Equipment roll – Col. d’Esterre- 1917

Large equipment roll stenciled ” Lieut. JCD Desterre 48th Highlanders.   It is 26″ x 50″ heavy cotton.  Brown on one side and strips of white cotton on inside.  Several straps present to tie up roll.

Harold McKay Sewing Kit

Army Dressing kit with yarn, fabric, needles, and thread; paper label reading “Harold Army dress…”. Rolls closed and ties with laces attached to top edge. Service stripes showing four years service during the war, in centre. Belonged to Harold C. McKay

48th Highlanders Hockey Jersey

48th Highlanders Hockey Jersey of the Regimental hockey team. Falcon in flight above a 48th Highlanders “diamond” badge.

Identification Tag of Pte. Harold C. McKay

Pressed dark brown wood identification tag of Pte. Harold C. McKay, with the service number stamped on it: C115500, the tag has a thin brown rope string attached to it with a knot through the left one of the two holes punched through the tag on the left and right side of it. Pte. Harold […]

Swagger sticks

Bundle of four swagger sticks, belonging to Colour Sgt Tom Banton. All are made of wood with a metal cap, bundled together with a white string, the first is: dark brown and larger than the others at 0.75 inch wide with a grey metal cap of 1.25 inch in length that is rounded and flairs […]

Rifle Range Shot Locator

14″ metal device with a white shot indicator for use on the rifle range. Used in the butts to indicate where the shot landed on or compared to the target. The soldier in the butts (trench with targets on rails that lifted up and down) could indicate where the shot landed without being exposed to […]

Map Case – Lt. J. M. Bowman

Map case used by Lt. J. M. Bowman Khaki coloured canvas map case – 17″ wide by 13 1/2″ high; closing flap on top 17″ x 6 1/2″; 10 metal fastening domes around perimeter and edge of flap. Canvas carry handle on top centre rear of case; metal “H” down sides and across centre of […]