1st Bn Departure – train, final wave – 17 Dec 1939
1st Bn, 48th Highlanders on train departing; final wave to family. The 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders trained on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds, with barracks in Horse Palace, from mid September 1939 until their departure by CN Train on 17 December from Toronto to Halifax where they embarked on the Reina del Pacifico as part […]
1st Bn Departure CASF- pointing to drawing of Hitler – Dec 16, 1939 – Horse Palace barracks
1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders pointing to drawing on wall of Hitler in the barracks of the Horse Palace at the Canadian National Exhibition grounds on the day before the battalion left Toronto by CN train for Halifax and the convoy overseas of the 1st Canadian Division. P1359 Tom Fields/Arnold Lea/Frank Bartel
Marching into CNE – A Coy Church Parade – Nov 1939
troops marching into Exhibition Place, A Coy Church Parade, Nov. 1939 P1360 Major B.A. King, CSM Tommy Church and Lt Philip Seagram.
1st Bn, 48th Highlanders. Route March – Fall 1939 into CNE
C company of the 1st Battalion marching into CNE grounds, Route March fall 1939. The 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders trained on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds, with barracks in Horse Palace from mid September 1939 until their departure by CN Train from Toronto to Halifax where they embarked on the Reina del Pacifico as part […]
CASF Bn Route March – Fall 1939 into CNE Billets
similar to P1361; marching to CNE Billets A Coy 1st Bn, 48th Highlanders of Canada, marching through the Princes Gates of the CNE grounds. Their billets would be in the Horse Palace while they trained on teh CNE grounds for their departure from Toronto on 17 December, bound for convoy from Halifax to the UK […]
CASF, 1st Bn Route March – Fall 1939, Marching into CNE
B Coy 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders of Canada marching into Canadian National Exhibition grounds on Dec 1939 (with new Battle Dress). P1363
Inspection by Gen MacNaughton
Also see P1350-P1352; Gen. Leaving the armouries through the front door.
Adanac Military Cemetary
Cemetary
1st Bn Departure CASF-family members – Dec. 16, 1939
1st Bn, 48th Highlanders preparing for departure from Toronto to go overseas. Highlanders saying good-byes to family members before boarding the train. The 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders trained on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds, with barracks in Horse Palace, from mid September 1939 until their departure by CN Train on 17 December from Toronto to […]
Inspection by Gen MacNaughton – 1 Nov 1939
Inspection by General McNaughton, with LCol Chipman. 1 Nov 1939. The 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders trained on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds, with barracks in Horse Palace, from mid September 1939 until their departure by CN Train on 17 December from Toronto to Halifax where they embarked on the Reina del Pacifico as part […]