Lieutenant-Colonel R.G.L. Parker
Canadian Scottish Regiment

Strength, courage, knowledge, these three things
Stand out upon our Athlone crest;
No better man can there be found
To teach us this with all his best

(Athlone school pupil tribute, Vancouver Sun, 14 Feb 1961, 31)

Born on 11 May 1898 in Stockton, Warwickshire, England, Richard Gilbert Lewes Parker was a rugby player, grammar schoolteacher in Duncan, British Columbia and commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, Canadian Scottish since 1939. He had enlisted with the 48th Battalion in May 1915 and went to France in March 1916 and transferred to the 29th Battalion in May 1917. He was twice wounded in action and ended the war as a cadet with the Royal Air Force.

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