Category: 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force, World War I

Categories: Canadian Expeditionary Force, World War I

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42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada)

The 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), CEF, was an infantry battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War. The 42nd Battalion was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Great Britain on 10 June 1915. It disembarked in France on 9 October 1915, where it fought as part of the 7th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The battalion was disbanded on 15 September 1920. The 42nd Battalion recruited in and was mobilized at Montreal.

The 42nd Battalion had five Officers Commanding:

• Lt-Col. G.S. Cantlie, 10 June 1915 – 24 December 1916
• Maj. R.L.H. Ewing, 24 December 1916 – 2 January 1917
• Maj. S.C. Norsworthy, 2 January 1917 – 6 April 1917
• Lt-Col. B. McLennan, DSO, 6 April 1917 – 3 August 1918
• Lt-Col. R.L.H. Ewing, DSO, MC, 3 August 1918-Demobilization

One member of the 42nd Battalion was awarded the Victoria Cross. Private (later Lieutenant) Thomas Dinesen was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 12 August 1918 at Parvillers, France.

The 42nd Battalion was awarded the following battle honours:

- MOUNT SORREL

- SOMME, 1916

- Flers-Courcelette

- Ancre Heights

- ARRAS, 1917, '18

- Vimy, 1917

- Arleux

- HILL 70

- Ypres 1917

- Passchendaele

- AMIENS

- SCARPE '18

- HINDENBURG LINE

- Canal du Nord

- PURSUIT TO MONS

- FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18[5]

The 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), CEF, is perpetuated by The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada.

A

Hugh Allan 13 Oct 1860 Montreal, Quebec, Canada - 26 Sep 1951

Hugh Allan 26 Oct 1896 Montréal, Québec, Canada - 06 Jul 1917

B

Henry Birks 06 Sep 1892 Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Nov 1985

Herman Black 18 Mar 1898 Little River, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada - 1917

Carl Brown Mar 1893 Aulac, Westmorland, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada - 12 Apr 1917

William Bryce abt 24 Feb 1890 Whitburn, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 13 Feb 1946

C

Edward Cuvelier 11 Apr 1896 Amherst, Nova Scotia, Cumb Co, Nova Scotia, Canada - 08 Aug 1918

D

Thomas Dinesen 09 Aug 1892 Rungsted, Hørsholm, Frederiksborg, Denmark - 10 Mar 1979

G

George Graham 09 Feb 1888 New Brunswick, Canada - 29 Sep 1918

H

James Hanson 30 May 1897 Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia, Canada - Apr 1984

L

James Lefurgey abt 1890 Ontario, Canada

Richmond Lyon 23 Jun 1887 Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada - 21 Oct 1946

M

Hartland MacDougall 10 Mar 1876 Montreal, Montreal Region, Quebec, Canada - 28 Apr 1947

Manford Mack 21 May 1897 Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada - 07 Oct 1916

Ralph MacMichael 13 Jun 1898 Rexton, Kent, New Brunswick, Canada - 09 Apr 1917

Jean Martin 24 Jul 1895 Eel River Bridge, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada - 28 Aug 1918

Edward McKee 15 Jun 1885 Saint-Sylvestre, Lobinière, Québec, Canada - 19 Jan 1946

M cont.

Robert McKeown 01 May 1887 Belfast, Ireland - aft 01 Sep 1958

James Mills 28 Nov 1896 - 13 Feb 1986

Herbert Molson 29 May 1875 Montreal, Quebec, Canada - 21 Mar 1938

William Molson 22 Jan 1888 Montreal, Quebec, Canada - 12 Nov 1951

S

Vernell Spates 14 Nov 1897 Brooklyn, Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada - 04 Nov 1917

T

George Barker Taylor 08 Feb 1888 46 Dean Street, West Hartlepool, County Durham, England - 07 May 1942

Joseph Theodore Theriault 24 Jun 1900 Paquetville, Gloucester, New Brunswick, Canada - 1918

Y

Russell Young 16 Dec 1894 Russell, Russell, Ontario, Canada - 01 Sep 1962

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