48th Highlanders of Canada

Armorial Description

Within an annulus inscribed DILEAS GU BRATH, the numeral 48; above the numeral and resting on a bar, a falcons head, couped; below the numeral a curved scroll inscribed HIGHLANDERS.[B

Official Abbreviation: 48 Highrs

Motto: Dileas Gu Brath (Faithful forever)

Battle Honours (49)

Early History

SOUTH AFRICA, 1899-1900 First World War

Second World War

Regimental Headquarters:
Moss Park Armoury
130 Queen Street East
Toronto, Ontario
M5A 1R9

Order of Precedence: 30

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Today in Military History

August 30

1813:

Battle of Kulm - French forces defeated by Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance.

1862:

Battle of Richmond, Kentucky - Confederates under Edmund Kirby Smith rout a Union army under General Horatio Wright.

1914:

Battle of Tannenberg

1922:

Battle of Dumlupinar, final battle in Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) ("Turkish War of Independence")

1941:

Siege of Leningrad begins.

1944:

MONTECCHIO, effective dates for battle honour begin (to 31 Aug 44)

1945:

British naval fore arrives in Hong Kong to reoccupy colony

1945:

Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.

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