Message from the HONORARY COLONEL
GREETINGS HIGHLANDERS – SERVING SOLDIERS, FORMER MEMBERS, AND MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENTAL FAMILY – What a privilege it was to represent our Regiment in the 2022 Remembrance Day ceremonies held in Ortona, Italy. HCol (Ret) John Newman and I stood proudly as a new plaque was dedicated, honouring the 48thHighlanders of Canada contribution in the […]
48th Association Remembrance Weekend Activities
The 48th Highlanders Regimental Association Regimental Remembrance Activities Weekend of Nov. 05 – 06, 2022 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5th 11:00 hrs – 48th Remembrance Service at Mount Pleasant Cemetery Form up by 10:30 hrs near the 48th Monument in the cemetery. Padre to lead the service. Chair (Interim) of 48th Highlanders Regimental Association to march on the […]
Message from the HONORARY LIEUTENANT COLONEL
GREETINGS HIGHLANDERS – SERVING SOLDIERS, FORMER SERVING MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF OUR EXTENDED REGIMENTAL FAMILY Our Regimental web site contains a growing wealth of information about the Regiment’s current exercises and activities, and our remarkable and rich history. We are pleased to announce that Kim Beattie’s Regimental history books are now available online at […]
48th Highlanders of Canada – Veterans Services Team – Blog #3 – June 2022
By: Sgt Al Kowalenko, OMC (Retd), 48th Veterans Services Coordinator Greetings to our 48th Highlanders veterans of all eras, Active Battalion members and our Regimental Family members. Summer will be officially with us in the next few weeks and we would like to update you on two important veterans’ parades that will take place […]
48th Museum Announcement
We are thrilled to officially launch our new website 48TH HIGHLANDERS MUSEUM ONLINE Check it out! Be fascinated and informed about our artifacts and Highlanders from 1891 to today. Explore over 6,000 artifacts Learn about over 7,500 Highlanders who served including all those who died in the service of Canada With your help this will […]
Message from the Padre – #4
A number of years ago at the annual regimental dinner in December, MWO Mark McVety CD (Ret’d) gave a talk to the newest members of the unit about where and how the regiment had passed Christmas during the long years of the First and Second World Wars. It was a lot to take in, […]
48th Highlanders of Canada – Veterans Services Team – Blog #2 – December, 2021
By: Sgt Al Kowalenko, OMC (Retd), 48th Veterans Services Coordinator Greetings to our 48th Veterans, Active Battalion Members, and Regimental Family: As a follow-up to our 48th Veterans Services blog of March, 2021, we are now providing a current update on “Veterans Affairs Canada” (VAC), including information on its structure and access to their […]
November 1917: 15th Battalion Fallen & the 104th anniversary of Passchendaele
Like the Somme in 1916, the offensive at Passchendaele was launched to relieve pressure on the French Army. Operationally, 1917 was a heavy year for the 15th Battalion. The unit had been a first wave assault battalion at Vimy ridge in April and during the intense fighting at Hill 70 in August. When the Canadian […]
November 11, 2021: The Fallen of the 15th Battalion 1914-1921 – Dileas Gu Brath
During The Great War 1914-1918 the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders) lost 61 Officers and 1,406 Non Commissioned Officers and Men Killed in Action, Missing in Action, Died of Wounds or Died of illness. The Fallen are buried in 206 cemeteries in Europe, The United Kingdom and Canada. The Missing are commemorated on the Menin Gate […]
Message from the 15th Battalion’s ‘Man at the Front’
Time for a catch up on the situation here in France. It has been an interesting ride since April when I last wrote about life in the north of France. Back then we were under curfew and suffering from a somewhat slow roll-out of the various vaccines. We had started with the accepted formula that […]
