Canadian Scottish Regiment - "Deas go Cath".
Piper of the Canadian Scottish Regiment advances boldly, supported by collie sheepdog "Wallace", mascot of 1st batt. Canadian Scottish Regiment, England, 1943. The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) was a result of a series of amalgamations of "Canadian Scottish" units - one of which was the 50th Canadian Regiment (Gordon Highlanders of Canada). The Regiment (including its component units) has earned extensive battle honours in Europed in the periods 1915-1918 and 1944-1945. It continues to exist as a reserve regiment of the Canadian Forces and, latterly, has contributed contingents to Canadian peacekeeping and peace-enforcement operations around the world, including Afghanistan. As to the motto - i gather that the approved translation of "Deas go Cath" is something like "Ready for the Fray". As a Gaelic speaker (Irish, admittedly), I feel that this may lose a bit in the translation. "We prefer to be in a good battle" would approximate more closely to the sense of it, as far as I am concerned. They certainly did some good work at Caen ... Best regards, JR.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/canadian-forces/30112/canadian-scottish-regiment-%22deas-go-cath%22.