Projects of The Scottish Borderers Foundation funded by Service-Sacrifice-Duty Fundraising Campaign

3 Serving Soldiers to Dieppe, France for 80th Anniversary of Dieppe Raid in August 2022

Department of National Defence or Veteran Affairs Canada funding was not available for members of the Regiment to attend this annual commemoration hosted by the City of Dieppe, France.
$9,950.75 for airfare Windsor-Paris, car rental, hotel and meals.
An Officer, Sergeant and Corporal Piper currently serving with The Essex and Kent Scottish travelled from Windsor, ON to Dieppe, France from August 16 - August 21, 2022 to participate in the ceremonies in Dieppe on August 18 and 19 to remember the soldiers of The Essex Scottish Regiment who participated in the fateful raid in 1942.
For more click on these links Windsor Star Letter Sep 23, 2022 Dieppe Trip 80th Dieppe Anniversary with R.G. Lawrie Bagpipes (final)

$24, 811.30
It has been decades since the Pipes and Drums had Doublets (highland jackets) to wear for ceremonial parades. With the Presentation and Trooping of new King's and Regimental Colours in May 2023 it was deemed essential that the band was properly outfitted for this occasion.

$5,181.05
Feather bonnets for the Pipes and Drums were completely refurbished by a milliner in Toronto. Needless to say it was difficult to find a milliner to handle this very specific highland headdress.

$16,472
Return airfare London, England-Windsor, Ontario; accomodation; and meals.
His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent has been our Colonel-in Chief since 2001. We are delighted that he will visit his Regiment from May 11 to May 14, 2023 to participate in events associated with the Presentation of new Kings and Regimental Colours in Windsor and the Freedom of the City of Chatham. HRH Prince Michael last visited his Regiment in Dieppe, France in 2012.

$4,825.19
Department of National Defence funds the basic but not all items of Highland Dress. Many items are not yet available in the supply system. Purchased shoulder "wings" for drummer doublets (jackets) and partial payment for Patrol Dress doublets.

$13,447
Design and implement a web-based collection management platform for administration record keeping and enable public access to the archival collection of The Essex and Kent Scottish.
Regimental Association is responsible to catalogue and preserve over 2,000 objects and 20,000 images most of which were digitized by grants from the Canada Summer Jobs program 2019-2023.

$16,426
Six Patrol Dress doublets, 25 notched-toe spats (not yet available in the CF supply system), Blue-French Grey-Red bunting used for special occasions and dinners, a claymore (Highland sword) for officer use on formal parades and E&K Scot hat badges.

Department of National Defence or Veteran Affairs Canada funding was not available for members of the Regiment to attend this one-time commemoration of the 1944 liberation of the City of Dieppe by 2nd Canadian Division, which included The Essex Scottish Regiment.
$25,973.65 plus donations from non-government sources for airfare Windsor-Paris, car/bus rental, hotel and meals.
CO, RSM, 17 soldiers and 11 members of the Pipes and Drums departed from Windsor on August 30 and returned on September 4, 2024.
The Essex and Kent Scottish was the only unit from the Canadian Army to participate in this special event in Dieppe, France on September 1-2.
HRH Prince Michael of Kent, our Colonel-in-Chief, participated in the commemoration events.

$9,477.03 for airfare Windsor-Brussels, car rental, hotel and meals.
An Officer, Corporal and Corporal Piper currently serving with The Essex and Kent Scottish travelled from Windsor to Ekeren, Belgium from October 2-7, 2024 to participate in the ceremonies to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of liberation of the Town of Ekeren, Belgium by The Essex Scottish Regiment on October 2, 1944.