This week in history
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Date | Event |
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30 Oct 1992 | Change of Command from LCol A. G. Young, CD to LCol K. McBey, CD |
01 Nov 1891 | 1st 48th Highlander Adjuctant appointed - Captain Walter MacDonald |
01 Nov 1891 | 1st Sergeant Major appointed - Alfred G. Robinson in role for 5 years. Came from QOR. |
01 Nov 1891 | Drilling begins in Bailey's Hall on Huron Street Capt. Wilbur Henderson rents hall at own expense |
01 Nov 1891 | Full dress uniform ordered from a tailor in Inverness |
01 Nov 1891 | Name authorized: 48th Battalion (Highlanders) 48 was a vacancy in Army numbers for Battalions |
01 Nov 1915 | 92nd Battalion usese dark blue puttees Fox's Puttees |
01 Nov 1915 | 92nd Battalion, 1st Reinforcing Draft leaves Toronto for overseas. |
01 Nov 1943 | CBE to Brig. Eric Haldenby, MC, VD for creating training excellence at Avellino camp, 1943 - 1944 Date is start of Avellino camp |
01 Nov 1943 | P/M Andy Anderson and Cpl Jim Ironside decide to take care of all 48th cemeteries, to end of war. Ironside fashioned crosses in white with green maple leaf and Dileas crest above. |
01 Nov 1945 | 3rd Canadian Infantry Battalion (48th Highlanders of Canada) disbanded after VJ Day. |
01 Nov 1971 | No. 2894 48th Highlanders of Canada Cadet Corps officially authorized. Name change to No. 48 from 2894 by Major John Brown in subsequent years. |
01 Nov 1997 | Change of RSM from CWO J.K. McGuffin, CD to CO W. Gillie, CD |
01 Nov 2004 | Greta Cornelia Overmeen of Apeldoorn passes away after caring for 48th graves at Holten over 40 yrs. WWII vets Gord Outhwaite and Herb Pike scattered Overmeen's ashes at Holten, 6 May 2005 |
02 Nov 2014 | Memorial Dedicated to 1st Bn Highlanders, placed in St. Mark's English Church in Florence, Italy Plaque donated by Sandre Seagram Annovazzi, daughter of 1st Officer killed in Bn |
04 Nov 1918 | Battle Honour, Pursuit to Mons. 04 to 10 November 1918. Mons was the location of the 1st German attack in 1914 and the last defeat in 1918. |
04 Nov 2011 | "That Dileas Spirit", a 3 hour DVD of 1st Bn from 1939 - 1945 with 23 veteran interviews, released. Contains film footage and photos from England, Italy and Holland |
04 Nov 2011 | 120th Anniversary of 48th Highlanders held on 4 - 6 weekend. |
05 Nov 2004 | 100 soldier Honour Guard of 48th Highlanders open the Royal winter Fair at the Horse Palace, CNE |
05 Nov 2012 | Sculpture with dual portraits - Princess Elizabeth 1947 and Queen Elizabeth 2012 presented to Museum Authorized by Her Majesty, Sculpted by Christian Cardell Corbet. |