Lieutenant-Colonel T.W. Greenfield
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada
Boxing is a grand sport. It builds men up to withstand terrific punishment without flinching.
(North Bay Nugget, 22 Jan 1942, 8)
Born in Worcestershire, England on 27 August 1892, Thomas William Greenfield assumed command of Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada in October 1938. A First World War veteran, he had enlisted with the 49th Battalion out of Edmonton, earned a commission overseas and rejoined the battalion in France in November 1917. He was severely wounded at Cambrai a year later.
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