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Our series of articles on Regimental Commanding Officers continues with Lieutenant Colonel Alan Fraser Macdonald who had service with The Loyal Edmonton Regiment during the war and was Commanding Officer from 1950 to 1953.
Lieutenant Colonel Alan Fraser Macdonald, OBE, CD
Today’s Loyal Edmonton Regiment traces its lineage back to the formation of the 101st Regiment in 1908. Over time there have been many changes in name, organization and taskings. One interesting thread in all this change is who commanded the regiment. With this article we continue a series looking at those Commanding Officers.
Alan Fraser Macdonald military career began with the U of A Contingent of the Canadian Officers Training Corps. On 4 September 1939, Second Lieutenant Macdonald joined The Edmonton Regiment, Canadian Active Service Force. While in England in 1940, he was first transferred to 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade headquarters. In February 1944, now Major Macdonald returned to the Edmontons as second in command. He was with the unit during the fighting on the Hitler Line before returning to brigade headquarters as Brigade Major. In October, he was again back with the Edmontons as 2ic and remained in that position for the duration of the war. From January 1950 to January 1953, Lt. Col. Alan Fraser Macdonald was the Commanding Officer of The Loyal Edmonton Regiment. For more on his story read the article in our latest newsletter at the link below.
Remember 24-4
This is the forty-second in a series of quarterly newsletters originally recognizing 100th anniversary events of the First World War, with emphasis on Edmonton’s 49th Battalion, and 75th anniversary events of the Second World War, with emphasis on The Edmonton Regiment/The Loyal Edmonton Regiment. These stories came to an end with our 2019-1 and 2020-3 editions respectively. However, there are still many stories to be told about our regiment, past and present, including our newest series of articles on our regimental commanding officers. We will also be expanding our focus on the museum itself with articles related to more current events and with stories about some of the interesting artefacts and archival materials in our collection.
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