The Cap Badge of the Nova Scotia Highlanders has the Cross of St. Andrew, with the Coat of Arms of the Province of Nova Scotia (Argent, on a saltire azure an escutcheon of the Royal Arms of Scotland) in the center.
Regimental Cap Badge
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Poetry written by soldiers
"The Fighting North Novas" composed by Capt. "Tex" C. and "Strange Harvest" composed by Hon/Capt. E. Higgs
Lt.-Col. D. F. Forbes, D.S.O. and Bar, E.D.
Born in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, October, 1906, Lt.-Col. Forbes spent the early years of his life and received his public and high school education there.
Prisoners who died in the Amherst Internment Camp
During WWI and WWII, the Canadian government invoked the War Measures Act, which allowed them to detain or imprison people without a trial. These people were put into internment camps alongside prisoners of war.
Amherst Internment Camp
One of Canada's largest Prisoner of War Camps was located at the corner of Hickman and Park Streets. Once the home of the Canada Car Co., this facility, which was over a quarter of a mile long, was quickly converted to house over 800 men during the First World War. Leon Trotsky, who would go on to aid Nikolai Lenin to victory during the Russian Revolution, was held in the Amherst Camp for about a month in 1917. The following passage comes from his autobiography:
HMCS Amherst
Following commissioning in August of 1941, the HMCS Amherst arrived at Halifax on August 22nd and after working up, joined Newfoundland Command in October. She was steadily employed as an ocean escort for the succeeding three years during which time she was involved in two particularly hard fought convoy battles.
Origins and Regimental History
The 1st Battalion, The Nova Scotia Highlanders (North) is the child of three old regional regiments; The Pictou Highlanders, The Cumberland Highlanders, and The Colchester and Hants Regiment.
General Information about the NSH
Battalion headquarters and locations
D-Day Radio Broadcasts
The following broadcasts are from D-Day. The North Nova Scotia Highlanders landed on Juno Beach during the operation and soon were pushing through France. The book, No Retreating Footsteps by Will R. Bird, covers much of the North Novas struggles during the mission that marked the beginning of the end of the War in Europe.
Book of Remembrance
The names listed below are the Nova Scotia Highlanders that gave the greatest sacrifice during World War II. We honour them here and in the Book of Remembrance on display at the Nova Scotia Highlanders Regimental Museum.
Nova Scotia Highlanders Regimental Museum 