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The History of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada: 3-Volume Set, 1759-2022 |
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The definitive history of Canada’s Black Watch Regiment, whose legendary status was forged in battle across three centuries.
In three volumes spanning centuries, Lieutenant Colonel Roman Jarymowycz recounts the story of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada, the oldest Highland regiment in the country. He traces its history from the roots, when soldiers, settlers, and militia volunteers rallied to defend the southern borders of their adopted country against invasion from the United States. Drawing on diaries, letters, classified documents, and the regimental archive, Jarymowycz weaves the strands of a complex story into an epic narrative of a resolute collective of officers and men.
Since its birth in 1862 as the 5th Battalion, Volunteer Militia Rifles of Canada, thousands of citizens have served in the unit. In addition to securing Canada’s borders, Black Watch soldiers have fought in the South African War, both world wars, and the Korean War. They have bolstered NATO operations and United Nations peacekeeping missions, and they provided aid to the civil power during the 1997 Quebec and Eastern Ontario ice storm disaster and the COVID-19 pandemic. The Montreal-based battalion continues to serve Canada in its traditional role as a reserve infantry unit, and to this day, Black Watch soldiers frequently deploy on dangerous missions abroad. In volume 1, readers will learn of the Black Watch’s origins; its first foreign enterprise, the South African War; and a detailed account of the Great War, where the regiment evolved from the 5th Royal Highlanders to become the Canadian Black Watch, as they were known throughout the empire.
The Montreal regiment trained four battalions for overseas duty, three of which participated in the greatest battles of the First World War, an unprecedented accomplishment. This volume not only offers a critical analysis of campaigns, key actions, and tactical evolution, but also includes an intimate and compelling account of the sacrifices that forged this extraordinary regiment. In volume 2 we are offered the story of the bloody battlefields of the Second World War, when the Black Watch joined Commonwealth regiments to defeat the Axis Powers. After a quick mobilization in 1939 and a long wait in England, the Black Watch experienced a baptism by fire at Dieppe. Landing in Normandy after D-Day, the regiment fought in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany, its distinguished service earning numerous honours. As well as discussing these military engagements, Jarymowycz reveals the many difficulties with recruiting, training, recovering from devastating battles, communicating with higher command, and the quality and scarcity of reinforcements.
Volume 3 relates the regiment’s post-Second World War story. Canada’s commitments to NATO and the United Nations led to the creation of two regular battalions of the Black Watch, while retaining the reserve battalion in Montreal. From 1953 to 1970, in Korea, Germany, Cyprus, and Canada, the regular battalions served with devotion and courage. The thousands of men who were based at Camp Aldershot, Nova Scotia, and the Regimental Depot in Sussex, New Brunswick, then moved to establish a Regular Force Home Station in the newly constructed Camp Gagetown, NB. These units earned a reputation second to none in efficiency, training, fighting ability, readiness, and strength.
This monumental history of Canada’s oldest Highland regiment is at once a record of Scottish heritage, a portrait of Montreal rising as an industrial giant, and an examination of the emergence of a military culture from the Western Front.
Since its birth in 1862 as the 5th Battalion, Volunteer Militia Rifles of Canada, thousands of citizens have served in the unit. In addition to securing Canada’s borders, Black Watch soldiers have fought in the South African War, both world wars, and the Korean War. They have bolstered NATO operations and United Nations peacekeeping missions, and they provided aid to the civil power during the 1997 Quebec and Eastern Ontario ice storm disaster and the COVID-19 pandemic. The Montreal-based battalion continues to serve Canada in its traditional role as a reserve infantry unit, and to this day, Black Watch soldiers frequently deploy on dangerous missions abroad. In volume 1, readers will learn of the Black Watch’s origins; its first foreign enterprise, the South African War; and a detailed account of the Great War, where the regiment evolved from the 5th Royal Highlanders to become the Canadian Black Watch, as they were known throughout the empire.
The Montreal regiment trained four battalions for overseas duty, three of which participated in the greatest battles of the First World War, an unprecedented accomplishment. This volume not only offers a critical analysis of campaigns, key actions, and tactical evolution, but also includes an intimate and compelling account of the sacrifices that forged this extraordinary regiment. In volume 2 we are offered the story of the bloody battlefields of the Second World War, when the Black Watch joined Commonwealth regiments to defeat the Axis Powers. After a quick mobilization in 1939 and a long wait in England, the Black Watch experienced a baptism by fire at Dieppe. Landing in Normandy after D-Day, the regiment fought in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany, its distinguished service earning numerous honours. As well as discussing these military engagements, Jarymowycz reveals the many difficulties with recruiting, training, recovering from devastating battles, communicating with higher command, and the quality and scarcity of reinforcements.
Volume 3 relates the regiment’s post-Second World War story. Canada’s commitments to NATO and the United Nations led to the creation of two regular battalions of the Black Watch, while retaining the reserve battalion in Montreal. From 1953 to 1970, in Korea, Germany, Cyprus, and Canada, the regular battalions served with devotion and courage. The thousands of men who were based at Camp Aldershot, Nova Scotia, and the Regimental Depot in Sussex, New Brunswick, then moved to establish a Regular Force Home Station in the newly constructed Camp Gagetown, NB. These units earned a reputation second to none in efficiency, training, fighting ability, readiness, and strength.
This monumental history of Canada’s oldest Highland regiment is at once a record of Scottish heritage, a portrait of Montreal rising as an industrial giant, and an examination of the emergence of a military culture from the Western Front.
Details
1392 Pages, 8.5 x 11
634 illustrations, 33 maps, full colour
ISBN 9780228017196
May 2023
Formats: Cloth, eBook
Roman Johann Jarymowycz (1945-2017) was a decorated Canadian soldier-scholar, military historian, mentor, and educator. Born in Vienna, he lived most of his life in Montreal.
Volume 1:
Foreword | ix
List of Appendices | xix
List of Maps | xix
Acknowledgements | xxi
Note on Military Ranks | xxiii
Part I: The Origins of Montreal’s Highland Regiment 1759-1914
Chapter 1
The Scottish Military Tradition in Quebec | 3
The First Scottish Colonies - Quebec City and Tadoussac | 4
Scottish Seigneuries Near Quebec and Montreal | 6
Highlanders and Orkneymen: Scottish Commerce and Martial Style | 7
The Quebec Militia 1763-1812 | 8
The War of 1812 - First Scottish Militia Companies | 10
Battle of Châteauguay 1813, First Battle Honour | 11
The Highland Rifle Company and The Montreal Light Infantry | 13
Act of Union 1840 - Militia Reorganization | 15
The 1855 Militia Act and The Highland Rifle Company | 15
Chapter 2
The 5th Battalion, The Royal Light Infa ntry of Montreal | 19
1862 - Lieutenant Colonel Routh Raises The Royals | 19
The First Regimental Colours, 11 October 1862 | 21
The US Civil War and Fenian Terrorists: 1864-1870 | 22
More Fenians: 1870 | 24
The First Dominion Militia Act, 22 May 1868 | 26
Vengeance and Regimental Reorganization: 1871-1875 | 26
A Scottish Rifle Corps | 27
Chapter 3
From Shako to Glengarry - Becoming Highland | 31
The Royal Scots of Canada, 1884 | 33
The Black Watch Tartan | 34
Regimental Commanders During Transition: 1875-1890 | 34
Lieutenant Colonel EAC Campbell, 1882-84 | 35
Lieutenant Colonel Frank Caverhill, 1884-91 - “Greatly Beloved” | 35
The Strathy Affair - Lieutenant Colonel JAL Strathy, 1893-97 | 36
The Strathy Cup | 38
The Court of Inquiry, March - April 1897 | 40
Chapter 4
The 5th Royal Scots - A Robust Highland Regiment | 43
