The RHLI – Past Senior Appointments

Past Senior Appointments of the RHLI

Colonels-in-Chief

His Majesty King GEORGE VI
His Royal Highness, The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT, GBE

1927 – 1952
15 July 1978 –

Honorary Colonels

MGen the Hon John Morison Gibson, KCMG, VD
MGen the Hon Sidney Chilton Mewburn, PC, CMG, VD
Hon Colonel Frank Clifford Thomson, MC, ED
Hon Colonel Harold Franklin Lazier, DSO, ED, CD
Hon Colonel Robert Ridley Labatt, DSO, ED, CD
BGen William Denis Whitaker, DSO and Bar, CM, ED, CD
Col Edward William Cutbill, DSO, ED, CD
Col James Charles Forsyth, CStJ, CD
Hon Col Tom Marlor

1907 – 1929
1929 – 1952
1952 – 1957
1957 – 1962
1962 – 1972
1972 – 1992
26 Sep 1992 – 19 Jan 1993
20 Jan 1993 – 01 Mar 2008
May 2009 – Present

Honorary Lieutenant Colonels

MGen the Hon John Morison Gibson, KCMG, VD
LCol Alexander Huggins Moore, VD
MGen the Hon Sidney Chilton Mewburn, PC, CMG, VD
LCol George Douglas Fearman, VD
Hon LCol Charles Sumner Scott
LCol Allan E. Parker, MC and Bar
LCol Frank Clifford Thomson, MC, ED
LCol Harold Franklin Lazier, DSO, ED
LCol Robert Ridley Labatt, DSO, ED
Hon LCol John Weir Foote, VC, CD
Hon LCol Frederick St. Clair Wilkinson, ED
Col Edward William Cutbill, DSO, ED, CD
Col James Forsyth, CD
LCol George Thomas Frid, CD
LCol Douglas Edward Brand, CD
Col Thomas Richard Marlor, CD
LCol John Hubert Doyle, CD
LCol Tim Hogarth

1895 – 1907
1907 – 1916
1920 – 1929
1929 – 1934
1935 – 1944
1946 – 1951
1951 – 1952
1952 – 1957
1957 – 1962
1964 – 1973
1973 – 1985
1985 – 1992
26 Sep 1992 – 19 Jan 1993
20 Jan 1993 – 19 Jan 1999
20 Jan 1999 – 14 Mar 2003
15 Mar 2003 – 31 Dec 2004
01 Jan 2005 – 31 Aug 2009
01 Sep 2009 – Present

