Lieutenant (later Captain) W.F.J. (Wilf) Gildersleeve, MC's glengarry and (officer's) Badge He joined the Seaforths as the Signals Officeer on 22. October, 1943 to 6 June, 1945. He was wounded in Italy on 24 October, 1944. He was awarded the Military Cross. Lt. Gildersleeve had become so attached to the battalion that he had wrangled a transfer from the Signals Corps to the Seaforths as a platoon officer. He played the organ during the Christmas celebrations at Ortona.