J. Baldwin – South Africa Volunteer
48th Regiment “Highlanders” Served with 2nd (Special Service) Battalion The Royal Canadian Regiment as part of the first Canadian Contingent in South Africa Early years member of 48th Regiment “Highlanders” who volunteered to go to South Africa in 1900, Canada’s first official war since Confederation. From Kim Beattie “48th Highlanders of Canada pg […]
C. W. Hopeson – South Africa Volunteer
48th Regiment “Highlanders” Served with 2nd (Special Service) Battalion The Royal Canadian Regiment as part of the first Canadian Contingent in South Africa Early years member of 48th Regiment “Highlanders” who volunteered to go to South Africa in 1900, Canada’s first official war since Confederation. From Kim Beattie “48th Highlanders of Canada pg […]
J. L. Hornibrook – South Africa Volunteer
Early years member of 48th Regiment “Highlanders” who volunteered to go to South Africa in 1900, Canada’s first official war since Confederation. From Kim Beattie “48th Highlanders of Canada” pg 10 the number was restricted for the first contingent and the following 48th Highlanders were allowed to go: “A” company – Col. Sgt A.R. MacGregor, […]
Maj J A William (Bill) Whiteacre, MM QC
As a very young soldier, before coming to the 48th Highlanders, Bill fought with the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders with the Canadian Highland Brigade in the Second World War, during the Rhineland Offensive, the Crossing of the Rhine River, where he was awarded the Military Medal for Bravery in the Field. He later took […]
S/Sgt Pike, Herbert James (“Herb”)
1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders (1942-45) THE HEART OF A REGIMENT In the annals of the 48th Highlanders of Canada there are numerous Highlanders of great renown. Our Regimental histories list their battlefield exploits. Names such as Johnston, Haldenby, Bent, Elms and Mackenzie are well known. But others, less well chronicled in our histories show through […]
Pte McNish WM
48th Regiment “Highlanders” Served with 2nd (Special Service) Battalion The Royal Canadian Regiment as part of the first Canadian Contingent in South Africa Member of 48th Regiment “Highlanders” who volunteered to go to South Africa in 1900, Canada’s first official war since Confederation. From Kim Beattie “48th Highlanders of Canada” pg 10 the number was […]
WO2 Walker, Bruce B, CD
B73555 Bruce Bertram Walker was an original “39er” with the 1st Bn 48th Highlanders and served until the end of the war. He rejoined the Canadian Army Special Force for Korea and served as an Artilleryman, retiring as a WO2. Obituary WALKER, Bruce B. CD WO2 (Ret) Died at Montfort Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, on January […]
N. R. Nash
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