Stormont , Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders Stormont , Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces . They have served in the War of 1812 , the Great War and World War II . They are descended from many Canadian militia units and two regular British Army regiments . They are also rooted in a community that began as a soldiers ' settlement . Early history . After the surrender at Yorktown , veterans of the King ' s Royal Regiment of New York and the 84th Regiment of Foot ( Royal Highland Emigrants ) , were given land on the north bank of the Saint Lawrence River so they could defend Upper Canada from the new enemy to the south . In 1804 , veterans of the Glengarry Fencibles , a Highland regiment that served in Europe with the British Army , settled just north of the American Revolutionary War veterans . The first militia unit west of Montreal was organized at Cornwall in 1787 under the command of Major John Macdonnell , late of the K . R . R . N . Y . During the War of 1812 , the area militia and the Glengarry Light Infantry Fencibles helped the British Army fight off the Americans . For a long time , breaks in unit continuity with the pre - Confederation period denied the regiment the " Niagara " battle honour and the status of oldest anglophone militia regiment in Canada . However , on the occasion of the bicentennial of the War of 1812 in 2012 , the Government of Canada permitted Canadian regiments to perpetuate 1812 militia and Fencible units thus awarding the Stormont , Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders three War of 1812 battle honours , including the battle honour NIAGARA which had been awarded to the Glengarry Light Infantry Fencibles . After 1814 , and Stormont and Dundas counties soon had two militia regiments each and Glengarry County had four . All units fought the rebels of 1837 - 1838 , two in Lower Canada and three at the 1838 Battle of the Windmill , where 10 militiamen were killed and 13 wounded . The 1855 Militia Act introduced voluntary service , and the United Counties raised four independent companies in 1862 . After the 1866 Fenian raid , which aroused great fear of invasion , these companies and four others amalgamated in 1868 to form the 59th Stormont and Glengarry Battalion of Infantry , which was called out against the Fenians in 1870 . Nine Stormont and Glengarry men served in the Second Boer War . The Great War . At the outbreak of the Great War , the Regiment - in Highland dress since 1904 - guarded the St . Lawrence canals until December 1915 , when the United Counties raised the 154th Battalion for the Canadian Expeditionary Force . ( The 59th also contributed soldiers to the 2nd , 21st , 38th , 73rd and 253rd Battalions of the CEF . ) The 154 th Battalion went overseas but was broken up to reinforce the " Iron Second , " the 21st and 38th Battalions and the 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles . Of the 154th Battalion soldiers , 143 were killed and 397 wounded ; their efforts are commemorated in 24 decorations and six battle honours . More than 100 members of the 59th Stormont and Glengarry Regiment were killed while serving with the CEF , including Claude Joseph Patrick Nunney , who won the Victoria Cross in 1918 . Nunney joined the 59th in 1913 and enlisted in the 38th Battalion , which is perpetuated by the The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa ( Duke of Edinburgh ' s Own ) , so the Camerons also claim him ; however , his medals hang today in the Warrant Officers ' and Sergeants ' Mess of the SD & G Highlanders . The 59th became The Stormont , Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders in 1922 . Despite the Great Depression , the unit thrived , moving into a new armoury in Cornwall in 1939 . Second World War . When the Second World War began , the Regiment once again guarded the St . Lawrence canals . Mobilization came in June 1940 , and the Regiment absorbed