The Essex Scottish Regiment

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The Essex Scottish Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces. During World War II the regiment was among the first Canadian units to see combat in the European theatre during the invasion of Dieppe, By the end of the Dieppe Raid, the Essex Scottish Regiment had suffered 121 fatal casualties, with many others wounded and captured.By the wars end, the Essex Scottish Regiment had suffered over 550 war dead and had been inflicted with the highest number of casualties of any unit in the Canadian army during the Second World War, over 2,500. The Regiment returned home after the war in 1945, where they were disbanded on 15 December. In 1954 it was amalgamated with The Kent Regiment to form The Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment.