32nd Regiment
The 32nd Bruce Battalion of Infantry was officially formed on September 14, 1866 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Sproat. The Battalion formally merged six independent Bruce County volunteer militia companies (Southampton, Paisley, Kincardine Village, Kincardine Township, Tara, and Walkerton.) Their first training took place in July 1868 at Southampton where they drilled for 12 days in a large, temporary building.
After the Battalion was formed, the women of Bruce County raised $600 to purchase a set of colours from England. The two flags were presented to the Battalion at Kincardine on June 19, 1872.
The early militia and 32nd Battalion forces were at the ready, in the early days, during times of conflict, including the Red River Rebellion, the North-West Rebellion and the South African (Boer) War.
In 1870, during the Red River Rebellion, three volunteers from each company of the 32nd were requested to assemble with other volunteer forces, and travel to Manitoba. In each company, more than three men volunteered and had to be selected. Like the Fenian Raids, this skirmish ended with no blood shed for the men of the 32nd and they returned home. In 1885, the 32nd Regiment was again called to duty, this time in response to the North-West Rebellion. Again, the troops were at the ready, waiting to be deployed from Southampton, but again were not required and were sent home. It is interesting to note that several Bruce men, not under auspices of the 32nd, played roles in the North-West Rebellion.
At some point, the 32nd Battalion became referred to as the 32nd Regiment. By 1906, the Regimental Headquarters was located at Walkerton, and the eight companies of the Regiment were: 1. Southampton, 2. Kincardine, 3. Lucknow, 4. Paisley, 5. Walkerton, 6. Tara, 7. Wiarton, 8. Teeswater.
Through the years, it was the annual custom for the Companies of the 32nd Regiment was to attend training camp for two weeks each summer, generally rotating through various towns throughout the County.
At the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the Regiment began to fulfil one of its prime functions: to recruit men for the Canadian Expeditionary Force. When the C.E.F. was mustered at Valcartier, Quebec in September 1914, the 32nd Regiment had recruited 72 volunteers for the 1st Canadian Battalion. Its robust recruitment program resulted in volunteers soon also attached to the 18th, 33rd, 34th, 70th, and finally to the 160th Battalions.
Between the First and Second World Wars, the 32nd Regiment was disbanded and reorganized as artillery, with the parent unit 21st Field Brigade, later known as the 21st Field Artillery Regiment. Headquarters and “B” Company of the Bruce Regiment became the 97th (Bruce) Field Battery R.C.A. and “A” Company became the 98th Field Battery R.C.A.
Sources:
a) McLeod, Norman. “The History of the County of Bruce 1907-1968”, vol 2, Bruce County Historical Society, 1969. Print. (Chapter 4: “In Defence of Country”)
b) Robertson, Norman. “The History of the County of Bruce and of the minor municipalities therein.” Toronto: William Briggs, 1906. (Chapter 10: “The Militia and Volunteers of Bruce”)
For more photographs and information about the 32nd Regiment, visit Bruce County Museum’s Online Collections Site: 32nd Regiment, Bruce County Museum Online Collections
32nd Bruce Regiment Portrait including Dr. P.J. Scott and James Burns of Southampton
Soldiers
Ahmed, Albert Edward
Aitken, Thomas
Aitkins, Thomas
Alexander, David
Alison, Thomas
Anderson, Charles
Anderson, Francis
Anderson, George
Anewine, Joseph
Anstett, Anthony
Anstett, Francis
Atkinson, William
Atwell, Hardis
Auld, John Young
Austel, Anthony
Baker, James William
Ballagh, Alexander
Ballagh, Fleming
Ballagh, Hamilton
Ballagh, James
Ballagh, John
Ballagh, John
Ballagh, William
Ballagh, William
Barbour, Robert
Batz (Bates) (Beitz), Anthony
Beacon, James
Beck, Ignatius
Bell, Donald
Bell, John
Bell, William
Beninger, Andrew
Beninger, George
Beninger, Ignatius
Beninger, Joseph
Beninger, Mathias
Beninger, Michael Jr.
Beninger, Michael Sr.
Blue, Lauchlin (Lauchie)
Body, John
Booth, Robert
Boue, Adam
Bowman, John
Boyd, James
Boyle, David Charles
Braden, Oliver
Bradford, David
Brooks, A.
Brothers (Bruder), Peter
Brown, James
Brown, Peter B
Bulger, Martin
Burgess, Thomas
Burton, William
Bushway, Madden (Martin)
Button, William
Calhoun, Joseph
Calvin, George
Calvin, William
Cameron, Alexander
Cameron, John
Cameron, Neil
Cameron, Thomas
Campbell, Alexander
Campbell, Donald
Campbell, Dugald
Campbell, Henry
Campbell, James
Campbell, John
Campbell, John
Campbell, Robert
Campbell, Thomas
Capitian, J.B.
