Watch Colonel Edward Conover's full interviewĬaptain Stewart Dalziel joined the Lorne Scots in 1969, was promoted Corporal in 1971, and then Sergeant one year later.In addition to his many Canadian medals, which include the Canadian Decoration and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, Colonel Conover has also been awarded the Purple Heart, The Bronze Star, and the Congressional Gold Medal by the Government of the United States. Colonel Conover was an active member of the Senate of the Regiment and was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 15. He has held many distinguished positions with the Senate of the Regiment and The Regimental Association being the 1st Chair of the Regimental Museum and the 1st Chair of the Regimental Trust Fund among other positions. He advanced to become the Honorary Lieutenant Colonel and then the Honorary Colonel of The Regiment. In his post war military career, he quickly rose through the ranks of The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment) to become the Commanding Officer of the Regiment (as his Father was before him) in the 1960s. He returned home after being wounded in Italy. He transferred to active service in 1942, and served overseas in the 1st Canadian Special Forces Battalion, part of The 1st Special Service Force, a combined Canadian/American commando group know as "The Devils Brigade". The Late Colonel Edward Conover CD joined the then Peel and Dufferin Regiment (now The Lorne Scots) as a bugler in 1936.