The New Guard 1897 - Lieutenant Colonel EB Ibbotson, 1897-1901 | 43
International Triumph: Portland 1898 | 44
South Africa 1900: The Second Battle Honour | 45
The Quest for “Highland Status” | 46
Aid to the Civil Power: Valleyfield, October 1900 | 47
Lieutenant Colonel Carson’s Burgeoning Battalions | 48
Borden: The First Militia Council | 49
The Armoury Realized 1906: 5th Regiment
Royal Highlanders of Canada (RHC) | 50
Lieutenant Colonel Carson vs The Minister of Militia and Defence | 51
Chapter 5
Strikers, Riots and Aid to the Civil Power - 1864 to 1903 | 55
Splendid Field Trips: From St Helen’s Island to New York, 1878-1909 | 57
Grand Parades: 1909 Tercentenaries | 57
Affiliation with The Imperial Black Watch | 58
The Pipes, The Pipes | 61
Regimental Dress: Highlander’s Toil | 62
Chapter 6
Training the Regiment 1862-1914 | 65
Lieutenant Colonel George Stephen Cantlie, 1910-51 | 65
Preparation: The Black Watch’s Rose | 66
The 1912 Colours: Fletcher’s Field | 67
Training for War: A Changing Militia, 1862-1914 | 68
The Cheese Factory: Getting Ready for the Kaiser | 70
Notes to Part I | 73
Part I -Illustrations | 89
Part II: The Royal Highlanders in The Great War 1914-1919
Chapter 7
Rushing to France | 125
Montreal - a Battalion Factory | 126
The First Contingent: Raising a Fighting Battalion - The 13th as RHC | 127
Mobilization Schemes and the Second Contingent - The 42nd Battalion RHC | 128
The 73rd Battalion RHC | 130
The 13th Battalion in England | 131
A Division for War | 136
Chapter 8
Ypres - The 13th Battalion RHC | 139
The Second Battle of Ypres, April 1915: Empire Recognition | 139
The Horrid Cloud | 144
Norsworthy’s Supports - First Contact with the German Army | 145
Afternoon 22 April: A Threatened Garrison - An Isolated Front Line | 146
McCuaig Defends the Flank: 22 April | 148
Fred Fisher Saves 10th Field Battery: Afternoon 22 April | 149
The Apex - Morning, 23 April | 151
“About Turn!” The Deteriorating Apex: 9 am to Midnight, 23 April | 152
A New Line and Gas Attack - Dawn 24 April | 155
Bloody Withdrawal: 24-26 April | 156
The Cost of Battle | 157
L’Envoi | 159
Chapter 9
From Mount Sorrel to the Somme - an Annus Horribilis | 161
The 13th and 42nd Battalions Royal Highlanders of Canada in France | 163
George Cantlie and the 42nd | 165
Tartan Envy | 167
The New Corps, a New Division, a New Brigade | 169
Mount Sorrel - The June Show | 170
The 13th Battalion Captures Observatory Ridge | 173
Tactical Revolution: The Belgian Rattlesnake | 175
The Somme Battles September-October 1916 | 177
The 42nd Attacks Fabeck Graben and Regina Trench, 15-17 September 1916 | 178
13th RHC at Regina Trench - 8 October 1916 | 181
Somme Epilogue | 183
Chapter 10
Vimy and Passchendaele | 185
Red Hackles and Balmorals - November 1916 and November 1917 | 186
The Lice That Live in the Folds of the Earth | 187
Commanding the Infantry Battalion | 188
Vimy Ridge 9 April 1917 | 189
73rd RHC in the Great Raid | 191
Rehearsals and Tunnels at Vimy | 192
The Vimy Assault 9 April 1917 | 193
Major Norsworthy Protects the Division Flank: The 42nd at Hill 145 | 196
73rd Battalion is Let Go - Conscription’s Victim | 197
Currie Becomes Corps Commander - Hill 70 15-17 August | 197
Back to Ypres: Passchendaele October 1917 | 199
The 42nd RHC: The Capture and Defence of Graf House - 3 November 1917 | 199
Chapter 11
The Black Watch and The Hundred Days - August to November 1918 | 203
Raids | 203
Regimental Life | 205
The Hundred Days: 8 August - 11 November 1918 | 207
The Battle of Arras - to the DQ Line 27-28 August 1918 | 210
Battle of the Drocourt-Quéant Line 2 September - 4 September 1918 | 211
The Canal du Nord and Cambrai: Breaking the Marcoing Line 27 September - 2 October 1918 | 212
13th Battalion Crosses the Canal | 213
Marcoing Line 29 September: Ewing vs. the Brigadier | 214
13th Battalion Crashes Through: Blécourt, 1 October 1918 | 218
Post Mortems | 219
Chapter 12
The Influence of The Great War | 223
Mons to Germany - The Black Watch Ends The Great War | 223
Battalion Colours - Earned in Battle | 225
The 20th Reserve Battalion, RHC - a Unique Entity | 226
Rococo War Diaries and Talented Men | 228
The Esprit de Corps - From Beer to Red Hackle | 231
The Canadian Corps and The Black Watch | 233
Seven Black Watch Units: Statistics 1914-1919 | 234
Goodbye to All That | 235
Notes to Part II | 239
Part II - Illustrations | 253
Part II - Maps | 299
Part III: The Black Watch between the Wars 1919-1939
Chapter 13
After The Great War 1919-1939 | 313
“The Royal Highlanders of Canada” 1920 - Post War Regimental Reorganization | 314
Remembrance: The 42nd Window and War Memorials in Verdun and Montreal 1921 and 1924 | 317
The Verdun and Montreal Memorials | 318
Chapter 14
Training the Post War Militia - Budgets and Summer Camps | 319
The International Highlanders: American Excursions | 322
The Silver Inkstand: A Mysterious Legacy | 324
Mystery Unsolved - Major William Gordon Peterson | 325
Regimental Writings | 327
Chapter 15
The Canadian Black Watch: New Titles and New Colours - 1931-1935 | 329
The Canadian Black Watch, 1930 | 330
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada, 1935 | 332
The Red Hackle and the Pre War RHC | 333
The Regimental Church | 333
Colours for the 2nd Battalion RHC | 335
An Order of Divine Service: Laying Up the Old Colours, 1932 | 336
Chapter 16
Regimental Cadet Corps 1890-1936 | 339
The Montreal Highland Cadet Corps | 339
Bishop’s College School - Almost a Regimental Depot | 342
The Other “Regimental” Schools | 343
Chapter 17
A Social and City Regiment - Inter-War Activities | 345
Exotic Guests: Prince Takamatsu and Montagu Allan | 346
Exotic Highland Guests: The Duke of Montrose | 347
Adding to Deserved Glory: Black Watch VCs | 348
Colonel Arthur Lennox Mills, a Brief Tour 1931-32 | 348
Victoria Cross Tablets and Lieutenant Colonel WS MacTier | 349
Fleming and the Imperials | 349
The Cantlie Dinner 1935 - A Half Century and A Regimental Centennial | 351
Chapter 18
Sports and Military Diversions - Dealing with the Great Depression | 353
The Social Whirl: Polo at Saraguay | 354
Black Watch Associations - Toronto and Montreal | 355
Dress Regulations: Red Hackle and Stewart Tartan | 355
Camps and Militia Duty | 356
Chapter 19
The Last Days Before the Second World War | 359
Sergeant, Colonel, Bert Howard, 1936 | 360
Militia Patchwork 1936-38 | 360
Blackader Hosts a Last Reunion Dinner | 362
The King and the Colonel-in-Chief Visit | 362
The Regiment’s Organization and Structure circa 1939 | 363
Coda - The Black Watch Between Two Wars … | 364
Notes to Part III | 367
Appendices | 373
Index | 447
Appendices
Appendix A - The Battle Honours of the Regiment | 373
Appendix B - Honorary Colonels of the Regiment | 374
Appendix C - Lineage of the Black Watch (RHR) of Canada 1812-2022 | 376
Appendix D - Commanding Officers 1812-2022 | 379
Appendix E - Regimental Sergeants Major 1875-1953 | Regimental Pipe Majors 1876-1953 | Sergeants Major 1864-1915 | 386
Appendix F - The Black Watch Regimental Colours: 1862-2009 | 388
Appendix G - Honours and Awards | 397
Appendix H - The Great War | 412
Appendix I - Black Watch Rifle Company and Platoon Formations | 414
Appendix J - Regimental Homes 1862 to Present Day | 417
Appendix K - Inside the Black Watch Armoury Today | 424
List of Maps
The Global Black Watch RHC 1900-2022 | 300
Ypres Front April 1915 | 301
The First German Gas Attack, Ypres, 22 April 1915 | 302
The Second German Gas Attack, Ypres, 24 April 1915 | 303
The June Show, Mount Sorrel, 2 June 1916 | 304
The June Show, Mount Sorrel, 3 June 1916 | 305
The June Show, Mount Sorrel, 13 June 1916 | 306
The Battle of Vimy Ridge, 9-12 April 1917 | 307
The Hundred Days: Allied Operational Art, August to November 1918 | 308
The Hundred Days: Canadian Operational Art, August to November 1918 | 308
The Battle of Amiens, 8-18 August 1918 | 309
Attacking the Hindenburg and Drocourt-Quéant Lines, 26 August to 5 September 1918 | 309
Canal du Nord and Cambrai, 27 September to 11 October 1918 | 310
13 RHC Crossing Canal du Nord 27 September 1918 | 310
Black Watch Battles, 1915-1918 | 413
Volume 2:
List of Appendices | x
List of Maps | x
Part IV The Royal Highlanders of Canada in the Second World War 1939-1945
Chapter 1
Mobilization and Guarding Canals, 1 RHC Mobilized - August 1939 | 3
First Division Mobilized | 3
1 RHC Mobilized for 2nd Canadian Infantry Division | 5
5th Brigade, 2nd Canadian Infantry Division | 6
The Provisional Officers Training School | 8
Struggles at the Home Front, 1940 | 10
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir | 11
Waiting to be Mobilized, 2 RHC, 1940 | 12
The Summer of 1940 - Modern War Realized | 13