companies from the Princess of Wales ' Own Regiment and the Brockville Rifles to form an overseas battalion that went to England in 1941 as part of the 9th ( Highland ) Brigade , 3rd Canadian Infantry Division . The SD & G Highlanders landed in Normandy on D Day and was the first regiment to enter Caen , reaching the centre of the city at 1300 hours , July 9 , 1944 . Fifty - five days later , 112 SD & G Highlanders had been killed in action and 312 more wounded in the Falaise Gap . The Regiment fought across France via Rouen , Eu , Le Hamel and Boulogne , moved into the Netherlands and took part in the amphibious landing across the Savojaardsplaat , and advanced to Knokke by way of Breskens . It moved next to Nijmegen to relieve the airborne troops , and helped guard the bridge while the Rhine crossing was prepared . The Regiment then fought through the Hochwald and north to cross the Ems - River and take the city of Leer . At dawn on May 3 , 1945 , German marine - units launched an attack on two forward companies of the SD & G Highlanders , occupying the village of Rorichum , near Oldersum , that was the final action during the war , VE Day found the SD & G Highlanders near Emden . It was said of the Regiment that it " never failed to take an objective ; never lost a yard of ground ; never lost a man taken prisoner in offensive action . " Altogether 3 , 342 officers and men served overseas with the SD & G Highlanders , of whom 278 were killed and 781 wounded ; 74 decorations and 25 battle honours were awarded . A total of 3 , 418 officers and men served in the 2nd Battalion ( Reserve ) ; of them , 1 , 882 went on active service and 27 were killed . A third battalion raised in July 1945 served in the occupation of Germany and was disbanded in May 1946 . Post war . Designated the Stormont , Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders ( Machine Gun ) in 1954 and Stormont , Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders in 1959 , the Regiment remains an infantry unit in the Highland tradition . In 1968 , to mark the regiment ' s centenary , the Stormont , Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders received the Freedom of the City of Cornwall . The SD & G Highlanders crest . Superimposed upon a background of thistle , leaves and flowers the letters SDG ; below , a raven on a rock superimposed on a maple leaf . A half scroll to the left of the maple leaf is inscribed DILEAS ; another to the right inscribed GU BAS ; above , a semi - annulus inscribed GLENGARRY FENCIBLES and surmounted by the Crown . The whole superimposed upon a Saint Andrew ’ s cross , Regimental headquarters . Cornwall Armoury ; 505 Fourth Street East , Cornwall , Ontario K6H 2J7 Stormont , Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders Regimental Museum . The museum collects , preserves and exhibits military artifacts and archival material related to the Regiment and its predecessor units in the three counties of Stormont , Dundas and Glengary as well as material related to the military experiences of the residents of the three counties . Tartan . Macdonell of Glengarry Monuments , plaques , badges , honour rolls . The 59th Battalion Colours are laid up in the Officers ' Mess and the 154th Battalion Colours are laid up in the Trinity Anglican Church , Second Street , Cornwall , Ontario . 1812 - 2013 SD & G Highlanders The war of 1812 - 14 Most honourable order of the bath companion ( C . B ) Lieutenant - Colonel MACDONELL , ( Red ) George First World War The Victoria Cross Sergeant NUNNEY , Claude Bar to Military Medal Sergeant CATTANACH , W . J . Sergeant Countryman , G . G . Order of The British Empire Officer ( O . B . E . ) Lieutenant - Colonel SMITH , A . A . Member ( M . B . E . ) Captain McLACHLAN , A . Military Cross Captain FRANKLIN , W . J . Lieutenant GILLIE , G . D . Captain HUNTER , F . H . Captain IRWIN , B . L . Lieutenant JOHNSTON , W . T . Hon . Capt . MACDONALD , E . J . Lieutenant