When World War I began, many of those who joined the Canadian Army were ex-Brits coming back to fight for Britain.  They were men like;  Albert Archibald, a waiter in Toronto, originally from Aberdeen;  Alex Anderson, a labourer in Winnipeg, originally from Murrayshire;  Alan Campbell, a stonecutter in Montreal, originally from Stornoway; Charlie Cameron, a carpenter, from Toronto, originally from the Isle of Mull; Charles Stewart, a clerk, from Vancouver, originally from Dufton.

When these men returned, having fought and suffered together under a Canadian flag, they came back with a new sense of nationality, a pride, a feeling that they were in fact Canadian.  When they returned they came back Happily Scottish Proudly Canadian.