Colonel Hutchison and the Home Front | 15
The 2nd Battalion RHC: March 1942 to July 1943 | 17
2 RHC 1942 | 19
2 RHC Disbanded July 1943 | 20
Wartime Training 1943 to 1944 - Nothing to Snuff at … | 21
Montreal and the Second World War | 22
Hutchison’s Highland Mafia | 24
Ravenscrag, Beer and Highland Cadets | 25
Retrospect: The Home Front 1939-1944 | 26
Chapter 2
Regimental Commanders, 1939-1944: Dieppe, Italy and UK | 27
The Battalion in Aldershot, England | 27
Dramatis Personae | 28
Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Gault Blackader and his Regiment, 1940-42 | 29
Six Out-Sourced Black Watch Officers in the Mediterranean | 31
Lieutenant Colonel Jim Weir, The Cape Breton Highlanders | 31
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Boyd Somerville, The Cape Breton Highlanders | 33
Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Doucet OBE, The Perth Regiment | 34
Yugoslavia Jones, Commando | 35
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Petch OBE, NNS, 4th PLDG | 36
Lieutenant Colonel John Bourne, FSSF | 38
1 RHC in Great Britain 1942-1944: Four Commanders, Three Colonels | 39
Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Douglas Cantlie | 39
Operation Jubilee - Dieppe 19 August 1942 | 41
The Black Watch Mission | 42
The C Company Grenade Incident | 43
Edward Force - Blue Beach 0545 hrs | 44
Captain MacLaurin’s Mortars on Red Beach - 0530-1230 hrs 19 August 1942 | 46
Trapped Aboard LCT 127 | 49
Captain John Alexander Kenny - MIA | 50
Recognitions for Gallantry | 50
Post-Dieppe Training for War 1942-1943 | 51
Musical Chairs: Cantlie, Henderson and again Cantlie - 1 RHC April 1943 to January 1944 | 53
Criticism: The Farewell Address | 54
En passant: Lieutenant Colonel Henderson | 55
A New RSM - Stuart Cantlie Prepares for Normandy | 57
“Worthy” - Black Watch in the Armoured Corps | 58
July 1944 - Dress Rehearsals Done, War at last | 58
Chapter 3
Normandy - The Battles for Verrières Ridge: July-August 1944 | 61
Upholding Their Good Name | 61
Into Normandy | 62
The Tactical Situation Circa July 1944 | 64
Verrières Ridge: The First Battle 18-24 July - Operation Atlantic | 66
Lieutenant Colonel SST Cantlie and His Battalion | 66
Operations Atlantic and Goodwood, 18 July-21 July “The Best Tank Country West of Paris” | 70
Counterattack vs. Counterattack: 21 July, 1 RHC, Operation Atlantic | 74
The Purgatory of Verrières Ridge 21-24 July 1944 | 76
Verrières Ridge: The Second Battle 25-26 July - Operation Spring | 79
Germans Facing Simonds | 80
Planning 5th Brigade’s Portion of Spring | 82
Black Watch Planning for Spring | 83
The Enemy: The 272nd Wehrmacht Infantry Division | 84
Lying in Wait: 9th SS Pz and 2nd Pz Kampfgruppen, Plus the 10th SS Aufklärung Abteilung | 86
Securing the Start Line: Operation Spring, 25 July 1944 - The Calgary Highlanders | 88
“Monty’s Moonlight” - Leichenlicht | 88
Lieutenant Colonel Cantlie, 0500 hrs 25 July | 89
Lieutenant Colonel Cantlie Killed: 0530 hrs 25 July | 91
The Duffield Patrol | 93
Radio Orders from Above | 94
Major Griffin’s Attack Plan | 95
B Squadron, 1st Hussars | 97
Captain Gordon Powis, The Senior Forward Observation Officer | 98
Griffin’s Meeting with Brigadier Megill | 99
Chapter 4
Normandy - The Black Watch Assaults Verrières Ridge, 25 July 1944 | 101
The Attack | 101
Forward, Without Tanks - H Hr 0930 | 102
1st Battalion RHC, Verrières Ridge - Reorganized, 25 July 1944 | 102
The Hell of Verrières Ridge | 104
The Supporting Armour | 108
The Whirlwind of Fire: Panzer Counterattack | 110
Major Phil Griffin and The Black Watch - Into the Bloodied Wheat | 113
Major Griffin Killed: 9th SS Overruns the last of The Black Watch: 1700 hrs | 115
Wer die Höhe überschreitet ist ein toter Mann | 116
Captain Gordon Powis - Officer Commanding 1 RHC | 116
Holding the Line: Captain Ron Bennett’s Rearguard | 117
Shell Alley | 120
Sergeant Vernon Blake MM | 121
The Last Effort to Reach Griffin: R de Mais Attacks, Evening 25 July | 122
Command Shake-Up and Finale | 123
Conclusion | 124
The Shock of the Lost Battalion: Censorship and The Simonds Critique | 126
The Motzfeldt Report: Report on Battle of St-André and May-sur-Orne 25 July 1944 | 127
The Question of Griffin’s Victoria Cross | 130
The Apotheosis of the Regiment | 131
Chapter 5
France, Holland and the Scheldt - August to December 1944 | 135
Rebuilding the Battalion - August 1944: Once More into the Breach … | 135
The New CO - Lieutenant Colonel FM Mitchell: Less Than Four Days … | 137
Delicate Diplomacy and Martial Ill-Boding: Mitchell vs. Megill | 139
Verrières Ridge. The Third Battle, 5 August: Attacking May-sur-Orne | 140
After Action Accountability | 142
Operations Totalize and Tractable - A Battlefield Pause | 143
The Battle of Bourgtheroulde - 26 August 1944 | 147
Good-bye to Normandy | 150
Montreal: The Aftermath of Verrières | 151
Back to Dieppe and the Channel Ports - September 1944 | 152
The Battle of Spycker 12-13 September 1944 | 153
Post-Spycker Confrontations: Mitchell vs. Megill | 158
The Scheldt | 160
Brigadier WJ Megill and The Black Watch | 160
Training Replacements | 162
Fall 1944 - Two Bloody Months | 164
The German Infanterie Division 346 - The Antwerp-Turnhout Canal Line | 165
St-Leonard and Brecht, 29 September-1 October 1944 | 166
Hoogerheide, 8-9 October 1944 | 168
“Black Friday” - Operation Angus, 13 October 1944: The Black Watch vs. The Blue Baron | 169
Goes - 28 October 1944 | 176
The Walcheren Causeway: 31 October 1944 | 177
November to December 1944 | 180
D Company Raid - Grafwegen, 7 December 1944 | 181
Regimental Sergeant-Major Leitch | 184
Chapter 6
The Last Year of War: January to May 1945 | 187
Hogmanay, 1945 | 187
Ave Atque Vale - February, 1945 | 190
The Rhineland: Ops Veritable and Blockbuster, 8 February to 11 March 1945 | 192
Commendations in the field of battle: The Hochwald 25-26 February 1945 | 194
Fighting through March, 1945 | 197
Black Watch COs and their Brigadier | 198
Spring, 1945: Lieutenant Colonel Motzfeldt | 199
Clearing Germans: Terborg, Groningen and Stenum: 1 April to 4 May 1945 | 200
Laren Attack: Motzfeldt Wounded, 5 April 1945 | 201
Colonel Sydney Thomson - “An Outstanding Stranger” | 202
Groningen: Civil House-Clearing | 204
Stenum, 26 April 1945 - The Last Act | 205
Lieutenant Colonel VE Traversy | 206
Resolution - A Regiment’s War | 207
A Highland Melting Pot | 209
Notes to Part IV | 211
Part IV -Illustrations | 243
Part IV - Maps | 277
Appendices | 295
Index | 319
Appendices
Appendix A - 1 RHC Battle Honours and Decorations Second World War | 295
Appendix B - 1 RHC Command Structure: Operations, Second World War July 1944-May 1945 | 299
Appendix C - The Canadian Army in Normandy | 300
Appendix D - 1 RHC Black Watch as at 25 July 1944, Normandy | 304
Appendix E - Battle Casualties and Fire Plan | 306
Appendix F - Operation Spring Trace / Reference Map | 308
Appendix G - Motzfeldt Report | 309
List of Maps
The Dieppe Raid, 19 August 1942 | 278
The Black Watch Campaign in Europe, July 1944 to May 1945 | 279
Operational Situation Normandy, 8 July 1944 | 280
First Battle Normandy: Operation Atlantic, 18 July 1944 | 281
Operation Atlantic: Black Watch, 18-21 July 1944 (Map 1) | 282
Operation Atlantic: Black Watch, 18-21 July 1944 (Map 2 - Counter Attack) | 283
1 RHC area Tactical Ops: Verrières | 284
2 Cdn Corps Operation Spring, 25 July 1944 -Simonds’s Plan | 285
Tactical Analysis of Lt Gen GG Simonds’s Operational Art / Black Watch role in Spring | 285
Black Watch Role in Operation Spring, 25 July 1944 - Phase 2 | 286
Bourgtheroulde, 26 August 1944 | 288
The Battle of Spycker: First Phase | 289
The Battle of Spycker: Second Phase | 289
Woensdrecht “Black Friday” 13 October 1944: First Phase | 290
Woensdrecht “Black Friday” 13 October 1944: Second Phase | 291
The Walcheren Causeway, 31 October 1944, 1300 to 1900 hours | 292
The Walcheren Causeway, 31 October 1944, 1930 hours to 1 November 1944, 0100 hours | 292
The Rhineland, 8 February to 11 March 1944: Operation “Blockbuster” | 293
Volume 3:
List of Appendices | xiii
Part V The Black Watch of Canada and The Cold War - 1946-1992
Chapter 7
1946 -Start of the Cold War | 3
A Single Battalion, Lieutenant Colonels IL Ibbotson, FM Mitchell, and VE Traversy: 1945-49 | 5
Black Watch Associations | 6
Lieutenant Colonel JW Knox and Lord Wavell’s Visit - 1948 | 6
Visiting the Imperials in Berlin | 9
The Cold War and New Battalions | 10
Forming Highland Battalions for the Regular Force | 11
Lieutenant Colonel Richard (Dickie) Lewis Rutherford | 13
The 1st Canadian Highland Battalion, 1951 | 14
1 CHB Training with NATO | 16
Lieutenant Colonel H Hugh Alexander Parker OBE | 19
More Regular Battalions: 2 CHB, 1952 | 20
