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The Essex Scottish Regiment was raised in the Windsor, Ontario area. They went overseas and were part of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division.
In August 1942 the Essex Scottish were decimated at the Dieppe Raid.
In 1943, my father, lieutenant Arnott Hume ("Pete") Stevens transferred to the Essex Scottish from the Lincoln and Welland Regiment in a desire to see action.
A bonus was the fact that the regiment was also from Ontario and wore the MacGregor tartan.
Dad was an acting Company Commander but did not get along with the Commanding Officer. Dad went off on attachment to No. 4 Commando where he was later wounded while on a raid in France and was later medically released from active service as a result of the wound.
The Essex Scottish later participated in the fighting in North West Europe. Major Freddy Tilston, a fellow officer of my father's, won the Victoria Cross.
The Essex Scottish are perpetuated by the Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment today.
Further reading:
The Essex and Kent Scottish Web Site - http://www.ekscot.com/history/
The Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment - History http://www.ciaccess.com/~59army/ekscot.html
A Community at War: Windsor and the Essex Scottish, 1939-1945 http://www.fau.edu/divdept/hist/EssexScottish.htm
Freddy Tilston , VC http://aci.mta.ca/projects/Courage_Remembered/tilstonfrederickalbert.html