She visited her boys nine times in Toronto and welcomed them whenever they were in England – always delightful occasions – during her remarkable 65-year tenure. In 1937 the new queen became colonel-in-chief of The Toronto Scottish Regiment, successor to the 75th (Mississauga) Battalion.

1936 following the abdication of his brother King Edward VIII. She became Duchess of York in 1923 when she married HRH Prince Albert, who ascended the throne in Dec. The warmth, kindness, and natural good cheer of the teenaged Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (born 1900, seated left) brought solace to convalescing soldiers at her ancient family’s legendary Glamis Castle, Scotland, during the Great War.

This new series from Wilfrid Laurier University Press critically explores the organizational, personal, societal, and cultural themes of those units by blending traditional operational history with innovative approaches in military scholarship. Units – regiments, corps, squadrons, and ships – form the foundation of the Canadian military. Read moreĬanadian Unit, Formation, and Command Histories Stewart undertook exhaustive research for this first-ever history of the 75th, drawing from archival sources (focusing on critical decisions by Brigadier Victor Oldum, General Officer Commanding 11th Brigade), diaries, letters, newspaper accounts, and interviews. The author pulls no punches in recounting their labours, triumphs, and travails. Three years later Church accepted the 75th’s now heavily emblazoned colours for safekeeping at City Hall from Lieutenant-Colonel Colin Harbottle, who returned with his bloodied but successful survivors. Tommy Church, mayor of Toronto from 1915 to 1921, sought to include his city’s name in the unit’s name because of the many city officials and local residents who served in it. They left a comfortable existence in the prosperous, strongly pro-British provincial capital for life in the trenches of France and Flanders. They included professionals, university graduates, white- and blue-collar workers, labourers, and the unemployed, some illiterate. This book tells the story of the 75th Battalion (later the Toronto Scottish Regiment) and the five thousand men who formed it-most from Toronto-from all walks of life.

And they would serve in many of the most horrific battles of that long, bloody conflict-Saint Eloi, the Somme, Arras, Vimy, Hill 70, Lens, Passchendaele, Amiens, Drocourt-Quéant, Canal du Nord, Cambrai, and Valenciennes. Those soldiers who survived would spend almost three years in a tiny corner of northeastern France and northwestern Belgium (Flanders), where many of their comrades still lie. Hospital ships filled the harbour of Le Havre as the 75th Mississauga Battalion arrived on 13 August 1916. Foreword by His Royal Highness Charles, Prince of Wales

Lizzy Fights On by Elisabeth Beresford