the Canadian Heritage Information Network, Organization of Military Museums of Canada and the Virtual Museum of Canada. Traditions Cap badge A stag's head caboched above a scroll bearing the Gaelic motto , below a coronet of a son of the Sovereign and cypher of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany. Senior non-commissioned officers wear the badge without the coronet and cypher while junior ranks wear a two-dimensional cap badge without the ducal coronet and cypher. Battle cry (The High Hill) From the rallying cry of the Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's Own), a British Army unit long since amalgamated into The Highlanders. The cry is derived from the name of the gathering place of the Clan Mackenzie, a mountain near Kintail in Ross Shire, Scotland. Notable members of the regiment Private Thomas A. Gordon January 25 1944, buried in Italy. From Deseronto, Ont. Bertram Meryl Hoffmeister (1907-1999), soldier, businessman and conservationist. Henry Pybus Bell-Irving (1913-2002), soldier, businessman and Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. Charles Cecil Ingersol Merritt, VC (1908-2000), soldier, lawyer and politician. Eric Werge Hamber (1879-1960), soldier, businessman and Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. John Arthur Clark (1886-1976), soldier, lawyer and politician. Harry Rankin (1920-2002), soldier, lawyer and politician. William Sampson (1959-2012) biochemist, author, rights activist. Charles Trevor Greene (1965-), soldier and author. Ven Begamudré (1956-), Canadian author and professor. Garnett Weston (1890-1980), Canadian author and screenwriter. Victoria Cross recipients World War II Private (later Sergeant) Ernest Alvia ("Smokey") Smith 21–22 October 1944 in Italy. Lt Colonel Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt 19 August 1942, at Dieppe, France. Cadet units There are several Royal Canadian Army Cadets units spread across British Columbia that are affiliated to the Seaforths. Cadets are not soldiers; they are part of an organization dedicated to developing citizenship and leadership among young men and women aged 12 to 18 years of age with a military flavour, and are not required to join the Canadian Forces. Cadet units affiliated to the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada receive support and also are entitled to wear traditional regimental accoutrements on their uniforms. Media A Narrative of War: From the Beaches of Sicily to the Hitler Line with the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, 1943 by Robert L. McDougall (Sep 1 1996) The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada 1919–1965 by Roy Reginald H. (1969) History of the 72nd Canadian Infantry Battalion. Seaforth Highlanders of Canada by McEvoy, Bernard & Finlay, H.