The personal account of one of Canada's outstanding soldiers, BGen S.V. Radley-Walters, CMM, DSO, MC, CD, is
relevant. He landed in Normandy on D day with the Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment (27CAR) and commanded a
tank squadron during the heaviest fighting in Normandy on through to Germany. "On checking regimental nominal
rolls from our unit's history, I recall that at one time my Squadron had 45 former Halifax Rifles officers, NCOs and
Troopers out of the 132 Rifles that had joined the Sherbrookes as reinforcements in England. I trained and fought with
these men through Europe and having lived with them for nearly 3 years there is no doubt in my mind that their spirit
and courage as warriors has lived on during the peace. Eleven remain in our European Cemeteries and many who are
alive today still carry the scars of war..
Cwg
