Winnipeg Light Infantry

Lt-Col. C.A. Scott

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Lieutenant-Colonel C.A. Scott
Winnipeg Light Infantry

Maj. Scott is a smart, alert offr, who seems to have considerable ability and who has a orderly, logical mind. He has had a long record of efficient service both on staff and in Regt duty in Canada … It is recommended that he continue in employment as long as he is desired or until he is replaced by a battle casualty.

(Officer Survey and Classification Board report, 1 Mar 1945)

Born in Ottawa on 30 April 1903, Cuthbert Aiden Scott was a lawyer and member of Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa since 1925. Promoted to major in 1936, he volunteered with the unit when it mobilized as a machine gun battalion in July 1940. Following later administrative duties with National Defence Headquarters, Scott was appointed second-in-command of the Lanark and Renfrew Regiment in May 1942.

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Lt-Col. H.F. Cotton

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Lieutenant-Colonel Harry F. Cotton
Winnipeg Light Infantry

The Jap is not the great fighting machine we have been led to believe. He’ll battle like a madman if he outnumbers us, but this stuff about the little brown men throwing themselves on our bayonet points is just so much eye-wash.

(quoted in Vancouver Sun, 22 Nov 1944, 3)

Born in Vancouver in 1910, Henry Ferguson Cotton was a graduate of RMC and a Permanent Force officer since 1931. He served on exchange with the British Army in 1934 and was stationed in Winnipeg with the PPCLI at the start of the Second World War. He served as brigade major of the 7th Infantry Brigade in 1940 and overseas with the PPCLI until he was recalled in April 1942 to take command of the newly mobilized Winnipeg Light Infantry.

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