Results are in alphabetical order (last name, first name).
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:
In the battle for the town of Nissoria, Sicily. Sgt. Birnie was acting as platoon commander in Baker Company. He had been a Highlander since 1930. Son of Noah and
NOK: Son of Alexander and Isabella Bissett, of 128, Canning St., Glasgow, Scotland.
A 3 inch by 4 inch sepia photography of Reverend Armstrong Black DD who was the 48th Chaplin from 1899 until 1907.
192722 Private George Black was a 27 year old moulder originally from Edinburgh, Scotland when he attested into the 92nd Battalion in Toronto on August 20, 1915. He was
NOK: Mrs. J. Alborough (S) 24 Grosvenor Ave. Sault Ste. Marie, ON
NOK: Son of Robert and Mary Black, of Cleator Moor, Whitehaven; husband of Violet Black, of Edinboro, Ambleside, Westmorland. Father of Robert William. Mrs. V. Black (W) Ambleside, Westmoreland, Eng
192447 Private John Black was a 28 year old fireman originally from Cumberland, England. He was employed at Eaton’s when he attested into the 92nd Battalion in August 1915 at
NOK: Mr. John. A. Black (Father) and Mrs. Annie Black (Mother) 1st Ave, Toronto, ON Excerpt on Sgt Wilfred H. Black, MM, sourced from Niagara Historical Society’s 1923 book ”WHOSE
Herbert George Blackall was born on 13 May 1893 to Ephram and Mary Blackall at Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. By 1901 the family had six children, Herbert being the fourth.
Born Oct 19, 1893, Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire/Derbyshire to Robert Neale Blackburn and Elizabeth Ann Nicholas. Immigrated to Canada in 1910. Married Olive Edwards September 28, 1921. Graduated from University of Toronto
NOK: Son of Elmira Blaikie, of Upper Stewiacke, Colchester Co., Nova Scotia, and the late Mr. D. Morrison Blaikie. Mrs. D.M. Blaikie (M) Upper Stewiacke, Colchester Co., NS
NOK: Son of Harry George and Louisa Blake, of 39, St. James Avenue, Toronto.
Killed in the first full day of fighting in which the battalion crossed the Lamone River at night and broadened its bridgehead while defeating German positions and meeting counterattacks in
Private Antoine Blanchard Blanchette was a 27 year old miner from Thetford Mines, Quebec when he attested into the 12th Battalion at Valcartier in September 1914. He was one of
NOK: Harriet Gwen (M) 105 Bullin St., New Plymouth, New Zealand
NOK: Son of Frederick Charles and Lily May Block. of Port Credit Ontario, Canada.
1st Battalion 48th Highlanders Taken Prisoner near Marano River – 6 Sep 44 Repatriated April 1945 NOK:
Pte Blow enlisted at the beginning of the war on 14 September 1939 arriving at the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders in England in October 1941. He was wounded on 3
1045433 Private Gordon Dooley Blue was 20 year old bank clerk from Springfield, Illinois when he attested into the 241st Battalion (Scottish Borders) in Windsor Ontario in October 1916. Due
Killed in Action San Tommaso 30 December 1943 Pte Robert Cumming Blyth was killed in action while cleaning out the town of San Tommaso, part of the mopping up
NOK: Son of James and Frances Boag, of 444, Westmoreland Avenue, Toronto; husband of the late Amy Fletcher Boag. Master S.H. Boag (Son) 1160 Dovercourt Rd., Toronto, ON
James Albert Boggiss enlisted in the 48th Highlanders in 1952. His father had served as a Sergeant with Winnipeg’s 44th Battalion during the First World War and had been awarded
