Piper gives candy to Italian boy – Rimini Area 1944
Piper D. Boyle, Kirkland Lake, Ont., member of the Pipe Band of the famous 48th Highlanders of Canada, offers candy to an Italian youngster in Italian town near the Adriatic battle front. P1478
Graveside Service in Piedmonte – May 1944
Buglers of the 48th Highlanders Pipe Band play Last Post for their fallen comrades at Piedmonte Cemetery, in Piedmonte d’Alife, Italy in late May 1944. The 48th Highlanders were at rest at Piedmonte d’Alife following their two-day breaching of the Adolph Hitler line on 22/23 May at the head of the Liri Valley near Pontecorvo. […]
Grave markers at Piedmonte Cemetery, Italy – May 1944
The 48th Highlanders Pipes and Drums plays behind graves at Piedmonte Cemetery, in late May 1944. Grave markers are shown of Pte Freeman, Sgt. D.K. Carswell, Pte A.J. McLaughlin, Pte B.F.A. Cadet, Pte. P.D. Burk. The 48th Highlanders were at rest at Piedmonte d-Alife following their two-day breaching of the Adolph Hitler line on 22/23 […]
Padre East gives Eulogy at graveside Service – Piedmonte – May 1944
Padre East addresses troops at Piedmonte, Cemetery, late May 1944. The 48th Highlanders were at rest at Piedmonte d’Alife following their two-day breaching of the Adolph Hitler line on 22/23 May at the head of the Liri Valley near Pontecorvo. The 48th Highlanders were the first to breach the Hitler Line, despite being sent as […]
Troops view graves of comrades – Piedmonte, Italy May 1944
48th troops file past graves at Piedmonte Cemetery, May 1944 The 48th Highlanders were at rest at Piedmonte d-Alife following their two-day breaching of the Adolph Hitler line on 22/23 May at the head of the Liri Valley near Pontecorvo. The 48th Highlanders were the first to breach the Hitler Line, despite being sent as […]
Padre East gives Service for the Fallen – Piedmonte – May 1944
Padre East speaking at Piedmonte Cemetery, May 1944 The 48th Highlanders were at rest at Piedmonte d-Alife following their two-day breaching of the Adolph Hitler line on 22/23 May at the head of the Liri Valley near Pontecorvo. The 48th Highlanders were the first to breach the Hitler Line, despite being sent as a single […]
Digging a trench on golf course – Kingswood, UK 1940
Troops dig a trench at Kingswood Golf Course in the UK, 1940 after the move from Newdigate. Troops from left to right, Jack Deacon, Eddy Alves, Jordan?, Albert Venman, Alec Scagnetti, Jack Catt, ? Cook, J.D. Scott. Also Charles Stock. P1468
48th Officers – WW2
48th Highlander Officers in front of building WW2. Battalion officers are Ian Johnston, George Beal. Between Dec 1943 and April 1944. P1469
Pte Jones sending a radio message – Sicily 1943
Canadians in Sicily A Vancouverite with Toronto’s 48th Highlanders, Signalman R.W. Jones, sitting here in a Universal Carrier, relays a message back to a brigade headquarters from Advance Btn. Hdqtrs. This picture was taken during the Canadian’s advance from Agira to Regalbuto, on 30 July 1943, which was captured after even harder fighting than that […]
RSM talks to Sgt – Sicily 1943
Sgt. Bob Lee and RSM (WO1) Jim Keith DCM have a chat in Sicily in 1943.