Lieutenant-Colonel Gil Dudley
Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders

It was a much different enemy the Canadians were facing in this war, he said. The Germans had studied the weaknesses which made them lose the last war, and were a much more efficient fighting force. However, the Canadian troops overseas had proven apt pupils, and now could teach the Germans a thing or two.

(quoted in Winnipeg Tribune, 6 Oct 1942, 18)

Born on 23 April 1885 in Dumfries, Scotland, Guildford Francis Dudley served with the 1st Royal Scots in the Boer War and moved to a ranch in Alberta in 1904. Having enlisted in the Fort Garry Horse in September 1914, he reverted from sergeant to the rank to join the 8th Battalion in France in August 1915. He earned the military medal and was subsequently commissioned in December 1916. He received the Military Cross in July 1917 and ended the war at the rank of captain. He served as commanding officer of the Winnipeg Rifles from 1927 to 1934.

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