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Our series of articles on Regimental Commanding Officers continues with Lieutenant Colonel James Gerald Rowlatt who was Commanding Officer from January 1953 to March 1954.
Lieutenant Colonel James Gerald Rowlatt
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.
Jim Rowlatt’s military career began when he was commissioned into the Manitoba Mounted Rifles on 12 April 1934. In February of 1936 he became a lieutenant in the 19th Alberta Dragoons’ South Edmonton Squadron. After a period with the infantry training centre in Calgary in 1940, he went overseas and joined The Edmonton Regiment in July of that year. In October of 1941, he was attached to the headquarters of 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade (2 CIB) and for the rest of the war he served in various staff positions at brigade, division and corps headquarters. He rejoined The Loyal Edmonton Regiment in 1950 and was the Commanding Officer from 1 January 1953 to 1 March 1954. For more on his story read the article in our latest newsletter at the link below.
Remember 25-1
This is the forty-third 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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