Carey, Henry Joseph
Carmichael, Paul
Carrigan, Thomas
Carson, Frederick James
Carson, James
Case, Adam
Case, Adam
Caslick, Alfred
Caslick, George
Cheesborough, John
Cheesbrough, Frederick
Cheeseborough (Cheesbrogh), Joseph
Chisholm, Archibald
Chisholm, Donald
Chisholm, James
Clapperton, James
Clark, John
Clark, Peter
Clark, William
Clonse, Charles
Clydesdale, David
Clydesdale, William
Collins, Henry R.
Colvin, Robert
Colvin, William
Crapper, Benjamin
Crapper, James
Cronin, John Jr.
Cronin, Timothy
Crow, Christopher
Cummins, Oliver
Cunningham, Chester Archie
Cunningham, William
Currie, Donald
Curtis, Peter
Danard, Gilbert
Daniel, William
Darling, John A.
Darling, Mathew
Davidson, Adam
Davidson, Thomas
Davis, Thomas
Deit, Nicholas
Delayer, Joseph
Detzler, Nicholas
Dobson, Robert
Donaldson, Robert
Dosman, Joseph
Douglass, John
Douglass, Robert
Dow, Thomas
Downs, William
Dowse, Richard
Dunn, Edward
Dunn, Patrick
Durran, Nicholas
Edger, Charles
Elinger, Frederick
Elliot, John Scott
Elliot, Thomas
Elliot, William
Ellis, William
Elly, Bernard
Ernwein, Sebastin
Erwin, Robert
Fairburn, David
Fairburn, Thomas
Fallon, Thomas
Fenton, William Henry
Fessent, Richard
Fessent, William
Fewings, John
Finlayson, Simon
Fleming, Neil
Fletcher, Angus
Fletcher, Orran
Fluke, Samuel
Fody, Joseph
Fody, Peter
Foreman, John
Forsyth, Alexander
Foster, John A.
Fountain, Elijah
Fraser, Harold
Fraser, James
Freeborn, Thomas
Frick, Andrew
Frost, Thomas
Fryfogle, John
Fulford, Edward Jr.
Fulford, Henry
Fulford, Ira
Fulford, Jessa
Fulford, John L.
Fulford, Richard
Fullford, Richard
Fullford, [John]
Galbraith, Lauchlin
Gale (Gehl), Conrad
Gates, John
Gates, Martin
Geddes, Frank Kidner
Geddis, Robert
Gibson, Alexander
Gill, John
Gill, Robert
Gilles, Donald
Gilles, James
Gillespie, William
Gillis, Hugh
Gillis, John
Gilmore, James B.
Gilmore, John
Gilroy, Arold
Gilroy, John
Goings, George
Gordon, William
Goudy, William
Graham, Alexander
Grant, James
Grant, Peter
Green, James
Green, James
Grenache, Joseph
Griffith, John
Grover, Lucius Halen
Hadwen, Mathew
Hadwin, Mathew
Haldenby, Henry
Haldenby, Richard
Haldenby, William H.
Haley, Robert
Halstead, John F.
Hamilton, Joseph
Harbottle (Hardbottle), James
Hauk (Howk), Philip
Hauley, James
Hawthorn, Hans
Haynes, James
Haynes, Robert
Heimler, John
Henderson, Hugh D
Henderson, James
Henderson, John
Henderson, William
Hennry, Samuel
Henry (Hennry), Samuel
Hetherington, George
Heughan, Arthur Edwin
Hogg, John Andrew
Holdrick, Philip
Horton, Thomas
Hough (Hock) (Hauck), Andrew Jr.
Hough (Hock) (Hauck), Anthony
Howett, Robert
Howett (Howet) (Howatt), John
Hudson, Ralph
Hudson, Stephen
Hudson, Thomas
Hughston, Archibald
Hutchison, John
Hutton, Robert
Hutton, Samuel
Ingles, John
Innes, Alex
Ireland, David A
Irvin, William H.
Irwin, Thomas
Jackson , Malcolm
Jarvis, George
Jarvis, William
John, Valentine
Johnston, Henry
Johnston, Philip
Jones, Aaron
Jones, James
Jones, Stephen
Kehoe, John
Keirsh, John
Keith, John
Keith, Malcolm
Kelly, Henry
Kelly, Moses
Kennedy, Archibald
Kennedy, Colin
Kennedy, Duncan
Kennedy, John
Kennedy, John
Kerr, Mathew
King, Edward
King, John
King, Michael
King, Patrick
Kirkland, Archibald
Kirkland, Archibald
Kirkland, Samuel
Kirkland, Samuel
Kirscher, Debatt
Kline, Joseph
Knechtel, Arthur
Knight, George
Knox, Fred
Knox, Orvell
Kriplin, Frederick
Krotch (Kraatch), Frederick
Lamportus, John
Latimore, William
Lean, James
Lean, John
Lehman, John
Lehman, Sebastien (Boston)
Leneen, Walter
Lewis, David
Lewis, Henry
Lewis, James
Lewis, Robert
Lincoln, John
Lindsey, John Sr.
