The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada. The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. It is part of the 3rd Canadian Division 's 38 Canadian Brigade Group and is headquartered at the Minto Armoury in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is the oldest highland regiment in Western Canada . The regimental War Diaries are held at The UK National Archives and as of April 2020 have been made available for free download*. They are the official unit war diaries for the British Army that contain records of daily activities, including casualties. They are not personal diaries. Royal Winnipeg Rifles • Regina Rifle Regiment • 1st battalion, Canadian Scottish Regiment o: 8th Infantry Brigade • Queen's Own Rifles of Canada • Régiment de la Chaudière • North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment o: 9th Infantry Brigade • Highland Light Infantry of Canada • Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders • North War Diary, 15th Canadian Infantry Battalion, LAC, RG 9, Series III-D-3, Vol. 4923, File 389. 10 Kim Beattie, 48th Highlanders of Canada, 1891-1928, (Toronto, 1932), passim 11 GO 149/20. 12 GO 103a/15. 13 CEF Sailing List, vol. V. The unit also sent a reinforcing draft overseas on 27 November 1915 14 The 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade (Royal Winnipeg Rifl es, Regina Rifl es and Canadian Scottish Regiment) crossed the Schipbeek Canal advancing on Deventer from the east. Sherbrooke tanks and fl ame-throwing "Crocodiles" from 79th (British) Armoured Division supported the infantry but as the War Diary of the Canadian Scottish reports, The 73rd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada) organized in June 1915, initially commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Peers Davidson, was placed on 'Active Service' as an 'Overseas Battalion, on 10 July 1915, as authorized in Militia General Orders. [1] [2] Contents 1 History 1.1 Early days 1.2 The Somme 1916 and The March Raid 1917 WAR DIARY OF THE FIFTH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS - June 1916 (archive.org/stream/51stseaforth00sunduoft/51stseaforth00sunduoft_djvu.txt) 31st May, however, saw the end of our rest, and we took over a new sector in front of Neuville St. Vaast, relieving the South Lancs and Border Regiments, who had suffered severely here just previously. The regimental War Diaries are held at The UK National Archives and as of April 2020 have been made available for free download*. They are the official unit war diaries for the British Army that contain records of daily activities, including casualties. They are not personal diaries. 04.08.1914 Stationed at Keith, Scotland as part of the Gordon Brigade of the Highland Division then moved to Bedford. Nov 1914 Left the Highland Division and mobilised for war landing at Havre. 05.12.1914 Transferred to the 20th Brigade of the 7th Division and engaged in various actions on the Western Front including; Canadian War records office, not dated, p1. 13 Canadian Over -seas Expeditionary Force Attestation Paper, James Easson, RG 150, Accession 1992 93/166, Box 2806 - 6 Item Number:373535, Library and Archives Canada. 14 Toronto Public Library website, 5th Royal Highlanders of Canada, Black Watch, 2nd Reinforcing recruiting poster for Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, 1914. These passages are selections from the First World War Diary of Robert Lindsay Mackay. Mackay was from Scotland, an American ally. He was an officer, or leader, with the 11th Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from 1915 until the e