WW2 Battle Honours:

Normandy Landing
Putot-en-Basin
Caen
The Orne
Falaise
The Laison
Calais, 1944
The Scheldt
Leopold Canal
Breskens Pocket
The Rhineland
Wall Flats
Moyland Wood
The Rhine
Emmerich-Hoch Elten
Deventer
North-West Europe, 1944-1945

Commanding Officers:

1st Battalion:

16 Jul. 38 - 22 Jan. 40: Lt-Col. E.A. Henderson
23 Jan. 40 - 19 May 40: Lt-Col. D.R. Sargent
31 May 40 - 20 Apr. 42: Lt-Col. J.R. Kingham, ED
21 Apr. 42 - 21 Jan. 43: Lt-Col. R.G.L. Parker
22 Jan. 43 - 30 Jan. 43: Maj. D.G. Crofton (acting)
31 Jan. 43 - 1 Apr. 43: Lt-Col. J.D. Macbeth
2 Apr. 43 - 22 Apr. 43: Maj. F.N. Cabeldu (acting)
23 Apr. 43 - 2 Aug. 43: Lt-Col. J.D. Macbeth
3 Aug. 43 - 10 Aug. 44: Lt-Col. F.N. Cabaldu, DSO, ED
11 Aug. 44 - 17 Aug. 44: Maj. R.M. Lendrum (acting)
18 Aug. 44 - 22 Aug. 44: Lt-Col. F.N. Cabeldu, DSO, ED
23 Aug. 44 - 26 Aug. 44: Maj. R.M. Lendrum (acting)
27 Aug. 44 - 30 Aug. 44: Lt-Col. F.N. Cabeldu, DSO, ED
7 Sep. 44 - 10 Dec. 44: Lt-Col. D.G. Crofton
11 Dec. 44 - 4 Jan. 45: Maj. A.H. Plows (acting)
5 Jan. 45 - 9 Feb. 45: Lt-Col. D.G. Crofton
10 Feb. 45 - 1 Jun. 45: Lt-Col. L.S. Henderson, DSO
10 Jun. 45 - 22 Jun. 45: Maj. E.G. English (acting)
23 Jun. 45 - 18 Feb 46: Lt-Col. C.M. Wightman, ED

2nd Battalion:

2 Aug. 38 - 14 Jun. 40: Lt-Col. R.G.L. Parker
15 Jun. 40 - 26 Jan. 42: Lt-Col. W.Bapty
27 Jan. 42 - 14 Mar. 42: Lt-Col. J.MacGregor, VC, MC, DCM, ED (acting)
15 Mar. 42 - 16 Oct. 43: Lt-Col. J.MacGregor, VC, MC, DCM, ED

3rd (Reserve) Battalion:

1 Nov. 40 - 15 Apr. 46: Lt-Col. F.B.J. Stephenson

4th Battalion C.A.O.F.:

2 Jun. 45 - 29 Apr. 46: Lt-Col. L.S. Henderson, DSO, ED

Organizational History:

15 March, 1920: The '88th Regiment Victoria Rifles' and the '50th Regiment' were amalgamted into 'The Canadian Scottish Regiment'.
1 August, 1930: Reorganized as a 2 battalion regiment.
15 December, 1936: Second battalion redesignated '2nd Battalion (MG), The Canadian Scottish Regiment'.
1 September, 1939: The regiment was placed on active service, and the '1st Bn, The Canadian Scottish Regiment (CASF)' was raised, and assigned to 7th Infantry Brigade.
7 November, 1940: The pre-war first battalion was redesignated '3rd (Reserve) Battalion, The Candian Scottish Regiment'.
1 Janurary, 1941: The '2nd Battalion, The Candian Scottish Regiment' was raised.
26 March, 1942: 3rd (Reserve) battalion redesignated '3rd (Reserve) Battalion, The Canadian Scottish Regiment (MG).
15 October, 1943: The 2nd battalion was disbanded.
1 June, 1945: A '4th Battalion, The Canadian Scottish Regiment' was raised for the Canadian Army Occupation Force.
15 Janurary, 1946: The 1st (active) battalion was disbanded.
29 April, 1946: The 4th battalion was disbanded.

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