news & updates

CONSERVATION OF ARTIFACTS.

A revised application for funding by the Ontario Trillium Foundation was rejected for the second time in January 2012. We are now working on a collaboration with the University of Windsor (Centre for Smart Community Innovation), Culture Windsor-Essex and other local military museums to prepare a joint submission to OTF later in 2012. The Association is accepting artifacts from any family collection that you want included in this digitization project.

Posted February 07, 2012

2012 BATTLEFIELD TOUR TO HOLLAND, GERMANY, BELGIUM & FRANCE

The revised itinerary and payment schedule of the regimental battlefied tour from 9 August to 21 August 2012 are now available.

See the TOUR link on left.

Posted September 19, 2011

resources

Historical Research and EK Artifacts - click here to download booklet

The Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment

key appointments

HRH PRINCE MICHAEL OF KENT, GVCO

Colonel-in-Chief Prince Michael of Kent

Prince Michael of Kent has been our Colonel-in-Chief since 14 November 2001. He visited his Regiment in Canada in March 2002, October 2007 and June 2009. Prince Michael is a member of the Royal Family and a cousin to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh. His appointment follows that of his father HRH Prince George, Duke of Kent (1937-1942) and his mother HRH Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent (1942-1968).

Visit Colonel-in-Chief Prince Michael of Kent online.

HONORARY COLONEL F. HARDY WHEELER, CD

Honorary Colonel Hardy Wheeler

Honorary Colonel Wheeler enrolled in the Canadian Army in September 1964 and completed infantry training with The Royal Canadian Regiment (The RCR). He was commissioned in 1966. He held command and staff positions with 1st, 2nd and 3rd battalions of The RCR and The Canadian Airborne Regiment plus extra-regimental employment with Mobile Command Headquarters and the Combat Training Centre. He commanded a mechanized company in his regiment. He served overseas with the United Nations in Cyprus and two tours of NATO duty in Germany.

In 1984, he attended the one-year Canadian Forces Command and Staff College in Toronto, a tri-service prerequisite for promotion to higher rank in the Regular Force. On graduation he joined the faculty of the College.

In 1989, he was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel and appointed Commanding Officer of The Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment for three years. Subsequently, he was Commanding Officer of the Ontario Recruiting Zone responsible for the 11 recruiting centres and detachments in Ontario. In 1994, he retired from the Regular Army having served Canada for over 30 years.

For the next seven years Colonel Wheeler held management positions in Windsor with the Canadian Red Cross and the small business lobby group, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. Colonel Wheeler has been a Rotarian with the Windsor-St. Clair Rotary Club since 1990.

He was instrumental to the formation of The Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment Association in 1993 and served as its President for six years. He was project manager and editor of the history of The Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment, Duty Nobly Done, published in 2006. In 2009, he was appointed Honorary Colonel of the E&K Scot for a three-year term.

He is married with two adult children and two grandchildren.

HONORARY LIEUTENANT-COLONEL GLENN STANNARD, ESM

No biographical information available at this time.

LIEUTENANT-COLONEL MORRIS W. BRAUSE, CD

Lieutenant Colonel Morris W. Brause

Lieutenant-Colonel Brause began his military career while in high school parading with the Seaforth Highlander Regimental Band and the North Saskatchewan Regiment Pipes and Drums. He graduated from Royal Military College in Kingston in 1978 with a degree in Honours History. He joined the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.

Over the next 27 years he served in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd battalions, PPCLI in both command and staff positions including company commander. He was also chief instructor of the PPCLI Battle School and Regimental Major, and for three years was Commanding Officer of the Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre Hamilton. Overseas he served with NATO in Germany, United Nations in Bosnia and United Nations in Iraq.

Lieutenant-Colonel Brause transferred back to the Primary Reserve in September 2005 with The Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment. In 2008, he was promoted to his current rank and appointed Commanding Officer.

In civilian life he is Chief Executive Officer of The Canadian Corps of Commissionaires in Windsor.

Lieutenant-Colonel Brause is married with three children.

MAJOR JOHN HODGINS, CD

Major Hodgins graduating from high school in Regina, Saskatchewan and in 1988 enrolled in the Canadian Forces. He attended Royal Roads Military College in Victoria and The Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston and graduating in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts in Commerce and Commercial Economics. He joined the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry and during the next 10 years served in junior command and staff positions with 1PPCLI, 3PPCLI and 2 Commando of The Canadian Airborne Regiment. Operational tours include the United Nations mission in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia (1994) and the NATO Stabilization Force in Bosnia (1997).

In 1999, Major Hodgins he was posted to Windsor, Ontario as the Detachment Commander for the Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre. In 2002, he transferred to the Reserve Force with The Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment. He has been Officer Commanding A Company, OC Headquarters Company and since August 2010, Deputy Commanding Officer.

On release from the Regular Force, Major Hodgins gained employment with Acrolab Ltd, a private business with expertise in thermal engineering and has held progressive positions within that firm. He recently completed his MBA at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario and currently serves as Chief Executive Officer for the company.

Major Hodgins is married and has three young daughters.

MASTER WARRANT OFFICER CYRIL CHENG, CD

Biographical information is not available at this time.

ACTING PIPE MAJOR BRYON KNIGHT

Biographical information is not available at this time

CAPTAIN KIRK DREW, CD

Biographical information is not available at this time

MAJOR (RETIRED) GREG T. CHILDS, CD, ESM

Born and raised in Chatham, Ontario Major Childs attended the John McGregor Secondary School, joining their Cadet Corps at an early age. On the recommendation of his father, an Essex Scottish WWII veteran, he joined The Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment (E&K Scot). As a Master Warrant Officer, he joined the Regular Army with the rank of Lieutenant for a limited engagement, then transferred back into E&K Scot. Major Childs has held the appointments of Platoon Commander, Company Commander, Regimental Major and Deputy Commanding Officer. For many years he was the CO's representative on the Regimental Association Board of Directors. Major Childs has completed 44 years of service with E&K Scot and retires in August 2010.

After 33 years service, he is a retired Detective from London Police Force as a Forensic Identification expert investigating homicides and other major crimes. He was a bomb-disposal Sergeant for 20 years, instructing frequently at the Canadian Police College. Police Sergeant Childs was the protocol officer for London Police.

He is married with two adult children.

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