Lieutenant-Colonel Ernie Wilson
Edmonton Regiment

Since I have been in this theatre I have seen considerable numbers of both officers and men of the unit and I can assure you that not only will they doubly appreciate your thoughtfulness but that in the case of the Loyal Edmonton Regiment they are all extremely proud that the regiment bears the name of the city, coupled with the honor ‘loyal’ bestowed by His Majesty.

(Wilson to Mayor Fry in Edmonton Journal, 14 Aug 1944, 9)

Born in Innisfail, Alberta on 2 March 1904, Ernest Brown Wilson was King’s Counsel and a graduate of the University of Alberta, where he had belonged to the Canadian Officers Training Corps. He went overseas with the Edmonton Regiment in December 1939 and succeeded Lieutenant-Colonel W.G. Stillman in August 1940. He remained in command in England for almost the next two years.

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