The Laird: Lieutenant Colonel RM Ross, OBE | 21
Conversion at Sea: Becoming The Black Watch - 1953 | 22
Burgeoning Battalions | 24
The Black Watch in Korea, 1953-1954 | 24
Battalion Routines | 26
Lieutenant Colonels Parker and Seamark: From a Pan-Canadian to a Maritime Battalion | 27
The Regiment Rising: Dress and Customs in Three Battalions | 30
Lieutenant Colonel William de Norban Watson DSO MC CD, 2 RHC | 32
Rocky vs. Bucko | 35
Lieutenant Colonel JME Clarkson MC CD, 1 RHC 1956 | 36
Piping for the Queen and President | 37
Lieutenant Colonel CHE Askwith CD | 37
Gagetown Garrison Duties | 38
Bastion of Military Boxing - Sergeant Les Mason, Canadian Champion | 39
Chapter 8
The Third Battalion RHC in a New Role and “Militia” Again | 41
A New Role for the Reserves and an Old Name Resurrected | 41
Lieutenant Colonel John Bourne ED CD, 1953-1955 | 42
Root Root Root For the Home Team - The Regular Battalions | 43
Royal Performance and Determined Training | 44
The Blue Balmoral with the Red Hackle | 45
Two Regimental Greats: Colonel Cantlie and Major General Ross | 46
Lieutenant Colonel IR McDougall CD, 1955-1958 | 48
Foreign Visits: Philadelphia RHC and USMC, 1956 | 49
Memorial Service St Andrew and St Paul, 6 October 1957 | 50
Lieutenant Colonel WA Wood CD, Claymores and Football: Philadelphia 1958 | 51
Major Darcy McGovern in Philadelphia: Dirks n’ Gavels | 53
Joining and Serving the Regiment in Montreal - Pre Millennium | 54
The Subalterns’ Inquisition | 56
The First Colonel of the Regiment: Brigadier KG Blackader CBE DSO MC ED CD | 58
Brigadier A Hamilton Gault DSO ED CD 1882-1958 | 58
Dinners and Clubs - 1958 | 59
Storm Clouds on Horizon: Order-in-Council in 1959, National Survival | 60
Lieutenant Colonel D’Arcy McGovern 1959-62 - the Last War-Time CO | 62
How Recruit Company Nearly Started an Indian War | 63
Chapter 9
The Black Watch in Gagetown and Germany | 65
The Regular Battalions New Brunswick, New Home - Camp Gagetown 1958 | 65
Good-bye Bucko; Lieutenant Colonel Askwith | 68
The Golden Era: The Canadians in Europe | 69
Lieutenant Colonel DS MacLennan, CO 1 RHC, 1959 | 70
The Royal Highlanders in Deutschland, 1959-1965 | 73
The Black Watch Military Band 1961 | 74
Lieutenant Colonels Bill Leonard and Bill Teed - 1960-63 | 75
Empire Hockey | 77
Montreal: The Reunion Dinner | 78
Preparing for the Royal Presentation of Colours | 79
The Regimental Centennial | 82
The Queen Mother, 8 June 1962 | 83
The Parade - Molson Stadium | 84
The Reunion Dinner, 17 November 1962 | 86
Hogmanay, 1963 and Foreign Visits | 88
Regimental Items: Old RSMs, New Colonels, 1963 | 90
Chapter 10
A New Army, a New Militia | 93
The Suttie Commission 1964 | 93
Lieutenant Colonel John Wemyss Sharp CD | 94
Lieutenant Colonel TE Price, 3 RHC 1965-67 | 94
Terrorism in Montreal: FLQ attacks on the City - 1963 | 97
The Queen Mother’s Photograph: Pte Conway vs. RHQ | 98
The Exodus of Senior NCOs | 99
University COTC Contingents | 100
The Auld Battalions | 101
Mobile Command | 102
Regimental Traditions - The St Andrew’s Ball | 103
Black Watch at Harvard: The Hasty Pudding Club Commemorate Robert Sherwood | 104
After the Centennial: Lieutenant Colonel JIB Macfarlane Takes Over 3 RHC 17 October 1967 | 105
Pipe Major William John (Willie) Hannah, 1967 | 106
The Black Watch Cadet Corps, 1967 | 106
Militia Fights for Survival 1968-69 | 107
Chapter 11
The Regular Black Watch - Global Deployments | 109
Lieutenant Colonel GH Sellar, 1 RHC 1963-1966 | 109
Mechanized Infantry - 1 RHC | 110
The Army Boxing Title; Shooting and Hockey Laurels | 111
Finnie Retires; 1 RHC Winter Training 1965-66 | 112
ACE Mobile Force - NATO in Norway 1966 | 113
Agent Orange | 114
A Wicked Assault on Pipers, 1966 | 115
4 CIBG in NATO: a Modern, Nuclear Army | 116
Lieutenant Colonel (Lieutenant General) DA McAlpine, Germany 1963-65: Osae Waza | 116
The Wakefield Sword | 118
Regimental Art: Sanctuary Wood then, Aphrodite | 119
Lieutenant Colonel HJ Harkes MC CD, 2 RHC 1966-1968 | 121
CWO Don Reekie: Archetypal Regimental Sergeant Major 1966-1970 | 122
Lieutenant Colonel WJ Newlands, CD 1 RHC 1966 | 123
The Black Watch and the Canadian Centennial, 1967 | 124
The Canadian Centennial Tattoo: Major (Colonel) IS Fraser ONS OMM CD | 124
Braw Hard Workin’ Hairy-legged Hielan’ Men | 125
Three Battalions together: The Royal Parade, 12 July 1967 | 127
A Daunting Future: Unification and Integration | 128
Centennial Losses: Blackader, Motzfeldt, Worthington | 130
1 RHC: Lieutenant Colonel Newlands CD to Lieutenant Colonel GS Morrison CD, 1968 | 130
2 RHC: Lieutenant Colonel HJ Harkes MC CD to Lieutenant Colonel WB MacLeod CD, 1968 | 131
Black Watch Depot - The Last Graduating Class 1968 | 132
Colonel John G Bourne, New Colonel of the Regiment | 133
The Minister of Defence Attends the Annual Reunion Dinner, 2 November 1968 | 133
25th Anniversary of Verrières Ridge 1969 | 135
1969 - Lance Sergeant Herman Good VC | 136
A Pan-Canadian Regiment - Black Watch Demographics | 136
“Drastic changes” - 19 September 1969 | 138
Apocalypse Now: Announcement of Disbandment | 140
A Most Melancholy Reunion Dinner, 8 November 1969 | 141
Political Surprise: The St Andrew’s Ball 1969 | 142
The Final Year in Gagetown | 142
Cyprus. 2 RHC, UN Duty, spring 1970 | 143
CFB Gagetown: The Final Parade, 6 June 1970 | 145
Montreal: Laying-Up The Colours, 14 June 1970 | 146
Epilogue | 147
Chapter 12
The Post-Apocalypse Black Watch - A Regiment of One Battalion | 149
Old Soldiers - The Black Watch Veterans’ Reunions | 149
Soldiering On into the 1970s | 151
Lieutenant Colonel SF Angus - October 1970 | 154
Alone, Yet Not alone - RHC 1970-1975 | 155
Captain Alexei Malashenko | 156
FLQ Terrorists: “The October Crisis” 1970 | 156
Regimental Duty 1970 | 159
Summer Student Training Programme, 1969-72 | 160
Sergeant Bill Carlisle | 160
A Regimental Name and Historic Crosses, 1971 | 161
Lieutenant Colonel LN Ferdon CD, 1972 | 161
The Last Black Watch Serving General, 1965-2015 | 163
Montreal Marches On … | 164
Training in 1973: Exercise Black Hussar | 165
Presentation of The Queen’s Colour, June 1974 | 165
Lieutenant Colonel W Sewell CD, 1974-77 | 167
Padres Stephen Hayes and WR Russell | 168
Carpentry and Exotic Travel | 170
Getting with the Times: Peace Keeping | 170
Tradition vs. the Modern Army: the First BW Female Officer | 171
Planning for the Future 1975-77 | 173
Lieutenant Colonel GD Robertson CD PhD | 174
The General Waters Trophy 1978-79 | 175
Chapter 13
To the End of the Cold War | 179
Lieutenant Colonel Harold Klepak CD PhD, 1980-83 | 179
Highland Panzer-Grenadiers - the Grizzly AVGP | 182
Highland Winter 1982 | 183
Colonel WSM MacTier MC | 184
Ex Quick Sword - TEWT Advance and Quick Attack, 16 April 1983 | 185
Lieutenant Colonel John Charles Stothers CD | 185
Captain DG Fraser MD | 186
Recruiting and Retention | 187
Overseas Visits | 188
Lieutenant Colonel VG Chartier OMM CD | 189
Black Watch Women, 1971-1987 | 191
Black Watch - Gender-Free, 1987-1991 | 192
Veterans on Parade: Refused | 193
HM Queen Elizabeth, Colonel-in-Chief - The Last Great Parade | 194
The Regimental Dinner | 196
Church Service, Sunday 7 June 1987 | 197
Awards: The Proven Cup | 198
1987 - John Bourne Retires as Honorary Colonel | 198
Lieutenant Colonel DF O’Connor CD 1989-1993 | 200
The Purple Network | 203
The Oka Crisis and Cinematic History 1990 | 202
The Freedom of the City of Montreal, World Scottish Festival, 1992 | 204
Relationships with District HQ and Succession | 206
Notes to Part V | 209
Part V - Illustrations | 233
Part VI The New Millennium, War, and New Challenges: 1993-2022
Chapter 14
Ending the Century | 273
Lieutenant Colonel IM McCulloch CD, 1993-96: Bosnia and Archives | 273
His Militia Moment | 275
The 1993 Pipe Band Calamity | 276
Corporal Kieran Boyle and the Case of the Missing Pipes | 277
Black Watch Archives | 278
Black Watch in Bosnia, 1993 | 280
Colonel Tom Price | 283
Lieutenant Colonel GT Lusk CD, 1996-2000: At the Edge | 283
Black Watch Ordered Disbanded, August 1996 | 285
Rescinded | 286
With the Imperials in Ticonderoga, 1997 | 288
Gracious in Tough Times: The Reunion Dinner, 1 November 1997 | 289
Black Watch Veterans Recognized | 290
Khaki Pattern Tam Adopted | 290
Valcartier 1998 - Unit Viability Assessment, Tactical Evaluation | 290
Operation Recuperation: The Ice Storm 1998 | 291
Fort Drum - 1998 | 293
The Dubuc Trophy, February 1999 | 294
St Jean Baptiste Parade 24 June 1999 | 294
Lusk’s Third Freedom: 11 September 1999 Verdun | 295
Chapter 15
The Highland Millennium | 297
Lieutenant Colonel BD Bolton MMM CD, 2000-2003: The Piper as Laird | 297
Honorary Colonel Lieutenant General McAlpine, 2000 | 300
The Canadian Red Hackle Magazine, 2000 | 300
Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, 4 August 1900 - 30 March 2002 | 301
Training for the Taliban via the Dubuc Trophy | 302
The Changing Pages of RHC history - Colonel John G Bourne CVO ED CD, 1918-2002 | 304
Lieutenant Colonel J Potter MC, 2003: Desert Storm dans Montréal | 305
The Piper Redux: Lieutenant Colonel BD Bolton MMM CD, 2003-2005 | 306
New Reserve Units: PSYOPS | 307
Backhanded Thanks … | 307
The Black Watch Pipes and Drums - Oldest in North America | 309
The Black Watch School of Piping and Drumming | 309
Black Watch Stalwarts - Slainte deagh | 310
Forming the Future: The Cadet Corps 1953-2013 | 312
Lieutenant Colonel TEC MacKay CD, 2005-2009 | 314
Adjutants at Work: Captains Radman and Farnham | 315
Running the Regiment in Peace and War: parades dangereux | 316
HRH Prince Charles Presents Colours to The Black Watch, 9-11 November 2009 | 319
Chapter 16
Regimental Business | 323
Associations of The Black Watch | 323
A National Historic Site, Regimental Museum, et al | 325
Anniversary Highland Dinners | 327
The Honorary Colonel’s Dining-In 2012: The American Ambassador | 328
Atlantic Personae | 329
Reunions at Home and France | 329
Battalion Training and Competitions 2011 to 2013 | 330
Chums with the 111th US Regiment | 332
The March and Shoot Hat-Trick | 333
CWO Mike Kelly MMM CD, the First Army Reserve Chief Warrant Officer | 335
Major Mike Walker | 336
Chapter 17
The Black Watch at War and Beyond, 2002-2022 | 337
Part 1: The Home Front | 337
Part 2: Outside the Wire - Fire Fights and Air Strikes | 340
Corporal JP Warren KIA, July 2006 | 342
Staff Officers, Afghanistan | 343
Colonels at the Front | 344
Comrades in Arms: RHC and 3 SCOTS - Ceud mìle fàilte | 345
Ladies From Hell - the nom de guerre made real | 348
New Battle Honour “Afghanistan” - 9 May 2014 | 350
Lieutenant Colonel Bruno Plourde CD - The Regular Reservist, 2009-2013 | 351
The Regular Force Support Staff in the Millennium Watch | 353
Honorary Colonel Lieutenant General Duncan McAlpine 1922-2010 | 354
Farewell to a Wartime Padre: Captain, the Rev RR Topping, PhD | 355
Millennium RSMs | 356
Remembrance and Honour | 357
Properly Dressed On Parade: The Regimental Uniform | 358
Trooping The Colour, Fletcher’s Field 2012 | 360
Châteauguay - Two Hundred Year Battle Honour | 362
Honouring Their Own: The Regimental Boards | 362
Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Phare CD, 2013-2016 | 363
Highland Coda | 365
Epilogue, 2013-2022 | 367
Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Phare, CD | 368
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas MacKay, CD | 371
OP LENTUS, 2017 | 373
Lieutenant Colonel Bruno Plourde, CD | 375
The Pipes and Drums 2018-19: Mons, Normandy, and Edinburgh | 377
OP LASER | 379
Lieutenant Colonel Francis Roy, CD - A New Decade, A New Challenge | 382
Notes to Part VI | 385
Part VI - Illustrations | 405
Appendices | 463
Index | 487
Appendices
Appendix A - Black Watch Regimental Appointments 1950-2022 | 463
Appendix B - The Black Watch Command List -1945-2022 | 465
Appendix C - Regimental Bagpipe Tunes | 469
Appendix D - Final Parade: Officers of The Black Watch (RHR) of Canada, Base Gagetown -1 April 1970 | 471
Appendix E - 3 Scots, Affiliations and Cadet Corps | 473
Appendix F - Dates for Regimental Parades, Memorials, Annual Meetings and Social Occasions | 475
Appendix G - The Captain George Fraser Dinner | 477
Appendix H - Presentation of New Colours Parade 2009 | 479
Appendix I - 3 RHC Strength 1955-2014 - As per Annual Hist Reports | 481
Foreword | ix
List of Appendices | xix
List of Maps | xix
Acknowledgements | xxi
Note on Military Ranks | xxiii
Part I: The Origins of Montreal’s Highland Regiment 1759-1914
Chapter 1
The Scottish Military Tradition in Quebec | 3
The First Scottish Colonies - Quebec City and Tadoussac | 4
Scottish Seigneuries Near Quebec and Montreal | 6
Highlanders and Orkneymen: Scottish Commerce and Martial Style | 7
The Quebec Militia 1763-1812 | 8
The War of 1812 - First Scottish Militia Companies | 10
Battle of Châteauguay 1813, First Battle Honour | 11
The Highland Rifle Company and The Montreal Light Infantry | 13
Act of Union 1840 - Militia Reorganization | 15
The 1855 Militia Act and The Highland Rifle Company | 15
Chapter 2
The 5th Battalion, The Royal Light Infa ntry of Montreal | 19
1862 - Lieutenant Colonel Routh Raises The Royals | 19
The First Regimental Colours, 11 October 1862 | 21
The US Civil War and Fenian Terrorists: 1864-1870 | 22
More Fenians: 1870 | 24
The First Dominion Militia Act, 22 May 1868 | 26
Vengeance and Regimental Reorganization: 1871-1875 | 26
A Scottish Rifle Corps | 27
Chapter 3
From Shako to Glengarry - Becoming Highland | 31
The Royal Scots of Canada, 1884 | 33
The Black Watch Tartan | 34
Regimental Commanders During Transition: 1875-1890 | 34
Lieutenant Colonel EAC Campbell, 1882-84 | 35
Lieutenant Colonel Frank Caverhill, 1884-91 - “Greatly Beloved” | 35
The Strathy Affair - Lieutenant Colonel JAL Strathy, 1893-97 | 36
The Strathy Cup | 38
The Court of Inquiry, March - April 1897 | 40
Chapter 4
The 5th Royal Scots - A Robust Highland Regiment | 43
The New Guard 1897 - Lieutenant Colonel EB Ibbotson, 1897-1901 | 43
International Triumph: Portland 1898 | 44
South Africa 1900: The Second Battle Honour | 45
The Quest for “Highland Status” | 46
Aid to the Civil Power: Valleyfield, October 1900 | 47
Lieutenant Colonel Carson’s Burgeoning Battalions | 48
Borden: The First Militia Council | 49
The Armoury Realized 1906: 5th Regiment
Royal Highlanders of Canada (RHC) | 50
Lieutenant Colonel Carson vs The Minister of Militia and Defence | 51
Chapter 5
Strikers, Riots and Aid to the Civil Power - 1864 to 1903 | 55
Splendid Field Trips: From St Helen’s Island to New York, 1878-1909 | 57
Grand Parades: 1909 Tercentenaries | 57
Affiliation with The Imperial Black Watch | 58
The Pipes, The Pipes | 61
Regimental Dress: Highlander’s Toil | 62
Chapter 6
Training the Regiment 1862-1914 | 65
Lieutenant Colonel George Stephen Cantlie, 1910-51 | 65
Preparation: The Black Watch’s Rose | 66
The 1912 Colours: Fletcher’s Field | 67
Training for War: A Changing Militia, 1862-1914 | 68
The Cheese Factory: Getting Ready for the Kaiser | 70
Notes to Part I | 73
Part I -Illustrations | 89
Part II: The Royal Highlanders in The Great War 1914-1919
Chapter 7
Rushing to France | 125
Montreal - a Battalion Factory | 126
The First Contingent: Raising a Fighting Battalion - The 13th as RHC | 127
Mobilization Schemes and the Second Contingent - The 42nd Battalion RHC | 128
The 73rd Battalion RHC | 130
The 13th Battalion in England | 131
A Division for War | 136
Chapter 8
Ypres - The 13th Battalion RHC | 139
The Second Battle of Ypres, April 1915: Empire Recognition | 139
The Horrid Cloud | 144
Norsworthy’s Supports - First Contact with the German Army | 145
Afternoon 22 April: A Threatened Garrison - An Isolated Front Line | 146
McCuaig Defends the Flank: 22 April | 148
Fred Fisher Saves 10th Field Battery: Afternoon 22 April | 149
The Apex - Morning, 23 April | 151
“About Turn!” The Deteriorating Apex: 9 am to Midnight, 23 April | 152
A New Line and Gas Attack - Dawn 24 April | 155
Bloody Withdrawal: 24-26 April | 156
The Cost of Battle | 157
L’Envoi | 159
Chapter 9
From Mount Sorrel to the Somme - an Annus Horribilis | 161
The 13th and 42nd Battalions Royal Highlanders of Canada in France | 163
George Cantlie and the 42nd | 165
Tartan Envy | 167
The New Corps, a New Division, a New Brigade | 169
Mount Sorrel - The June Show | 170
The 13th Battalion Captures Observatory Ridge | 173
Tactical Revolution: The Belgian Rattlesnake | 175
The Somme Battles September-October 1916 | 177
The 42nd Attacks Fabeck Graben and Regina Trench, 15-17 September 1916 | 178
13th RHC at Regina Trench - 8 October 1916 | 181
Somme Epilogue | 183
Chapter 10
Vimy and Passchendaele | 185
Red Hackles and Balmorals - November 1916 and November 1917 | 186
The Lice That Live in the Folds of the Earth | 187
Commanding the Infantry Battalion | 188
Vimy Ridge 9 April 1917 | 189
73rd RHC in the Great Raid | 191
Rehearsals and Tunnels at Vimy | 192
The Vimy Assault 9 April 1917 | 193
Major Norsworthy Protects the Division Flank: The 42nd at Hill 145 | 196
73rd Battalion is Let Go - Conscription’s Victim | 197
Currie Becomes Corps Commander - Hill 70 15-17 August | 197
Back to Ypres: Passchendaele October 1917 | 199
The 42nd RHC: The Capture and Defence of Graf House - 3 November 1917 | 199
Chapter 11
The Black Watch and The Hundred Days - August to November 1918 | 203
Raids | 203
Regimental Life | 205
The Hundred Days: 8 August - 11 November 1918 | 207
The Battle of Arras - to the DQ Line 27-28 August 1918 | 210