Commanding Officers

13^th Battalion Volunteer Militia (Infantry) Canada (11 Dec 1862)
LCol Isaac Buchanan LCol Alfred Booker LCol James A. Skinner LCol John Morison Gibson, ADC LCol Alexander Huggins Moore, VD LCol Henry McLaren	28 Nov 1862 – 30 Dec 1864 27 Jan 1865 – 10 Aug 1866 10 Aug 1866 – 27 Aug 1886 27 Aug 1886 – 9 Nov 1895 21 Dec 1895 – 10 Nov 1897 13 Dec 1897 – 7 May 1900
13^th Regiment (8 May, 1900)
LCol Henry McLaren LCol John Stoneman, VD LCol Edmund Evelyn Wentworth Moore,VD	8 May 1900 – 13 Dec 1902 13 Dec 1902 – 3 Jan 1905 3 Jan 1905 – 3 Jan 1910
13^th Royal Regiment (3 Jan, 1910)
LCol Sidney Chilton Mewburn, VD LCol Frederick Blythe Ross, VD LCol Robert Hodgetts Labatt, VD LCol George Douglas Fearman LCol Robert Alexander Robertson	3 Jan 1910 – 17 Jun 1913 12 Jul 1913 – 28 Feb 1915 28 Feb 1915 – 15 Oct 1917 15 Oct 1917 – 28 May 1919 29 May 1919 – 30 Apr 1920
The Royal Hamilton Regiment (1 May, 1920)
LCol Robert Alexander Robertson LCol Gordon John Henderson, VD LCol George W. Black LCol Thomas Morrison	1 May 1920 – 30 Mar 1921 1 Apr 1921 – 30 Mar 1923 1 Apr 1923 – 30 Mar 1926 1 Apr 1926 – 14 Mar 1927
The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (15 Mar, 1927)
LCol Thomas Morrison LCol David Kilvert Baldwin LCol Colin William George Gibson, MC, VD LCol George Craig Wright, ED LCol Frank Clifford Thomson, MC, ED	15 Mar 1927 – 9 Dec 1928 10 Dec 1928 – Nov 1929 1 Dec 1929 – 28 Nov 1934 29 Nov 1934 – 30 Nov 1934 1 Dec 1934 – 14 Dec 1936
The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment) (15 Dec, 1936)
LCol Frank Clifford Thomson, MC, ED LCol Harry Gordon Wright, ED	15 Dec 1936 – 20 May 1938 21 May 1938 – 2 Sep 1939
The 77^th "Wentworth" Battalion of Infantry, (23 May, 1872)
LCol John Brown LCol Herbert Charles Gwyn, VD LCol Alexander Bertram, CB, VD	23 May 1872 – 23 Dec 1887 23 Dec 1887 – 2 Dec 1899 2 Dec 1899 – 8 May 1900
The 77^th Wentworth Regiment, (8 May, 1900)
LCol Alexander Bertram, CB, VD LCol William Hall Ptolemy, VD LCol William Edward Sheridan Knowles, VD LCol Joseph Edwin Orr, VD	8 May 1900 – 3 Dec 1904 3 Dec 1904 – 3 Dec 1909 3 Dec 1909 – 23 May 1916 23 May 1916 – 17 Apr 1920
The Wentworth Regiment, (1 May, 1920)
LCol Edward Walter Clifford, VD LCol Ernest H. Greenwood, VD LCol Edward Stanley Sawell, MC, VD LCol Armand A. Smith, CBE, MC, ED LCol David Dyson, MM, ED	4 May 1920 – 31 Dec 1923 31 Dec 1923 – 30 Dec 1926 30 Dec 1926 – 13 Jan 1931 13 Jan 1931 – 13 Jan 1935 13 Jan 1935 – 15 Dec 1936
1^st Bn The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry – Cdn Army Active, (3 Sep 1939)
LCol Harry Gordon Wright, ED LCol Robert Ridley Labatt, DSO, ED LCol James Joseph Hurley, ED LCol John Meredith Rockingham, DSO LCol William Denis Whitaker, DSO LCol John Meredith Rockingham, DSO LCol Graham Martin MacLachlan LCol Bruce Rowlett Ritchie LCol William Denis Whitaker, DSO and Bar LCol Hugh Cameron Arrell, OBE	3 Sep 1939 – 1 Apr 1940 2 Apr 1940 – 19 Aug 1942 20 Aug 1942 – 12 Apr 1943 14 Apr 1943 – 16 Feb 1944 17 Feb 1944 – 17 Jul 1944 18 Jul 1944 – 4 Aug 1944 5 Aug 1944 – 29 Aug 1944 30 Aug 1944 – 14 Sep 1944 15 Sep 1944 – 29 Mar 1945 30 Mar 1945 – 31 Dec 1945
2^nd Bn The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (WR) – Cdn Army R, (5 Jul, 1940)
LCol Frank Clifford Thomson, MC, ED LCol Allan E. Parker, MC and Bar	5 Jul 1940 – 9 Mar 1942 16 Apr 1942 – 1 Apr 1946
The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry – (Wentworth Regiment)
LCol Harold Franklin Lazier, DSO, ED LCol William Innes Drynan LCol George Allan Henderson, CD LCol Frederick Cleugh Brown, CD LCol John Lancelot Firth, CD LCol Norval Ante MacKenzie, CD LCol John Keith Rumball, CD LCol George Thomas Frid, CD LCol Douglas Edward Brand, CD LCol James Charles Forsyth, CD LCol Bryan Erle Robertson, CD LCol Douglas Edward Brand, CD LCol Colin Lane, CD LCol A.C. (Peter) Young, CD LCol Paul Peer Garrick, CD LCol Thomas Richard Marlor, CD LCol Robert James Hallas, CD LCol William Kedziora, CD LCol Robert Horning, CD LCol Guy Anthony Smith, CD LCol Sean McKee, CD LCol Dan Stepaniuk, CD	2 Apr 1946 – 5 Jun 1949 6 Jun 1949 – 31 May 1951 1 Jun 1951 – 31 Jan 1955 1 Feb 1955 – 9 Mar 1959 10 Mar 1959 – 14 Mar 1959 15 Mar 1959 – 14 Mar 1963 15 Mar 1963 – 14 May 1966 15 May 1966 – 24 May 1969 25 May 1969 – 6 May 1972 7 May 1972 – 1 Jun 1974 2 Jun 1974 – 30 Apr 1977 1 May 1977 – 31 May 1980 1 Jun 1980 – 29 May 1982 30 May 1982 – 9 Jun 1986 10 Jun 1986 – 11 Jun 1989 12 Jun 1989 – 13 Jun 1993 14 Jun 1993 – 25 May 1996 26 May 1996 – 12 Jun 1999 13 Jun 1999 – 12 Sept 2003 13 Sept 2003 – 11 Feb 2007 11 Feb 2007 – 16 May 2010 16 May 2010 – present

