as Private Previous served in 48th Highlanders for 16 months as Lt Discharged to take commission in Imperial Army 26 Oct 17
Cameron, Pte Rupert Murry
Rupert Murry Cameron joined the home battalion of the 48th Highlanders on 7 Oct 1914. (more research required – no record with 15th or 92nd Battalion)