1st Battalion Stormont Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders Second World War Plaque

This plaque is dedicated to the members of the 1st Battalion, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders who died or served in the Second World War.

The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders were mobilized for active service on 24 May 1940. It was redesignated as the 1st Battalion, The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders on 7 November 1940 and was composed of companies from the Prince of Wales Rangers (Peterborough), The Princess of Wales’ Own Regiment (Kingston), The Brockville Rifles (Brockville) and two companies from The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders (Cornwall).

The unit embarked for Great Britain on 19 July 1941. On D-Day, 6 June 1944, it landed in Normandy, France, as part of the 9th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, and it continued to fight in North West Europe until the end of the war. The overseas battalion was disbanded on 15 January 1946.

Inscription

DILEASE GUBAS

ERECTED IN HONOUR OF ALL

MEMBERS OF THE

1ST BN. STORMONT DUNDAS AND GLENGARRY

HIGHLANDERS- 1940 – 1945

WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE OR SERVED IN THE 2ND WORLD WAR

BATTLE HONOURS: NORMANDY LANDING – CAEN – FALAISE

BOULOGNE 1944 – THE SCHELDT – BRESKENS POCKET – THE RHINELAND

THE HOCHWALD – THE RHINE – LEER

H Q COMPANY – P.W. RANGERS

PETERBOROUGH

A COMPANY – P.W.O. REGIMENT

KINGSTON

B COMPANY – BROCKVILLE RIFLES

BROCKVILLE

C & D COMPANIES – SD & G HIGH’RS

CORNWALL

“ UP THE GLENS “

ERECTED JUNE 10, 1973

Cette plaque est dédiée aux membres du 1er bataillon de Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders, qui sont morts ou qui ont servi pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

Les soldats du bataillon Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders furent mobilisés pour le service actif le 24 mai 1940. De plus, il fut renommé le 1er bataillon le 7 novembre 1940 et était alors composé des compagnies de Prince of Wales Rangers (Peterborough), du Princess of Wales’ Own Regiment (Kingston), des Brockville Rifles (Brockville) et de deux compagnies de Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders (Cornwall).

L’unité quitta pour la Grande-Bretagne le 19 juillet 1941 et débarqua en Normandie (France) le jour J, soit le 6 juin 1944, aux côtés de la 9e Brigade d’infanterie, la 3e Division d’infanterie, et poursuivit les combats dans le nord-ouest de l’Europe jusqu’à la fin de la guerre. Le bataillon d’outre-mer fut dissous le 15 janvier 1946.

Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.