Lindsey, Robert
Lithgow, Richard
Little, Andrew
Livingston, Duncan
Logan, John
Louttit, George
Louttit, John
Lynett, Patrick
Mack, John
Maloy, John
Manley, John
Manley, Thomas
Manuel, George
Marmelstein, Peter Frederick Augustus
Marshall, Bill
Marshall, James
Martin, Bill
Martin, David
Martin, George
Martin, James
Martin, John
Martyn, Henry "Harry" Laishley "Leslie"
Massel, Anthony
Mauser, Charles
McAllister, Hugh
McAllister, John
McArthur, Alexander
McArthur, Duncan
McAuly, Archibald
McAuly, Donald
McAuly, John
McBain, John Jr.
McBain, John Sr.
McCarter, Andrew Reginald
McCauellish, Robert
McCrue, John
McDaniel, George
McDermott, Bernard
McDermott, Hugh
McDonald, Alexander
McDonald, Alexander
McDonald, Alexander Jr.
McDonald, Alexander Sr.
McDonald, Angus
McDonald, Angus
McDonald, Colin
McDonald, David
McDonald, Donald
McDonald, Donald
McDonald, Ewan
McDonald, George
McDonald, Hugh
McDonald, James
McDonald, James
McDonald, James
McDonald, John
McDonald, Neil
McDonald, Ranald or Randel
McDonald, Richard
McDonald, Robert
McDonald, Robert
McDonald, Robert Edward
McDougald, Dougald
McDowell, Alex
McDugald, John
McDugald, Neil
McFee, Neil
McGerrigal, Neil
McGlynn, Anthony
McGlynn, James
McGregor, Alexander
McGregor, Alexander
McGregor, Donald
McGregor, Gregor
McGregor, Hector
McGregor, James
McGregor, John
McGue (McGow), Edward
McGuine, James
McGuirk, Edward
McIntyre, Alexander
McIntyre, Alexander
McIntyre, Archibald
McIntyre, John
McKague (McCague), Andrew
McKague (McCague), Hugh
McKague (McCague), John
McKague (McCague), Thomas
McKague (McCague), William
McKay, Alexander
McKay, Alexander
McKay, Donald
McKay, Donald
McKay, Donald
McKay, Duncan
McKay, George
McKay, Hector
McKay, Hector Jr.
McKay, James
McKay, James
McKay, John
McKay, John
McKay, John
McKay, Lauchlin
McKay, Neil
McKay, Neil
McKay, Neil Jr.
McKay, Neil Sr.
McKee, John
McKee, Robert
McKee, William
McKenzie, Alexander
McKenzie, Alexander
McKenzie, Alexander
McKenzie, Alexander
McKenzie, Angus
McKenzie, Angus
McKenzie, Archibald
McKenzie, Donald
McKenzie, Donald A.
McKenzie, Duncan
McKenzie, Hugh
McKenzie, Hugh
McKenzie, John
McKenzie, John
McKenzie, Robert
McKibbon, George
McKiggan, Malcolm
McKinnon, Donald
McKinnon, Duncan
McKinnon, Hector
McKinnon, Hugh
McKinnon, John
McKinnon, Lauchlin
McKinnon, Neil
McLauchlin, William
McLean, Allan
McLean, Donald
McLean, Donald
McLean, Hector
McLean, John
McLean, John K.
McLean, Neil
McLean, Peter
McLean, Roderick
McLean, Roderick
McLean, Samuel
McLellan, Duncan
McLellan, Hugh
McLellan, John
McLellan, Robert
McLennan, William
McLeod, John
McLeod, Malcolm
McLorey, John
McMannis, Owan
McMillan, Robert
McMullan, Hugh
McNeil, Mathew
McNeil / McNeel, Joseph Harold
McNeill, Archibald
McPhail, Ronald
McPhee, Donald
McQuarry, Allan
McRae, William Hugh Roy
McRea, Alexander
McRea, Alexander Jr.
McVicar, John
Mechan, Patrick
Meir, Michael
Melvin (Mellville), Samuel
Mesner, F.X.
Mesner, Pious
Mesner, Wendle
Meyer (Miras), Jacob
Meyer (Mires) (Myres), Martin
Mick, Adam
Midford, William
Miller, James
Mitchell, Elias
Mitchell, John
Mitchell, William
Moffat, Alex
Moffat, Thomas
Moir, James
Moir, Joseph
Moore, James E.
