The Lorne Scots Regimental Association Newsletter March 2026
- Capt (Ret'd) Stewart Sherriff, CD
- 2 days ago
- 4 min read
The Adventure Begins!
The dull, grey season of January and February always seems to set the Newsletter a challenge. Find some content. Once again, winter has lost the challenge.
Catching Up
There is always something that gets missed. This year is no exception.
On the 1st of November, in the presence of his family, Lieutenant-Colonel Andre Phelps was promoted to the rank of Colonel by Brigadier General JE Landry.
Col Phleps is the first Lorne Scot to hold the substantive rather than Honorary rank of Colonel since Colonel Frank Ching in 1983.
Congratulations on a well-deserved promotion, Andre.
At their annual Remembrance Dinner on November 8th, Major WD Sharpe Branch 15 was pleased to present Scott Ching with the Ontario Veterans Award for Community Service Excellence.
This is a new provincial award created in 2025. Each Legion Branch in the province can nominate a veteran to be recognized for their work in community building. The award is a certificate and a lapel pin.
Congratulations on this thoroughly deserved recognition, Scott.
More recognition
A more recent, but still belated, recognition caught up with Major Matt Proulx on 17 Jan.
During his visit to the Denison Armoury, the Army Commander, Lieutenant General Michael Wright, presented Major Proulx with a Chief of the Defence Staff Commendation for exemplary service while deployed on OPERATION UNIFIER in 2023. OP Unifier is the ongoing Canadian Forces mission in support of Ukraine.
Major Proulx was employed with Support Assistance Group – Ukraine, an American-led, international force which coordinates material support and training for the Ukrainian military.
Burns Night
Those who were there know that the Pipes and Drums Burns Night was a great time. If you weren’t there, you can see what you missed on our gallery.
Congratulations to the Pipes and Drums for another great evening.
Third Time Lucky?
As a result of the large money dump that the Canadian Forces received from the Federal Government last fall, the Canadian Forces Real Property Office in Toronto finally has enough money to do something about a lot of the renovation and repair projects that have been piling up for years.
One of these projects is a renovation of the Brampton Armoury. Many of you will have memories of past attempts at this that didn’t pan out. This one is the third major project since the 1950’s and it appears to be a go.
It is an ambitious project involving a major renovation of the Armoury complex, including stripping the Armoury back to the walls and redoing the interior floor plan, conversion of the old Museum building at 48 John Street into the Regimental Headquarters and the purchase of the Old Fire Hall from the City of Brampton, which will be converted into classroom space.
It is tentatively scheduled to begin in June and will require all the Armoury users to move out for up to two years while the building is gutted and rebuilt internally. Discussions are ongoing about whether Peel Company and RHQ will move to Georgetown or into the Lt Col Samuel Beckett Armoury at 9th Line and Steeles Ave.
The Museum is looking for a new storage space location for the collection. The Carnegie Library location doesn’t have enough space for all of the material in the Museum collection.
Definitely more to follow on this story!
Canadian Army modernization
In addition to all the work that will be required to prepare the Brampton Armoury for the coming proposed renovation project, the Regiment is also starting to deal with the Canadian Army Modernization Plan.
Announced by the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Wright last year, the Reserve Force will now become the Defence of Canada Division, with responsibility for all operations within Canada along with preparing for force generation to support the Regular Force Maneuver Division.
The first steps of this transformation have been announced with the pairing of units within 32 Canadian Brigade Group. The Regiment will be paired with the Governor General's Horse Guards for training purposes and will be under the command of the GGHG command team.
32 Brigade has been using this sort of grouping for training purposes for quite a few years, so it shouldn’t come as too big a shock moving forward.
Unlike past years, there should be a lot more understanding of the capabilities of both units, as the Commanding officer of the GGHG is Lieutenant Colonel Jason Kearney, a former Commanding Officer of the Toronto Scottish Regiment.
You can find out more about the Army Modernization Plan online at
Coming Events
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