2nd Bn Exhibition Guard Training – July 1942
2nd Bn, 48th Highlanders Exhibition Guard training at Thorncliffe, Toronto, July 1942 P1374
2 Bn Hockey Team 48th – Toronto 1940
Posed picture on the Ice, 2 Bn hockey team with piper in Toronto 1940. The 2nd Battalion, 48th Highlanders, were in Toronto, training new recruits for overseas duty and managing a Recruiting Office for Toronto and area. The 1st Battalion had convoyed to the UK in December 1939 and would fight through Sicily, Italy and […]
Football Team 48th – WW2
Posed team photo of Football (soccer) team WWII. P1376
QM Staff 2nd Bn- July 1942
CQMS & asst. QM staff, Shorncliffe, Toronto July 1942
Highlander with goat – Italy 1944
Baby goat sitting on Highlander’s shoulder in Italy, 1944. P1399
On Deck looking out to sea-1943
on board vessel relaxed 1943, BGen Haldenby wearing wedge cap. B78
Two Officers chatting aboard ship – 1943
BGen Haldenby and Maj. Turnbull chatting on starboard, 1943 B65 BGen Haldenby was Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders when the battalion sailed to England in December 1939.
Friends
Two friends, members of the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders squatting and petting animal. Jim Sturruck and Norm Williams. P1403
Three’s company
3 troops standing / leaning together
Easter Church Parade – Toronto 1940
Marching to St. Andrews Church for church service in 1940 are the May & July drafts of Highlanders preparing to go overseas to join the 1st Bn in England. Bill Herrod was commissioned and sent to the L S Horse, and stayed in that unit after the War. Officers Maj. Cory, Jr. Officers, left to […]