The 16th Canadian Scottish Were Here

| October 10, 2016

IN MEMORY OF OFFICERS NCO’S MEN OF THE 16TH. CANADIAN SCOTTISH WHO FELL IN ACTION ON THE SOMME Mouquet Farm September 4-7, 1916 Kenora Trench September 25-27, 1916 Regina Trench October 8-9, 1916 One of two known preserved wood battlefield markers of the 16th Battalion C.E.F. (Canadian Scottish). The Somme marker is held in the […]

“My compliments to the Commanding Officer…

| October 8, 2015

…I am not able to carry on!” Temporary Major Harry John Hall, MC, 16th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Canadian Scottish) 8 October 1916  One of the great 16th Battalion characters of the Great War was the Scottish born soldier Harry John Hall. A soldier through and through, Hall had previously served during the Second Boer War […]

Gallantry on the Somme: R. Kennedy DCM MM & Two Bars

| February 8, 2012

Robert Kennedy D.C.M., M.M. and Two Bars 16th Battalion C.E.F., Trenches Mouquet Farm near Pozières September 3 – 7, 1916 The 16th Battalion C.E.F. began their journey to the Somme on August 27, 1916 when they marched from Eperlecques to St. Omer. From here they boarded a train which brought them onto the Somme the following […]