German POW’s being Guarded – Italy 1943,44
German prisoners being guarded in Italy, 1943-44. P1460
Lt and Major looking down the road – Sicily, July 1943
Canadians in Sicily Lieut. J.M.E. Clarkson, left, and Major Donald W. Banton, both of Toronto, look smilingly down the road towards Regalbuto from Advance Battalion Headquarters of the 48th Highlanders. (Likely 30 July 1943) Major Banton’s company was in the thick of the fighting around Valguarnera, which men of the 48th called “Valcartier”. He referred […]
48th Highlanders – Dispatch riders, Sicily – 1943
Took Messages Through in Sicily Stress laid on motorcycle maintenance by the Army, paid dividends for these Canadian dispatch riders whose daring combined with mechanically-perfect mounts to win a deadly game from Axis snipers on tortuous Sicily terrain. Establishment of a mobile motorcycle maintenance school is the latest step to verse Canadian troops in motorcycle […]
Group of troops – Newdigate, UK 1941
A group of the guys in Newdigate, UK 1941. Top row Norm Brown, Alec Scagnetti, Mullen, Jeff Spicer, Ivor Price, Jim Sturrock, Charlie Stock, Len Summers, Farmer Tomsett. First row, Bob Meunier, Jack Scott, J.D. Scott P1463
Building temporary camp – Militello, Sicily
Canadians Relax after Sicily Battles Their share in the Sicilian operations over, men of the 48th Highlanders of Canada get to work building temporary camp in an olive grove, to rest and refit while awaiting their next action. Here is a new battalion headquarters under construction by Pte. K.G. Miller, Bridge Way, Ont. (left), and […]
Group with picks and tents – Newdigate, UK 1941
Another photo of the troops at Newdigate, UK. 1941. The members are Mullet, Jeff Spicer, Frank Collis, Ivor Brown, Alec Scagnetti, Jim Sturrock, J.D. Scott and Jack Scott P1465
7 platoon following a patrol near the Arielli River, March 1944
7 Platoon “A” Company, 48th Highlanders. Lt. Bill Hunter Platoon Commander. This group had been on a fighting patrol the previous night penetrating the German Lines in the Arielli River area to determine the enemy strength. “If lightly held we were to capture the position. It was heavily defended so we fired a magazine of […]
15 PL, C Coy, 48th CASF, 1939
Troops in front of Bldg
Pipe band 48th 1942
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Two Officers sitting smoking
One is a Major (moustache)