Battle of the Drocourt-Quéant Line 2 September - 4 September 1918 | 211
The Canal du Nord and Cambrai: Breaking the Marcoing Line 27 September - 2 October 1918 | 212
13th Battalion Crosses the Canal | 213
Marcoing Line 29 September: Ewing vs. the Brigadier | 214
13th Battalion Crashes Through: Blécourt, 1 October 1918 | 218
Post Mortems | 219
Chapter 12
The Influence of The Great War | 223
Mons to Germany - The Black Watch Ends The Great War | 223
Battalion Colours - Earned in Battle | 225
The 20th Reserve Battalion, RHC - a Unique Entity | 226
Rococo War Diaries and Talented Men | 228
The Esprit de Corps - From Beer to Red Hackle | 231
The Canadian Corps and The Black Watch | 233
Seven Black Watch Units: Statistics 1914-1919 | 234
Goodbye to All That | 235
Notes to Part II | 239
Part II - Illustrations | 253
Part II - Maps | 299
Part III: The Black Watch between the Wars 1919-1939
Chapter 13
After The Great War 1919-1939 | 313
“The Royal Highlanders of Canada” 1920 - Post War Regimental Reorganization | 314
Remembrance: The 42nd Window and War Memorials in Verdun and Montreal 1921 and 1924 | 317
The Verdun and Montreal Memorials | 318
Chapter 14
Training the Post War Militia - Budgets and Summer Camps | 319
The International Highlanders: American Excursions | 322
The Silver Inkstand: A Mysterious Legacy | 324
Mystery Unsolved - Major William Gordon Peterson | 325
Regimental Writings | 327
Chapter 15
The Canadian Black Watch: New Titles and New Colours - 1931-1935 | 329
The Canadian Black Watch, 1930 | 330
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada, 1935 | 332
The Red Hackle and the Pre War RHC | 333
The Regimental Church | 333
Colours for the 2nd Battalion RHC | 335
An Order of Divine Service: Laying Up the Old Colours, 1932 | 336
Chapter 16
Regimental Cadet Corps 1890-1936 | 339
The Montreal Highland Cadet Corps | 339
Bishop’s College School - Almost a Regimental Depot | 342
The Other “Regimental” Schools | 343
Chapter 17
A Social and City Regiment - Inter-War Activities | 345
Exotic Guests: Prince Takamatsu and Montagu Allan | 346
Exotic Highland Guests: The Duke of Montrose | 347
Adding to Deserved Glory: Black Watch VCs | 348
Colonel Arthur Lennox Mills, a Brief Tour 1931-32 | 348
Victoria Cross Tablets and Lieutenant Colonel WS MacTier | 349
Fleming and the Imperials | 349
The Cantlie Dinner 1935 - A Half Century and A Regimental Centennial | 351
Chapter 18
Sports and Military Diversions - Dealing with the Great Depression | 353
The Social Whirl: Polo at Saraguay | 354
Black Watch Associations - Toronto and Montreal | 355
Dress Regulations: Red Hackle and Stewart Tartan | 355
Camps and Militia Duty | 356
Chapter 19
The Last Days Before the Second World War | 359
Sergeant, Colonel, Bert Howard, 1936 | 360
Militia Patchwork 1936-38 | 360
Blackader Hosts a Last Reunion Dinner | 362
The King and the Colonel-in-Chief Visit | 362
The Regiment’s Organization and Structure circa 1939 | 363
Coda - The Black Watch Between Two Wars … | 364
Notes to Part III | 367
Appendices | 373
Index | 447
Appendices
Appendix A - The Battle Honours of the Regiment | 373
Appendix B - Honorary Colonels of the Regiment | 374
Appendix C - Lineage of the Black Watch (RHR) of Canada 1812-2022 | 376
Appendix D - Commanding Officers 1812-2022 | 379
Appendix E - Regimental Sergeants Major 1875-1953 | Regimental Pipe Majors 1876-1953 | Sergeants Major 1864-1915 | 386
Appendix F - The Black Watch Regimental Colours: 1862-2009 | 388
Appendix G - Honours and Awards | 397
Appendix H - The Great War | 412
Appendix I - Black Watch Rifle Company and Platoon Formations | 414
Appendix J - Regimental Homes 1862 to Present Day | 417
Appendix K - Inside the Black Watch Armoury Today | 424
List of Maps
The Global Black Watch RHC 1900-2022 | 300
Ypres Front April 1915 | 301
The First German Gas Attack, Ypres, 22 April 1915 | 302
The Second German Gas Attack, Ypres, 24 April 1915 | 303
The June Show, Mount Sorrel, 2 June 1916 | 304
The June Show, Mount Sorrel, 3 June 1916 | 305
The June Show, Mount Sorrel, 13 June 1916 | 306
The Battle of Vimy Ridge, 9-12 April 1917 | 307
The Hundred Days: Allied Operational Art, August to November 1918 | 308
The Hundred Days: Canadian Operational Art, August to November 1918 | 308
The Battle of Amiens, 8-18 August 1918 | 309
Attacking the Hindenburg and Drocourt-Quéant Lines, 26 August to 5 September 1918 | 309
Canal du Nord and Cambrai, 27 September to 11 October 1918 | 310
13 RHC Crossing Canal du Nord 27 September 1918 | 310
Black Watch Battles, 1915-1918 | 413
Volume 2:
List of Appendices | x
List of Maps | x
Part IV The Royal Highlanders of Canada in the Second World War 1939-1945
Chapter 1
Mobilization and Guarding Canals, 1 RHC Mobilized - August 1939 | 3
First Division Mobilized | 3
1 RHC Mobilized for 2nd Canadian Infantry Division | 5
5th Brigade, 2nd Canadian Infantry Division | 6
The Provisional Officers Training School | 8
Struggles at the Home Front, 1940 | 10
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir | 11
Waiting to be Mobilized, 2 RHC, 1940 | 12
The Summer of 1940 - Modern War Realized | 13
Colonel Hutchison and the Home Front | 15
The 2nd Battalion RHC: March 1942 to July 1943 | 17
2 RHC 1942 | 19
2 RHC Disbanded July 1943 | 20
Wartime Training 1943 to 1944 - Nothing to Snuff at … | 21
Montreal and the Second World War | 22
Hutchison’s Highland Mafia | 24
Ravenscrag, Beer and Highland Cadets | 25
Retrospect: The Home Front 1939-1944 | 26
Chapter 2
Regimental Commanders, 1939-1944: Dieppe, Italy and UK | 27
The Battalion in Aldershot, England | 27
Dramatis Personae | 28
Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Gault Blackader and his Regiment, 1940-42 | 29
Six Out-Sourced Black Watch Officers in the Mediterranean | 31
Lieutenant Colonel Jim Weir, The Cape Breton Highlanders | 31
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Boyd Somerville, The Cape Breton Highlanders | 33
Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Doucet OBE, The Perth Regiment | 34
Yugoslavia Jones, Commando | 35
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Petch OBE, NNS, 4th PLDG | 36
Lieutenant Colonel John Bourne, FSSF | 38
1 RHC in Great Britain 1942-1944: Four Commanders, Three Colonels | 39
Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Douglas Cantlie | 39
Operation Jubilee - Dieppe 19 August 1942 | 41
The Black Watch Mission | 42
The C Company Grenade Incident | 43
Edward Force - Blue Beach 0545 hrs | 44
Captain MacLaurin’s Mortars on Red Beach - 0530-1230 hrs 19 August 1942 | 46
Trapped Aboard LCT 127 | 49
Captain John Alexander Kenny - MIA | 50
Recognitions for Gallantry | 50
Post-Dieppe Training for War 1942-1943 | 51
Musical Chairs: Cantlie, Henderson and again Cantlie - 1 RHC April 1943 to January 1944 | 53
Criticism: The Farewell Address | 54
En passant: Lieutenant Colonel Henderson | 55
A New RSM - Stuart Cantlie Prepares for Normandy | 57
“Worthy” - Black Watch in the Armoured Corps | 58
July 1944 - Dress Rehearsals Done, War at last | 58
Chapter 3
Normandy - The Battles for Verrières Ridge: July-August 1944 | 61
Upholding Their Good Name | 61
Into Normandy | 62
The Tactical Situation Circa July 1944 | 64
Verrières Ridge: The First Battle 18-24 July - Operation Atlantic | 66
Lieutenant Colonel SST Cantlie and His Battalion | 66
Operations Atlantic and Goodwood, 18 July-21 July “The Best Tank Country West of Paris” | 70
Counterattack vs. Counterattack: 21 July, 1 RHC, Operation Atlantic | 74
The Purgatory of Verrières Ridge 21-24 July 1944 | 76
Verrières Ridge: The Second Battle 25-26 July - Operation Spring | 79
Germans Facing Simonds | 80
Planning 5th Brigade’s Portion of Spring | 82
Black Watch Planning for Spring | 83
The Enemy: The 272nd Wehrmacht Infantry Division | 84
Lying in Wait: 9th SS Pz and 2nd Pz Kampfgruppen, Plus the 10th SS Aufklärung Abteilung | 86
Securing the Start Line: Operation Spring, 25 July 1944 - The Calgary Highlanders | 88
“Monty’s Moonlight” - Leichenlicht | 88
Lieutenant Colonel Cantlie, 0500 hrs 25 July | 89
Lieutenant Colonel Cantlie Killed: 0530 hrs 25 July | 91
The Duffield Patrol | 93
Radio Orders from Above | 94
Major Griffin’s Attack Plan | 95
B Squadron, 1st Hussars | 97
Captain Gordon Powis, The Senior Forward Observation Officer | 98
Griffin’s Meeting with Brigadier Megill | 99
Chapter 4
Normandy - The Black Watch Assaults Verrières Ridge, 25 July 1944 | 101
The Attack | 101
Forward, Without Tanks - H Hr 0930 | 102
1st Battalion RHC, Verrières Ridge - Reorganized, 25 July 1944 | 102
The Hell of Verrières Ridge | 104
The Supporting Armour | 108
The Whirlwind of Fire: Panzer Counterattack | 110
Major Phil Griffin and The Black Watch - Into the Bloodied Wheat | 113
