Rocky Mountain Rangers

Lt-Col. D.B. Holman

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Lieutenant-Colonel D.B. Holman
Rocky Mountain Rangers

Throughout the operation he displayed great coolness under shell fire and bombing and by his energy and devotion to duty set a fine example to his men.

(M.C. citation, 1 Feb 1919)

Born on 4 June 1896 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Douglas Black Holman was a decorated First World War veteran and staff member for the Soldier Settlement Board at Salmon Arm, British Columbia. He had enlisted with the 6th Canadian Mounted Rifles in March 1915 and served in France as part of the 5th CMR and the 3rd Canadian Division Signal Company. He received a commission in the Canadian Engineers and earned the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry in September 1918.

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Lt-Col. K.W. MacIntyre

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Lieutenant-Colonel Ken MacIntyre
Rocky Mountain Rangers
Essex Scottish Regiment
MacIntyre

Communism—Communism is the rule of a godless dictatorship and I will oppose with all the mental, moral and physical strength I posses the treasonable activities of those whose object is to overthrow our government by force and establish a dictatorship controlled from abroad.

(Quoted in Windsor Star, 2 Feb 1949, 6)

Born on 12 December 1914 in Milton, Ontario, Kenneth Wilfred MacIntyre was a Western University graduate and underwriter for a Windsor insurance company. He enlisted as a second lieutenant in the Essex Scottish Regiment on the outbreak of war and served as adjutant overseas. He returned home a captain in April 1942 and became second-in-command of the Oxford Rifles, mobilized for home defence.

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