Second World War Battalions

List of Canadian Army Divisions and Brigades

1st Canadian Division

A.G.L. McNaughton, Oct ’39—Jul ‘40
G.R. Pearkes, Jul ’40—Sep ‘42
H.L.N. Salmon, Sep ’42—Apr ‘43
G.G. Simonds, Apr ’43—Oct ‘43
C. Vokes, Oct ’43—Nov ‘44
H.W. Foster, Nov ’44—Sep ‘45

1st Infantry Brigade

A.A. Smith, Oct ‘39—Oct ‘40
V. Hodson, Oct ’40—Nov ‘40
J.B. Stevenson, Nov ’40—Dec ‘40
L.T. Lowther, Dec ’40—Feb ’41
J.H. Roberts, Feb ’41—Jul ‘41
W.W. Southam, Jul ‘41
R.F.L. Keller, Jul ’41—Sep ‘42
H.G. Graham, Sep ‘42—Dec ‘43
D.C. Spry, Dec ’43—Jun ‘44
J.A. Calder, Jun ’44—Dec ‘44
J.D.B. Smith, Dec ’44—Jun ‘45
G.E.B. Renison, Jun ’45—Oct ‘45

48th Highlanders of Canada
E.W. Haldenby, Sep ’39—Sep ‘40
W.W. Southam, Sep ’40—Jan ‘42
W.B. Hendrie, Jan ’42—Mar ‘42
J.E. Ganong, Mar ’42—Dec ‘42
I.S. Johnston, Dec ’42—Jun ‘44
D.A. Mackenzie, Jun ’44—Apr ‘45 †
J.R.O. Counsell, Apr ’45—Oct ‘45

Royal Canadian Regiment
K.M. Holloway, Nov ’38—Nov ‘39
V. Hodson, Nov ’39—Oct ‘40
T.E. Snow, Oct ’40—Nov ‘40
M.K. Green, Nov ’40—Jul ‘41
T.E. Snow, Jul ’41—Feb ‘43
R.M. Crowe, Feb ’43—Jul ‘43 †
T.M. Powers, Jul ’43—Aug ‘43
D.C. Spry, Aug ’43—Dec ‘43
W.W. Mathers, Dec ‘43
A.S.A. Galloway, Dec ’43—Jan ‘44
W.W. Mathers, Jan ’44—Jun ‘44
J.W. Ritchie, Jun ‘44—Dec ‘44
W.W. Reid, Dec ’44—Jun ‘45
F.G.C. Darton, Jun ’45—Oct ‘45

Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment
S. Young, Mar ’39—Feb ‘40
H.L.N. Salmon, Feb ’40—Aug ‘40
J.N. Edgar, Aug ’40—Sep ‘40
H.D. Graham, Sep ’40—Sep ‘42
B.A. Sutcliffe, Sep ’42—Jul ‘43 †
Lord Tweedsmuir, Jul ’43
A.A. Kennedy, Jul ’43—Sep ‘43
Lord Tweedsmuir, Sep ’43—Nov ‘43
A.A. Kennedy, Nov ’43—Apr ‘44
D.C. Cameron, Apr ’44—Feb ‘45
G.A. Ross, Feb ’45Apr ‘45
G.E.B. Renison, Apr ’45—Jun ‘45
G.A. Ross, Jun ’45—Oct ‘45

Canadian Armoured Brigades

2nd Canadian Division

V.W. Odlum, May ‘40—Nov ‘41
J.H. Roberts, Nov ’41—Apr ‘43
G.G. Simonds, Apr ‘43
E.L.M. Burns, May ’43—Jan ‘44
C. Foulkes, Jan ’44—Nov ‘44
A.B. Matthews, Nov ’44—Oct ‘45

3rd Canadian Division

E. W. Sansom, Oct ’40—Mar ‘41
C.B. Price, Mar ’41—Sep ‘42
R.F.L. Keller, Sep ’42—Aug ‘44
D.C. Spry, Aug ’44—Mar ‘45
R.H. Keefler, Mar ’45—Nov ‘45

4th Canadian (Armoured) Division

L.F. Page, Jun ’41—Dec ‘41
F. F. Worthington, Feb ‘42—Mar ‘44
G. Kitching, Mar ’44—Aug ‘44
H.W. Foster, Aug ’44—Nov ‘44
C. Vokes, Dec ’44—Jun ‘45

4th Division support troops

29th Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment (South Alberta Regiment)
G.G. Elder, 1938—Jun ‘40
J.H. Carvosso, Jun ’40—Apr ‘41
W.P. Bristowe, May ’41—Apr ‘42
M.H. Wright, Apr ‘42—Aug ‘42
W.P. Bristowe, Sep ‘42—Apr ‘43
G.D. Wotherspoon, May ’43—Jul ‘45
T.B. Nash, Jul ’45—Dec ‘45

New Brunswick Rangers (MG)
J.N. Medhurst, Jun ’42—Nov ‘43
C.W. Crandall, Nov ’43—May ’44
L.G.L. Bastin, May ’44—Dec ’45

5th Canadian (Armoured) Division

E.W. Sansom, Mar ’41—Jan ‘43
C.R.S. Stein, Jan ’43—Oct ‘43
G.G. Simonds, Nov ’43—Jan ‘44
E.L.M. Burns, Jan ’44—Mar ‘44
B.M. Hoffmeister, Mar ’44—Jun ‘45