Major Griffin Killed: 9th SS Overruns the last of The Black Watch: 1700 hrs | 115
Wer die Höhe überschreitet ist ein toter Mann | 116
Captain Gordon Powis - Officer Commanding 1 RHC | 116
Holding the Line: Captain Ron Bennett’s Rearguard | 117
Shell Alley | 120
Sergeant Vernon Blake MM | 121
The Last Effort to Reach Griffin: R de Mais Attacks, Evening 25 July | 122
Command Shake-Up and Finale | 123
Conclusion | 124
The Shock of the Lost Battalion: Censorship and The Simonds Critique | 126
The Motzfeldt Report: Report on Battle of St-André and May-sur-Orne 25 July 1944 | 127
The Question of Griffin’s Victoria Cross | 130
The Apotheosis of the Regiment | 131
Chapter 5
France, Holland and the Scheldt - August to December 1944 | 135
Rebuilding the Battalion - August 1944: Once More into the Breach … | 135
The New CO - Lieutenant Colonel FM Mitchell: Less Than Four Days … | 137
Delicate Diplomacy and Martial Ill-Boding: Mitchell vs. Megill | 139
Verrières Ridge. The Third Battle, 5 August: Attacking May-sur-Orne | 140
After Action Accountability | 142
Operations Totalize and Tractable - A Battlefield Pause | 143
The Battle of Bourgtheroulde - 26 August 1944 | 147
Good-bye to Normandy | 150
Montreal: The Aftermath of Verrières | 151
Back to Dieppe and the Channel Ports - September 1944 | 152
The Battle of Spycker 12-13 September 1944 | 153
Post-Spycker Confrontations: Mitchell vs. Megill | 158
The Scheldt | 160
Brigadier WJ Megill and The Black Watch | 160
Training Replacements | 162
Fall 1944 - Two Bloody Months | 164
The German Infanterie Division 346 - The Antwerp-Turnhout Canal Line | 165
St-Leonard and Brecht, 29 September-1 October 1944 | 166
Hoogerheide, 8-9 October 1944 | 168
“Black Friday” - Operation Angus, 13 October 1944: The Black Watch vs. The Blue Baron | 169
Goes - 28 October 1944 | 176
The Walcheren Causeway: 31 October 1944 | 177
November to December 1944 | 180
D Company Raid - Grafwegen, 7 December 1944 | 181
Regimental Sergeant-Major Leitch | 184
Chapter 6
The Last Year of War: January to May 1945 | 187
Hogmanay, 1945 | 187
Ave Atque Vale - February, 1945 | 190
The Rhineland: Ops Veritable and Blockbuster, 8 February to 11 March 1945 | 192
Commendations in the field of battle: The Hochwald 25-26 February 1945 | 194
Fighting through March, 1945 | 197
Black Watch COs and their Brigadier | 198
Spring, 1945: Lieutenant Colonel Motzfeldt | 199
Clearing Germans: Terborg, Groningen and Stenum: 1 April to 4 May 1945 | 200
Laren Attack: Motzfeldt Wounded, 5 April 1945 | 201
Colonel Sydney Thomson - “An Outstanding Stranger” | 202
Groningen: Civil House-Clearing | 204
Stenum, 26 April 1945 - The Last Act | 205
Lieutenant Colonel VE Traversy | 206
Resolution - A Regiment’s War | 207
A Highland Melting Pot | 209
Notes to Part IV | 211
Part IV -Illustrations | 243
Part IV - Maps | 277
Appendices | 295
Index | 319
Appendices
Appendix A - 1 RHC Battle Honours and Decorations Second World War | 295
Appendix B - 1 RHC Command Structure: Operations, Second World War July 1944-May 1945 | 299
Appendix C - The Canadian Army in Normandy | 300
Appendix D - 1 RHC Black Watch as at 25 July 1944, Normandy | 304
Appendix E - Battle Casualties and Fire Plan | 306
Appendix F - Operation Spring Trace / Reference Map | 308
Appendix G - Motzfeldt Report | 309
List of Maps
The Dieppe Raid, 19 August 1942 | 278
The Black Watch Campaign in Europe, July 1944 to May 1945 | 279
Operational Situation Normandy, 8 July 1944 | 280
First Battle Normandy: Operation Atlantic, 18 July 1944 | 281
Operation Atlantic: Black Watch, 18-21 July 1944 (Map 1) | 282
Operation Atlantic: Black Watch, 18-21 July 1944 (Map 2 - Counter Attack) | 283
1 RHC area Tactical Ops: Verrières | 284
2 Cdn Corps Operation Spring, 25 July 1944 -Simonds’s Plan | 285
Tactical Analysis of Lt Gen GG Simonds’s Operational Art / Black Watch role in Spring | 285
Black Watch Role in Operation Spring, 25 July 1944 - Phase 2 | 286
Bourgtheroulde, 26 August 1944 | 288
The Battle of Spycker: First Phase | 289
The Battle of Spycker: Second Phase | 289
Woensdrecht “Black Friday” 13 October 1944: First Phase | 290
Woensdrecht “Black Friday” 13 October 1944: Second Phase | 291
The Walcheren Causeway, 31 October 1944, 1300 to 1900 hours | 292
The Walcheren Causeway, 31 October 1944, 1930 hours to 1 November 1944, 0100 hours | 292
The Rhineland, 8 February to 11 March 1944: Operation “Blockbuster” | 293
Volume 3:
List of Appendices | xiii
Part V The Black Watch of Canada and The Cold War - 1946-1992
Chapter 7
1946 -Start of the Cold War | 3
A Single Battalion, Lieutenant Colonels IL Ibbotson, FM Mitchell, and VE Traversy: 1945-49 | 5
Black Watch Associations | 6
Lieutenant Colonel JW Knox and Lord Wavell’s Visit - 1948 | 6
Visiting the Imperials in Berlin | 9
The Cold War and New Battalions | 10
Forming Highland Battalions for the Regular Force | 11
Lieutenant Colonel Richard (Dickie) Lewis Rutherford | 13
The 1st Canadian Highland Battalion, 1951 | 14
1 CHB Training with NATO | 16
Lieutenant Colonel H Hugh Alexander Parker OBE | 19
More Regular Battalions: 2 CHB, 1952 | 20
The Laird: Lieutenant Colonel RM Ross, OBE | 21
Conversion at Sea: Becoming The Black Watch - 1953 | 22
Burgeoning Battalions | 24
The Black Watch in Korea, 1953-1954 | 24
Battalion Routines | 26
Lieutenant Colonels Parker and Seamark: From a Pan-Canadian to a Maritime Battalion | 27
The Regiment Rising: Dress and Customs in Three Battalions | 30
Lieutenant Colonel William de Norban Watson DSO MC CD, 2 RHC | 32
Rocky vs. Bucko | 35
Lieutenant Colonel JME Clarkson MC CD, 1 RHC 1956 | 36
Piping for the Queen and President | 37
Lieutenant Colonel CHE Askwith CD | 37
Gagetown Garrison Duties | 38
Bastion of Military Boxing - Sergeant Les Mason, Canadian Champion | 39
Chapter 8
The Third Battalion RHC in a New Role and “Militia” Again | 41
A New Role for the Reserves and an Old Name Resurrected | 41
Lieutenant Colonel John Bourne ED CD, 1953-1955 | 42
Root Root Root For the Home Team - The Regular Battalions | 43
Royal Performance and Determined Training | 44
The Blue Balmoral with the Red Hackle | 45
Two Regimental Greats: Colonel Cantlie and Major General Ross | 46
Lieutenant Colonel IR McDougall CD, 1955-1958 | 48
Foreign Visits: Philadelphia RHC and USMC, 1956 | 49
Memorial Service St Andrew and St Paul, 6 October 1957 | 50
Lieutenant Colonel WA Wood CD, Claymores and Football: Philadelphia 1958 | 51
Major Darcy McGovern in Philadelphia: Dirks n’ Gavels | 53
Joining and Serving the Regiment in Montreal - Pre Millennium | 54
The Subalterns’ Inquisition | 56
The First Colonel of the Regiment: Brigadier KG Blackader CBE DSO MC ED CD | 58
Brigadier A Hamilton Gault DSO ED CD 1882-1958 | 58
Dinners and Clubs - 1958 | 59
Storm Clouds on Horizon: Order-in-Council in 1959, National Survival | 60
Lieutenant Colonel D’Arcy McGovern 1959-62 - the Last War-Time CO | 62
How Recruit Company Nearly Started an Indian War | 63
Chapter 9
The Black Watch in Gagetown and Germany | 65
The Regular Battalions New Brunswick, New Home - Camp Gagetown 1958 | 65
Good-bye Bucko; Lieutenant Colonel Askwith | 68
The Golden Era: The Canadians in Europe | 69
Lieutenant Colonel DS MacLennan, CO 1 RHC, 1959 | 70
The Royal Highlanders in Deutschland, 1959-1965 | 73
The Black Watch Military Band 1961 | 74
Lieutenant Colonels Bill Leonard and Bill Teed - 1960-63 | 75
Empire Hockey | 77
Montreal: The Reunion Dinner | 78
Preparing for the Royal Presentation of Colours | 79
The Regimental Centennial | 82
The Queen Mother, 8 June 1962 | 83
The Parade - Molson Stadium | 84
The Reunion Dinner, 17 November 1962 | 86
Hogmanay, 1963 and Foreign Visits | 88
Regimental Items: Old RSMs, New Colonels, 1963 | 90
Chapter 10
A New Army, a New Militia | 93
The Suttie Commission 1964 | 93
Lieutenant Colonel John Wemyss Sharp CD | 94
Lieutenant Colonel TE Price, 3 RHC 1965-67 | 94
Terrorism in Montreal: FLQ attacks on the City - 1963 | 97
The Queen Mother’s Photograph: Pte Conway vs. RHQ | 98
The Exodus of Senior NCOs | 99
University COTC Contingents | 100
The Auld Battalions | 101
Mobile Command | 102
Regimental Traditions - The St Andrew’s Ball | 103
Black Watch at Harvard: The Hasty Pudding Club Commemorate Robert Sherwood | 104
After the Centennial: Lieutenant Colonel JIB Macfarlane Takes Over 3 RHC 17 October 1967 | 105
Pipe Major William John (Willie) Hannah, 1967 | 106
The Black Watch Cadet Corps, 1967 | 106
Militia Fights for Survival 1968-69 | 107
Chapter 11
The Regular Black Watch - Global Deployments | 109
Lieutenant Colonel GH Sellar, 1 RHC 1963-1966 | 109
Mechanized Infantry - 1 RHC | 110
The Army Boxing Title; Shooting and Hockey Laurels | 111
Finnie Retires; 1 RHC Winter Training 1965-66 | 112
