Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa – Battle Dress Jacket, dated 1944

Original WWII Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa battle dress jacket. All insignia are original applied, including printed Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa shoulder titles on both sides and wool 3rd Canadian Infantry Division formation patches. The right sleeve features service chevrons. Manufactured by Eaton in 1944. This jacket is in worn condition, shows some wear to the collar and some small damages. A very hard to find D-Day unit!

The regiment mobilized the ‘The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Machine Gun), CASF’ for active service on 1 September 1939. It was redesignated: ‘1st Battalion, The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Machine Gun), CASF’ on 7 November 1940; ‘3rd Infantry Division Support Battalion (The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa), CIC, CASF’ on 1 May 1943; and ‘1st Battalion, The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Machine Gun), CIC, CASF’ on 24 February 1944. The unit embarked for garrison duty in Iceland with “Z” Force on 1 July 1940, and on 28 April 1941 it was transferred to Britain. On D-Day, 6 June 1944, it landed in Normandy, France as a part of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, and it continued to fight in North West Europe until the end of the war.