McDONALD , J . R . Captain MUNROE , F . Captain ROBINSON , F . G . Captain SPEER , G . A . Military Medal Private ANNAND , G . Sergeant AULT , H . Sergeant CATTANACH , W . J . Sergeant COUNTRYMAN , G . G . Private DeROCHIE , R . Private DEWAR , D . A . Private EASTMAN , H . Private GUINDON , W . Private JOLY , H . L / Corporal KEMP , D . Private MacDONELL , A . Private MARCELLUS , L . E . Sergeant McINTYRE , J . H . Sergeant NUNNEY , Claude Sergeant PITT , L . Private PULFORD , E . Private ROCHON , A . C . S . M . SKUCE , J . M . Distinguished Conduct Medal Private LALONDE , A . Private McPHEE , A . Sergeant NUNNEY , Claude . Private RITCHIE , K . A . Meritorious Service Medal Corporal EATON , W . H . Mentioned In Despatches Captain FRANKLIN , W . J . Private McDONALD , W . WORLD WAR II 1st battalion Bar to Distinguished Service Order Lieutenant - Colonel CAMERON , Donald C . Lieutenant - Colonel ROWLEY , Roger Distinguished Service Order Major ARMSTRONG , John Gordon Major BRADEN , James Wallace Lieutenant - Colonel CAMERON , Donald C . Major CLARKE , Gordon E . Major FROMAN , J . Lieutenant – Colonel GEMMELL , Neil Morrison Major PETERSON , John Frederick Lieutenant - Colonel ROWLEY , Roger Major STOTHART , John Gilmour Order of the British Empire OFFICER ( O . B . E . ) Colonel DUNN , Michael S . MEMBER ( M . B . E . ) Major GRAY , John M . Major IRVINE , A . Marshall Captain NICHOLSON , Douglas Major WHELPTON , E . W . Military Cross Hon . Major BRAIN , R . T . F . Captain BRAYLEY , John A . Captain DURE , John Alexander Lieutenant GOODMAN , Frederick Clare Lieutenant HALL , Hugh Baldwin Colonel MacRAE , Donald F . Lieutenant STEPHEN , Alexander H . L . Lieutenant STEWART , Donald C . Captain WATT , John Arthur Distinguished Conduct Medal Private CROZIER , Gordon Cecil Sergeant HOWARTH , Fred Military Medal Corporal ATCHISON , Hugh Charles Corporal BAKER , Ernest Wilfred Corporal COULAS , Melvin Louis Private CAMPBELL , Gerald Robert Corporal DAVIS , Thomas R . L / Sergeant DONALD , Alvin Clifford Corporal HANDLEY , Clifford John W . O . 1 ( RSM ) LOCKHART , Fred A . Sergeant MacDONALD , Duncan K . Corporal McLENNAN , Robert Private MacLEAN , Peter Alexander Private MENZIES , Leonard S . Private MILLER , Ernest Morris Corporal MILNE , D . J . Private MATTHEWS , Chesley Ray Private NICHOLAS , Donald Robert Sergeant POST , Charles A . Private SCOTT , Edward Davis Private SNYDER , David Harold Private WHITEACRE , James A . W . British Empire Medal Sergeant DAINTON , Arthur Thomas Mentioned in Dispatches Major ARMSTRONG , John Gordon Corporal BARR , H . A . Lieutenant - Colonel CAMERON , Donald Corporal COYNE , Leonard Joseph Corporal DAVIS , George E . Sergeant DENNY , Donald Emerson Colonel DUNN , Michael S . Lieutenant - Colonel GEMMELL , N . M . Major IRVINE , A . Marshall Captain KINGSTON , Kenneth N . Captain LAFONTAINE , Shannon P . Private MacDONALD , John Hugh Captain MacNAUGHTON , James P . Colonel MacRAE , Donald Fraser L / Corporal MARCELLUS , Robert Donald L / Corporal MAY , Eric George Private MURRAY , Douglas Donald Captain NICHOLSON , Douglas L / Corporal PASQUINO , John James Sergeant PLUMRIDGE , Thomas Private ROCK , Gerald Sidney Oswald Captain STEWART , D . L . Private STOODLEY , Herbert D . Croix De Guerre Avec Etoile Vermeil ( France ) Lieutenant - Colonel GEMMELL , Neil Morrison Croix De Guerre Avec Etoile Bronze ( France ) Private BERTRAND , Raymond Sergeant HUMMELL , Glen Colboure Sergeant JONES , Wilfred Order of Orange - Nassau ( Netherlands ) Major IRVINE , A . M . 2nd Battalion ( While serving with other Arms ) Distinguished Service Order F / O MacGILLVRAY , D . Distinguished Flying Cross P / O BLANCHER , C . F . F / L CARR , John F / O CLARK , L . W . Order of the British Empire MEMBER ( M . B . E ) G / C CAMPBELL , C . J . Distinguished Flying Medal P / O Harrison , A . Médaille militaire ( Belgium ) Captain OWEN , J . R . Medal of Military Valour Corporal MONNIN , Eric