Brigadier T. Eric Snow
Royal Canadian Regiment
11th Infantry Brigade

Under no circumstances must I nag or hound my Bn. Comds while they are conducting their battle even though I am being pressed by my own comd … To hound Bn. Comds when they are doing their best and things are going well will only cause disorganization and perhaps adversely affect the results of the battle.

(Brig. Snow, 11 Cdn Inf Bde Report on the Battle of the Liri Valley, May 1944)

Born on 15 January 1905 in Kimberley, South Africa, Thomas Eric D’Oyly Snow was the son of a British Army officer who emigrated to Canada in 1907. The family settled in New Brunswick and Snow followed his father in an army career. He joined the St. John Fusiliers and qualified as a lieutenant in 1924. With fifteen years in the Permanent Force, he went overseas with the RCR in December 1939. Following the brief service in France in June 1940, Snow held an equally brief temporary command of the regiment from 21 October to 30 November 1940.

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