Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Intro viii
3. Foreword ix
4. The publication of this book is due to the generosity of xii
5. Contents xiii
6. About the author xx
7. Acknowledgements xxi
8. Note on Military Ranks xxiii
9. Part I The Origins of Montreal’s Highland Regiment 1759–1914
10. Chapter 1 The Scottish Military Tradition in Quebec 1
11. Chapter 2 The 5th Battalion, The Royal Light Infantry of Montreal 19
12. Chapter 3 From Shako to Glengarry Becoming Highland 31
13. Chapter 4 The 5th Royal Scots A Robust Highland Regiment 43
14. Chapter 5 Strikers, Riots and Aid to the Civil Power – 1864 to 1903 55
15. Chapter 6 Training the Regiment 1862–1914 65
16. Notes to Part I 73
17. Illustrations 89
18. Part II The Royal Highlanders in The Great War 1914–1919
19. Chapter 7 Rushing to France 125
20. Chapter 8 Ypres – The 13th Battalion RHC 139
21. Chapter 9 From Mount Sorrel to the Somme an Annus Horribilis 161
22. Chapter 10 Vimy and Passchendaele 185
23. Chapter 11 The Black Watch and The Hundred Days August to November 1918 203
24. Chapter 12 The Influence of The Great War 223
25. Notes to Part II 239
26. Illustrations 253
27. Maps 299
28. Part III The Black Watch between the Wars 1919–1939
29. Chapter 13 After The Great War 1919–1939 313
30. Chapter 14 Training the Post War Militia Budgets and Summer Camps 319
31. Chapter 15 The Canadian Black Watch New Titles and New Colours – 1931–1935 329
32. Chapter 16 Regimental Cadet Corps 1890–1936 339
33. Chapter 17 A Social and City Regiment Inter–War Activities 345
34. Chapter 18 Sports and Military Diversions Dealing with the Great Depression 353
35. Chapter 19 The Last Days Before the Second World War 359
36. Notes to Part III 367
37. Appendices 373
38. Notes 443
39. Index 447
40. Front Matter 2 471
41. Contents 475
42. Part IV The Royal Highlanders of Canada in the Second World War 1939–1945
43. Chapter 1 Mobilization and Guarding Canals, 1 RHC Mobilized – August 1939 483
44. Chapter 2 Regimental Commanders, 1939–1944 Dieppe, Italy and UK 507
45. Chapter 3 Normandy – The Battles for Verrières Ridge: July–August 1944 541
46. Chapter 4 Normandy – The Black Watch Assaults Verrières Ridge, 25 July 1944 581
47. Chapter 5 France, Holland and the Scheldt August to December 1944 615
48. Chapter 6 The Last Year of War: January to May 1945 667
49. Notes to Part IV 691
50. Illustrations 723
51. Maps 757
52. Appendices 775
53. Notes 797
54. Index 799
55. About the Author 826
56. Front Matter 3 828
57. Contents 833
58. Part V The Black Watch of Canada and The Cold War 1946–1992
59. Chapter 7 1946 –Start of the Cold War 845
60. Chapter 8 The Third Battalion RHC in a New Role and “Militia” Again 883
61. Chapter 9 The Black Watch in Gagetown and Germany 907
62. Chapter 10 A New Army, a New Militia 935
63. Chapter 11 The Regular Black Watch – Global Deployments 951
64. Chapter 12 The Post-Apocalypse Black Watch A Regiment of One Battalion 991
65. Chapter 13 To the End of the Cold War 1021
66. Notes to Part V 1051
67. Part V Illustrations
68. Illustrations 1077
69. Part VI The New Millennium, War, and New Challenges: 1993–2022
70. Chapter 14 Ending the Century 1115
71. Chapter 15 The Highland Millennium 1139
72. Chapter 16 Regimental Business 1165
73. Chapter 17 The Black Watch at War and Beyond, 2002–2022 1179
74. Highland Coda 1207
75. Epilogue, 2013–2022 1209
76. Notes 1227
77. Part VI Illustrations 1247
78. APPENDIX 1305
79. Notes to Appendices 1327
80. Index 1329