Lieutenant-Colonel Donald Buell
North Shore Regiment

My unit won the award for me. I’m a permanent force man myself—Royal Canadian Regiment—but I would not want any tougher men with me than those New Brunswickers of our unit. On D-Day they were told to take certain objectives and they did just that.

(Vancouver Sun, 24 Oct 1944, 3)

Born on 1 July 1905 in Brockville, Ontario, Donald Bowie Buell was an RMC graduate, Permanent Force officer with the Royal Canadian Regiment, and instructor at RMC. His father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather had all been colonels in the Canadian army. In late 1939, he transferred from RMC to be general staff officer with national defence headquarters. Overseas he was next appointed second-in-command of the North Shore Regiment and replaced Lieutenant-Colonel J.R. Calkin in September 1942.

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