Morin, Patrick
Morrison, Angus
Morrison, John
Morrison, Thomas
Morrow, Robert
Morton, John
Mosack (Mosock) (Mosiac), Joseph
Mosack (Mosock) (Mosiac), Michael
Moses, Vincent
Mosiac, John
Mulkinherrin (Muckenhirn), William
Mulligan, Archibald
Mulligan, Archibald
Munn, Angus
Murcheson, Donald
Murry, James
Nary, John
Nawash, Daniel
Nelson, George Whitford
Newman, William Jr.
O'Meley (O'Malley), Thomas
Ogg, David
Oliver, Henry
Ormston, James
Osborne, Samuel
Palmer, Phillip
Parker, Horace
Parker, John Jacob
Parker, Samuel
Parkinson, John
Parkinson, Robert
Parr, George
Parr, James
Parr, John
Parr, Richard
Patterson, M.
Peirson, a.k.a. Pierson, John
Perdue, Rev. Richard
Pettipeice, William
Phillips, Augustus
Pickard, Courtland
Piercey, John
Pinkerton, George
Pope, James
Price, Daniel
Pringle, Archibald
Pringle, James
Pringle, Malcolm
Pringle, William
Proud, Melville Douglas
Quail, David
Quail, David
Quinn, James
Quinn, Patrick
Quinn, Peter
Rae, Alexander
Ready, Simon
Rehill, John
Rehill, William Jr.
Rehill, William Sr.
Reichenbach, Conrad
Reid, James
Reid, Thomas
Richardson, Henry
Rike, Bernard
Ritchie, Peter
Riter, John S.
Roane (Rowen), Richard
Robertson, David
Robinson, John
Robinson, William
Ross, Alexander
Ross, James
Ross, Paul
Ross, Thomas
Rudolph, John
Rush, David
Sandford, William F.
Saunders, Pascho
Scheely, John
Schefter, Lewis
Schefter (Shafter), John
Schiestel (Shustel), Joseph
Schirhart, Joseph
Schoals (Schoales), Francis A.
Schoals (Schoales) (Sproal), Charles
Schoals (Schoales)(Sproal)(Sproul),
Schoemaker, Anthony
Schustel, Laurance
Schwegler, Louis
Sclauders, James
Scott, George
Scott, James
Scott, James
Scott, James
Scott, John
Scott, John Graham
Scott, Robert Jr.
Scott, Robert Sr.
Scott, William
Scott, William
Scott, William
Scott, William Sumner
Seitz, George
Sellick (Salick), Charles
Sellick (Salick), John
Shannon, Percival (Percy) Roy
Sharp, Andrew
Sharp, James
Shaw, Alexander
Shawl, Lawrence
Shefton, John
Simons, Simon
Simpson, Arthur
Simpson, William
Sinclair, Herbert H.
Skelly, Martin
Skelly, William
Smith, James
Smith, Thomas
Smith, William
Smith (Schmidt), Philip
Smythe, Blackney
Smythe, Jacob
Smythe, James
Smythe, Samuel
Smythe, Stephan
Snell, William
Snyder, James
Spence, Edward
Spence, Richard
Sproat, Alexander
Stafford, Abraham
Stalker, Malcolm Edward James
Standish, Francis
Steel, Angus
Stewart, John
Stewart, Robert
Strath, James
Struthers, James
Stull, Samuel
Sturgeon, Samuel Davidson
Stutt, Archibald
Stuut, John
Tapley, Samuel
Tapley, Samuel
Taucher (Tachan) (Tougher), John
Tees, John
Thompson, Thomas
Thompson, William Alexander
Thoruson, Robert
Tomlinson, Nicholas
Tranter, Joseph "Lionel"
Tranter, Josiah
Tranter, Richard
Tranter, William
Trotter, William
Turner, Charles
Turner, James
VanHatten, Henry
Vitty, James
Waddle, Mathew
Walker, Hugh
Walker, John
Watson, Alexander
Watson, David
Watson, Donald
Watson, Robert
Watson, Thomas
Watson, William
Watt, John
Watt, John
Wedo, Joachim
Weir, Adam
Wells, Beaton
Wettlaufer, Henry D.
White, James
White, Robert
White, Samuel
White, William Jr.
Whiteman, John
Whiten, Joseph
Whosing, Jacob
Whytock, James
Williamson, James
Willoughby, William Thomas
Wilson, George
Wilson, James
Wilson, Thomas
Wilson, Thomas Henry
Wilton, Alvin Edward
Wocks, John
Wolfe, William
Woods, Samuel
Woodward, William
Wright, Charles
Wright, Charles
Wright, Ernest / Ernie George
Wright, John G.
Zettel (Settle), Andrew
Zimmerman (Simmerman), John