Lieutenant-Colonel F.M. Matheson
Regina Rifle Regiment

In particular on the night of 8/9 June 1944, when the Battalion Headquarters was attacked by PZ KW Mk V tanks and infantry, the colonel himself led the defence resulting in knocking out five tanks.

(D.S.O. citation, 31 Aug 1944)

Born on 5 January 1904 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Foster Martin Matheson was an accountant and joined the Prince Albert Volunteers in 1923, raising to the rank of major. He transferred to the Regina Rifle Regiment on mobilization for active service in 1940. In England, he succeeded Lieutenant-Colonel Harry Sharp in March 1943. “Reports from Canada,” he wrote home, “sometimes lead us to believe that you are gaining the impression that boys over here are getting very ‘browned off’ due to the long wait. The surprising thing is that the men are standing up remarkably well.”

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