Regimental Sergeants-Major

13th Battalion Volunteer Militia (Infantry) Canada, (11 Dec 1862)
WO1 S. J. Huggins	1910
13^th Regiment, (8 May 1900)
WO1 S. J. Huggins	1900 – 1910
13^th Royal Regiment, (3 Jan, 1910)
WO1 S. J. Huggins WO1 W. J. Nicholson WO1 A. H. Stone	1910 – 1913 1913 – 1915 1915 – 1920
The Royal Hamilton Regiment, (1 May, 1920)
RSM A. H. Stone WO1 N. S. Ion	1920 – 1926 1926 – 1927
The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, (15 Mar, 1927)
WO1 N. S. Ion	1927 – 1936
The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment), (15 Dec, 1936)
WO1 N. S. Ion WO1 W. Browett, MM	1936 – 1938 1938 – 1939
1^stBn The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry – Cnd Army Active, (3 Sep, 1939)
WO1 W. Browett, MM WO1 H. Crampton WO1 W. J. Dean, MM WO1 G. Williams, MBE, EM WO1 R. M. Hibberd, MM	1939 – 1941 1941 – 1942 1942 – 1943 1943 – 1944 1944 – 1945
2^ndBn The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (WR) – Cdn Army R(5 Jul, 1940)
WO1 C. Jones, EM WO1 J. Brabbs, EM WO1 J. Seagers, EM WO1 H. Stanley	1940 – 1942 1942 – 1942 1942 – 1944 1945 – 1946
The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry – (Wentworth Regiment)
WO1 J. S. Brunton WO1 J. Manners WO1 R. Henderson, CD WO1 J. Potter, CD CWO J. C. McFarland, EM CD CWO G. Sharp, CD CWO D. Maclnnis, CD CWO K. Morrison, CD CWO P. Williams, CD CWO A. Blackborow, CD CWO D. Dawson, CD CWO G. Suttenwood – Johnson, CD CWO J. Roswell, CD CWO K. Hassan, CD CWO Brian Robinson, CD	1946 – 1949 1949 – 1952 1952 – 1956 1956 – 1965 1965 – 1970 1970 – 1973 1973 – 1976 1976 – 1981 1981 – 1984 1984 – 1991 1991 – 1998 1998 – 2003 2003 – 2004 2006 – 2008 2008 – Present

Bandmasters Of The RHLI

Bandmaster P. Grossman	1866-1869
Bandmaster G. R. Robinson	1969-1870
Bandmaster W. Blachard	1870-1871
Bandmaster G. R. Robinson	1871-1916
Bandmaster W. F. Robinson, RVO.	1916-1924
Bandmaster D. Anderson	1924-1935
Bandmaster W. F. Robinson, RVO.	1936-1939
Bandmaster W. Sharman	1939-1942 (1st Bn)
Bandmaster H. J. Holder	1942-1945 (2nd Bn)
Bandmaster H. J. Holder, EM	1945-1950
Bandmaster H. E. Patterson, CD	1950-1957 *
Bandmaster L. Sharman	1962-1966 **
Bandmaster A. T. Dharmaratnam	1966-1968 **
Director of Music Maj M. A. Rehill, CD, Musc BC, KH	1992-present ***
Notes
* – the Military Band was disbanded officially in 1957 and the Bugle Band replaced it as the Regimental Band. – the XIII Battalion Military Band which had been instituted at Regimental expense for the Centennial in 1962 was disbanded in 1968. * – The Bugle Band was disbanded officially in 1992 and the Military Band replaced it as the Regimental Band.

Bugle Majors Of The RHLI

unknown : no names found	1872-1904
Bugle Major William Spauls	1904-1908
Bugle Major George Henderson	1908-1910
Bugle Major Albert Filkin	1910-1912
Bugle Major John Martin	1912-1917
Bugle Major F. Coombe, VD	1917-1946
Bugle Major J. Inrig, CD	1946-1952
Bugle Major F. Hawkes, CD	1952-1960
Bugle Major R. Falla, CD	1960-1964
Bugle Major R. Collins, CD	1964-1984
Bugle Major R. Falla, CD	1984-1987
Bugle Major G. Rattray, CD	1987-1992