IN THIS ISSUE: Msgs from the CO & RSM Active Unit Exercises and Photos Apeldoorn 2025 Highlander...
Summer greetings to our 48th Highlanders of Canada veterans of all eras, Active Battalion members, and...
By: Sgt Al Kowalenko, OMC (Retd) 48th Veterans Services Coordinator SPRINGTIME & SPECIAL CELEBRATIONS...
A moment in history that changed everything—join us in remembering and celebrating Apeldoorn’s liberation....
As you will be aware from the prior messages sent from the Regimental Association, the active unit will...
Join the IODE 48th Highlanders Chapter for an authentic Apeldoorn Liberation Lunch With Guest Speaker...
The following information is intended for members of the Regimental Association, and for those about...
Fellow Highlanders and members of the Association,
Mark your Calendars!!
Saturday, January 25th 2025
Commanding Officer LCol Tyler Wentzell At the annual Soldiers Appreciation Dinner this year, I focused...
Fellow Highlanders and Members of the Association, the 48th Highlanders Regimental Association Executive...
By: Sgt Al Kowalenko, OMC (Retd) 48th Veterans Services Coordinator THE FALL – A CHANGE OF SEASON – A...
Have a look at what has been happening over the last 8 months with this issue of the Falcon! IN THIS...
Next May the 48th are going to Holland...
By: Sgt Al Kowalenko, OMC (Retd) 48th Veterans Services Coordinator Summer greetings to our 48th Highlanders...
Spring greetings to our 48th Highlanders veterans of all eras, Active Battalion, and members of our extended...
Fellow Highlanders/Members of the Association, The 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental family participates...
Sgt Ozzie Reece, MWO George McLean, Capt Norm Gogo, Major Tom White and Sgt Herb Pike: by Scott Masters,...
Final Week Of The Matching Holland Fundraiser GREETINGS HIGHLANDERS – SERVING SOLDIERS, FORMER SERVING...
Click here to see the Falcon Journal PDF Click the image below to see the Falcon as a “Flipbook”...
By: Sgt Al Kowalenko, OMC (Retd) 48th Veterans Services Coordinator CALLING ALL 48TH VETERANS! The month...
11 Sept 2023 Fellow Highlanders/Members of the Association, As many of you are aware, the 48th Highlanders...
Highlanders, This May, as you will read in the most recent, excellent issue of the Falcon (link here),...
By: Sgt Al Kowalenko, OMC (Retd) 48th Veterans Services Coordinator Greetings to our 48th Highlanders...
By: Sgt Al Kowalenko, OMC (Retd) 48th Veterans Services Coordinator Spring greetings to our 48th Highlanders...
GREETINGS HIGHLANDERS – SERVING SOLDIERS, FORMER MEMBERS, AND MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENTAL FAMILY – What...
The 48th Highlanders Regimental Association Regimental Remembrance Activities Weekend of Nov. 05 – 06,...
GREETINGS HIGHLANDERS – SERVING SOLDIERS, FORMER SERVING MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF OUR EXTENDED REGIMENTAL...
Sgt Al Kowalenko, OMC (Retd), 48th Veterans Services Coordinator By: Sgt Al Kowalenko, OMC (Retd), 48th...
We are thrilled to officially launch our new website 48TH HIGHLANDERS MUSEUM ONLINE Check it out! Be...
A number of years ago at the annual regimental dinner in December, MWO Mark McVety CD (Ret’d) gave a...
By: Sgt Al Kowalenko, OMC (Retd), 48th Veterans Services Coordinator Sgt Al Kowalenko, OMC (Retd),...
Like the Somme in 1916, the offensive at Passchendaele was launched to relieve pressure on the French...
During The Great War 1914-1918 the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders) lost 61 Officers and 1,406 Non Commissioned...
Time for a catch up on the situation here in France. 403 Squadron RCAF at Vimy Ridge It has been an interesting...
LCol Alkema Hello Highlanders – It’s a great day to be a Highlander! Tomorrow, 16 October...
Among my favourite photos in the Regiment’s vast archives are those of war time weddings. Each photo...
“They were on The Somme” Between September 1st and October 14th, 1916 the 15th Battalion...
Good day fellow Highlanders, As I write this blog, we are quickly approaching our 130th Regimental Birthday...
Virtual Change of Command Ceremony
DILEAS GU BRATH
HCol John MacIntyre
Building bridges through inclusion This blog begins in the midst of the High Holidays, which is an important...
LCol Alkema Greetings Highlanders – It’s a great day to be a Highlander! As I’m enjoying...
Today is the 103rd anniversary of the battle for the Drocourt-Queant Line and more specifically for the...
This is the 104th anniversary of the battle of Hill 70 during which the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders)...
The battle of Amiens was the beginning of Canada’s 100 Days on the road to final victory in The Great...
Hello Highlanders – It’s hard to believe that we’re at the August Long Weekend already – the mid-point...
As the old joke goes, Canada has only two seasons: winter and July. This July will find me on a busman’s...
Hello Highlanders, As I write this blog, we are closing out another training year and beginning to look...
“What is our legacy?” GREETINGS HIGHLANDERS – SERVING SOLDIERS, FORMER SERVING MEMBERS AND MEMBERS...
Hello Highlanders – We’re well into May now – and finally the weather has caught up with the calendar!...
GREETINGS HIGHLANDERS – SERVING SOLDIERS AND FORMER ACTIVE AND ASSOCIATE MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENTAL FAMILY...
Due to Covid-19, the 48th Highlanders of Canada conducted a small ceremony to enable our regiment to...
Our 48th Highlanders Regimental Association Group page on Facebook continues to attract a lot of users....
Today is the 106th anniversary – to the exact day – of the gas attack against the Canadians during...
LCol Alkema Hello Highlanders – I trust this finds you well – or as well as you can be, in the...
Have your days merged to the point where you look at the rubbish bin in the kitchen and think, “half...
As I write this, many of us are marking Easter week and I can’t help but note that it was on an Easter...
As I write this first blog from the RSMs desk, I am reflecting on what has happened over the past year....
This Day in History 1st Commanding Officer of 48th Highlanders Confirmed on 25 March 1892 Lt. Col Davidson’s...
Highlanders, Latha math to our active unit and cadets, our veterans/former serving members, and our current...
Greetings Highlanders – We’re now four weeks into our weekly blog, and we’ve had blogs written by the...
By: Sgt Al Kowalenko, OMC (Retd) Sgt Al Kowalenko, OMC (Retd), 48th Veterans Services Coordinator I am...
GREETINGS HIGHLANDERS – SERVING SOLDIERS, FORMER SERVING MEMBERS, AND MEMBERS OF THE EXTENDED REGIMENTAL...
As you must have noticed by now, as of January 2021 we have a new Regimental Association! About...
Greetings Highlanders – Serving Soldiers, Former Members, and Members of the Regimental Family...
GREETINGS HIGHLANDERS – It’s a great day to be Highlander! Let me share some good news with you....
Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, the National Bard,...
COVID-19 and VAC Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) local offices are now closed due coronavirus restrictions...