ACE Mobile Force - NATO in Norway 1966 | 113
Agent Orange | 114
A Wicked Assault on Pipers, 1966 | 115
4 CIBG in NATO: a Modern, Nuclear Army | 116
Lieutenant Colonel (Lieutenant General) DA McAlpine, Germany 1963-65: Osae Waza | 116
The Wakefield Sword | 118
Regimental Art: Sanctuary Wood then, Aphrodite | 119
Lieutenant Colonel HJ Harkes MC CD, 2 RHC 1966-1968 | 121
CWO Don Reekie: Archetypal Regimental Sergeant Major 1966-1970 | 122
Lieutenant Colonel WJ Newlands, CD 1 RHC 1966 | 123
The Black Watch and the Canadian Centennial, 1967 | 124
The Canadian Centennial Tattoo: Major (Colonel) IS Fraser ONS OMM CD | 124
Braw Hard Workin’ Hairy-legged Hielan’ Men | 125
Three Battalions together: The Royal Parade, 12 July 1967 | 127
A Daunting Future: Unification and Integration | 128
Centennial Losses: Blackader, Motzfeldt, Worthington | 130
1 RHC: Lieutenant Colonel Newlands CD to Lieutenant Colonel GS Morrison CD, 1968 | 130
2 RHC: Lieutenant Colonel HJ Harkes MC CD to Lieutenant Colonel WB MacLeod CD, 1968 | 131
Black Watch Depot - The Last Graduating Class 1968 | 132
Colonel John G Bourne, New Colonel of the Regiment | 133
The Minister of Defence Attends the Annual Reunion Dinner, 2 November 1968 | 133
25th Anniversary of Verrières Ridge 1969 | 135
1969 - Lance Sergeant Herman Good VC | 136
A Pan-Canadian Regiment - Black Watch Demographics | 136
“Drastic changes” - 19 September 1969 | 138
Apocalypse Now: Announcement of Disbandment | 140
A Most Melancholy Reunion Dinner, 8 November 1969 | 141
Political Surprise: The St Andrew’s Ball 1969 | 142
The Final Year in Gagetown | 142
Cyprus. 2 RHC, UN Duty, spring 1970 | 143
CFB Gagetown: The Final Parade, 6 June 1970 | 145
Montreal: Laying-Up The Colours, 14 June 1970 | 146
Epilogue | 147
Chapter 12
The Post-Apocalypse Black Watch - A Regiment of One Battalion | 149
Old Soldiers - The Black Watch Veterans’ Reunions | 149
Soldiering On into the 1970s | 151
Lieutenant Colonel SF Angus - October 1970 | 154
Alone, Yet Not alone - RHC 1970-1975 | 155
Captain Alexei Malashenko | 156
FLQ Terrorists: “The October Crisis” 1970 | 156
Regimental Duty 1970 | 159
Summer Student Training Programme, 1969-72 | 160
Sergeant Bill Carlisle | 160
A Regimental Name and Historic Crosses, 1971 | 161
Lieutenant Colonel LN Ferdon CD, 1972 | 161
The Last Black Watch Serving General, 1965-2015 | 163
Montreal Marches On … | 164
Training in 1973: Exercise Black Hussar | 165
Presentation of The Queen’s Colour, June 1974 | 165
Lieutenant Colonel W Sewell CD, 1974-77 | 167
Padres Stephen Hayes and WR Russell | 168
Carpentry and Exotic Travel | 170
Getting with the Times: Peace Keeping | 170
Tradition vs. the Modern Army: the First BW Female Officer | 171
Planning for the Future 1975-77 | 173
Lieutenant Colonel GD Robertson CD PhD | 174
The General Waters Trophy 1978-79 | 175
Chapter 13
To the End of the Cold War | 179
Lieutenant Colonel Harold Klepak CD PhD, 1980-83 | 179
Highland Panzer-Grenadiers - the Grizzly AVGP | 182
Highland Winter 1982 | 183
Colonel WSM MacTier MC | 184
Ex Quick Sword - TEWT Advance and Quick Attack, 16 April 1983 | 185
Lieutenant Colonel John Charles Stothers CD | 185
Captain DG Fraser MD | 186
Recruiting and Retention | 187
Overseas Visits | 188
Lieutenant Colonel VG Chartier OMM CD | 189
Black Watch Women, 1971-1987 | 191
Black Watch - Gender-Free, 1987-1991 | 192
Veterans on Parade: Refused | 193
HM Queen Elizabeth, Colonel-in-Chief - The Last Great Parade | 194
The Regimental Dinner | 196
Church Service, Sunday 7 June 1987 | 197
Awards: The Proven Cup | 198
1987 - John Bourne Retires as Honorary Colonel | 198
Lieutenant Colonel DF O’Connor CD 1989-1993 | 200
The Purple Network | 203
The Oka Crisis and Cinematic History 1990 | 202
The Freedom of the City of Montreal, World Scottish Festival, 1992 | 204
Relationships with District HQ and Succession | 206
Notes to Part V | 209
Part V - Illustrations | 233
Part VI The New Millennium, War, and New Challenges: 1993-2022
Chapter 14
Ending the Century | 273
Lieutenant Colonel IM McCulloch CD, 1993-96: Bosnia and Archives | 273
His Militia Moment | 275
The 1993 Pipe Band Calamity | 276
Corporal Kieran Boyle and the Case of the Missing Pipes | 277
Black Watch Archives | 278
Black Watch in Bosnia, 1993 | 280
Colonel Tom Price | 283
Lieutenant Colonel GT Lusk CD, 1996-2000: At the Edge | 283
Black Watch Ordered Disbanded, August 1996 | 285
Rescinded | 286
With the Imperials in Ticonderoga, 1997 | 288
Gracious in Tough Times: The Reunion Dinner, 1 November 1997 | 289
Black Watch Veterans Recognized | 290
Khaki Pattern Tam Adopted | 290
Valcartier 1998 - Unit Viability Assessment, Tactical Evaluation | 290
Operation Recuperation: The Ice Storm 1998 | 291
Fort Drum - 1998 | 293
The Dubuc Trophy, February 1999 | 294
St Jean Baptiste Parade 24 June 1999 | 294
Lusk’s Third Freedom: 11 September 1999 Verdun | 295
Chapter 15
The Highland Millennium | 297
Lieutenant Colonel BD Bolton MMM CD, 2000-2003: The Piper as Laird | 297
Honorary Colonel Lieutenant General McAlpine, 2000 | 300
The Canadian Red Hackle Magazine, 2000 | 300
Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, 4 August 1900 - 30 March 2002 | 301
Training for the Taliban via the Dubuc Trophy | 302
The Changing Pages of RHC history - Colonel John G Bourne CVO ED CD, 1918-2002 | 304
Lieutenant Colonel J Potter MC, 2003: Desert Storm dans Montréal | 305
The Piper Redux: Lieutenant Colonel BD Bolton MMM CD, 2003-2005 | 306
New Reserve Units: PSYOPS | 307
Backhanded Thanks … | 307
The Black Watch Pipes and Drums - Oldest in North America | 309
The Black Watch School of Piping and Drumming | 309
Black Watch Stalwarts - Slainte deagh | 310
Forming the Future: The Cadet Corps 1953-2013 | 312
Lieutenant Colonel TEC MacKay CD, 2005-2009 | 314
Adjutants at Work: Captains Radman and Farnham | 315
Running the Regiment in Peace and War: parades dangereux | 316
HRH Prince Charles Presents Colours to The Black Watch, 9-11 November 2009 | 319
Chapter 16
Regimental Business | 323
Associations of The Black Watch | 323
A National Historic Site, Regimental Museum, et al | 325
Anniversary Highland Dinners | 327
The Honorary Colonel’s Dining-In 2012: The American Ambassador | 328
Atlantic Personae | 329
Reunions at Home and France | 329
Battalion Training and Competitions 2011 to 2013 | 330
Chums with the 111th US Regiment | 332
The March and Shoot Hat-Trick | 333
CWO Mike Kelly MMM CD, the First Army Reserve Chief Warrant Officer | 335
Major Mike Walker | 336
Chapter 17
The Black Watch at War and Beyond, 2002-2022 | 337
Part 1: The Home Front | 337
Part 2: Outside the Wire - Fire Fights and Air Strikes | 340
Corporal JP Warren KIA, July 2006 | 342
Staff Officers, Afghanistan | 343
Colonels at the Front | 344
Comrades in Arms: RHC and 3 SCOTS - Ceud mìle fàilte | 345
Ladies From Hell - the nom de guerre made real | 348
New Battle Honour “Afghanistan” - 9 May 2014 | 350
Lieutenant Colonel Bruno Plourde CD - The Regular Reservist, 2009-2013 | 351
The Regular Force Support Staff in the Millennium Watch | 353
Honorary Colonel Lieutenant General Duncan McAlpine 1922-2010 | 354
Farewell to a Wartime Padre: Captain, the Rev RR Topping, PhD | 355
Millennium RSMs | 356
Remembrance and Honour | 357
Properly Dressed On Parade: The Regimental Uniform | 358
Trooping The Colour, Fletcher’s Field 2012 | 360
Châteauguay - Two Hundred Year Battle Honour | 362
Honouring Their Own: The Regimental Boards | 362
Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Phare CD, 2013-2016 | 363
Highland Coda | 365
Epilogue, 2013-2022 | 367
Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Phare, CD | 368
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas MacKay, CD | 371
OP LENTUS, 2017 | 373
Lieutenant Colonel Bruno Plourde, CD | 375
The Pipes and Drums 2018-19: Mons, Normandy, and Edinburgh | 377
OP LASER | 379
Lieutenant Colonel Francis Roy, CD - A New Decade, A New Challenge | 382
Notes to Part VI | 385
Part VI - Illustrations | 405
Appendices | 463
Index | 487
Appendices
Appendix A - Black Watch Regimental Appointments 1950-2022 | 463
Appendix B - The Black Watch Command List -1945-2022 | 465
Appendix C - Regimental Bagpipe Tunes | 469
Appendix D - Final Parade: Officers of The Black Watch (RHR) of Canada, Base Gagetown -1 April 1970 | 471
Appendix E - 3 Scots, Affiliations and Cadet Corps | 473
Appendix F - Dates for Regimental Parades, Memorials, Annual Meetings and Social Occasions | 475
Appendix G - The Captain George Fraser Dinner | 477
Appendix H - Presentation of New Colours Parade 2009 | 479
Appendix I - 3 RHC Strength 1955-2014 - As per Annual Hist Reports | 481
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