48th Officer Charity Ball-1933 Nov 13
– Invitations Dileas-Gu-Brath 48th Highlanders Allied with the Gordon Highlanders Lieut.-Colonel J.P. Girvan, D.S.O. M.C. V.D. and Officers of the 48th Highlanders of Canada request the pleasure of your company at a Charity Ball to be given on Thursday, November the thirtieth 1933 at nine o’clock P.M. at the Royal York Hotel 2. Tickets for […]
48th Penny Postcard, memo to Officers-1918 Sept 24
– Cards to LCol C.W. Darling 96 Spadina Ave. Toronto Toronto, Sept., 24th, 1918 48th Highlanders Memorandum to Officers The weekly Regimental Luncheons will be resumed on Wednesday, October 2nd, 1918. They will be held as before at the Military Institute every Wednesday, at One O’clock. Price Fifty Cents. By the courtesy of the Committee […]
48th Buffet Dinner Ticket, Officers Mess-1959 April 17
Ticket Buffet Dinner Friday April 17th, 1959’at 5 p.m. Officers Mess, University Armouries G. Fraser Dress informal No. 47
Letter from Her Majesty upon Presentation of Colours – 1 July 1959
Letter from Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, Colonel-in-Chief on the Presentation of New Colours on 01 July 1959. The letter is on Her Majesty’s personal stationary. The 48th Highlanders were one of three regiments for which Her Majesty, then Princess Elizabeth, accepted the position as Colonel-in-Chief in 1947. The Presentation of Colours, the third set […]
Letter from Her Majesty’s Private Secretary – Dec 28 1955
Response to Sgt’s Mess Christmas Card – Cards Buckingham Palace The Private Secretary presents his compliments to the Officer Commanding 48th Highlanders of Canada and is commanded by The Queen to ask him kindly to thank the Regimental Sergeant Major, Warrant Officers and Sergeants for their good wishes for Christmas and the New Year. […]
Letter from Edward Ford, Courtier to Her Majesty, June 29, 1959
Thanking for CNE Trooping – Cards – The Royal Yacht Britannia was docked in Toronto Harbour. On 29 June 1959 the 48th Highlanders Trooped the Colour at the CNE stadium. Two days later, on 1 July, in Ottawa, Her Majesty would present a new stand of Colours to the 48th Highlanders of Canada. Her Majesty, […]
Letter from Her Majesty’s Private Secretary, Dec 18, 1957
– Cards Letter from Buckingham Palace The Private Secretary presents his compliments to the Officer Commanding 48th Highlanders of Canada and is commanded by The Queen to ask him kindly to thank the Regimental Sergeant-Major, Warrant Officers and Sergeants for their good wishes for Christmas and the New Year. 18th December 1957 R. Gill […]
Business Card from W. Ross Macdonald, with note to LCol D. C. Haldenby, CD – 1961
– Cards Handwritten note on business card sent to LCol D. C. Haldenby, CD on becoming Commanding Officer of the 48th Highlanders of Canada: “May your years of Command be profitable to you, to the 48th & to Canada. Signed Ross Macdonald” W. Ross Macdonald Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Canada Macdonald served […]
Mother’s Cross, Card from Minister of Defence
This card, signed by the Minister of Militia & Defence accompanied the silver Mother’s Cross given with Medals to those who died in WWI – Cards Canada This cross is presented to you in memory of one who in the Great War died for King and Country. H. Guthrie Minister of Militia & Defence
Pipes and Drums Christmas Card, 1943
– Cards Dileas Gu Brath Pipes and Drums With Best Wishes for Christmas and the New Year Photo of Pipes & Drums, 1st Bn., 48th Highlanders of Canada, Campobasso, Italy 1943 inside card.