48th leaving for overseas
Troops marching through crowd
Troops sitting in rest area
Comd 3rd Bgd 1st Div
Officers seated x4
48th Graves site Rimini – 1944
Graveyard in Rimini, Italy 1944 of 48th Highlanders killed in action in the Rimini Line. Shown are graves of A109587 Pte P. Van Poele, B136852 Pte. R. Williams, B17941 L/Sgt. Fowler, B45528 Underwood, B73578 D.L. Reid, 17 Sep 44. P0575 Rimini Line. The 48th received orders on 15 September to drive toward Rimini, eight kilometres […]
Padre East leads unit in prayer Rimini – 28 Sept. 1944
Padre East leads services at Rimini, Italy after battle of the Rimini Line during which 32 Highlanders were killed. – Photo of burial ceremony is 28 Sep 1944, with Piper Davy Donaldson behind Padre East. P0577 Rimini Line. The 48th received orders on 15 September 1944 to drive toward Rimini, eight kilometres away. To the […]
48th pipe band plays at Rimini Burial Service – 28 Sep 44
Drummers playing the bugle at service in Rimini, Italy, 28 September 1944. P0578 Rimini Line. The 48th received orders on 15 September to drive toward Rimini, eight kilometres away. To the left of their route was a ridge with a knoll at its end, code-named Kestrel. Crossing the start line at 0300 hours on the […]
48th pipes play next to graves Rimini – 28 Sep 44
Pipers play at Rimini burial service, 28 Sep 44 B10948 Pte P. D. Burke, B148076 Pte G.B. Cadaret, C121327 Pte A.J. McLaughlin, U1696 ACpl T.L. Jenkins, B73440 Sgt D.K. Caswell, C5592 Cpl Duncan crosses . P0579 The five-day toll of the Rimini Line for the 48th: 130 casualties of which 32 were killed, 8 captured […]
Woman decorates 48th graves site – 26 Nov 1943
Women decorating graves of Canadian soldiers, Campobasso, Italy, 26 November 1943. During the war the Italian population maintained many cemeteries and placed flowers on graves to thank the Canadians for their freedom. P0580 Graves of B75300 Pte L F McArthur,
Pte sniping German position – Italy 1944
Private L.V. Hughes, 48th Highlanders of Canada, sniping German position near the Foglio River, Italy, 1944. P0581
48th Peacekeeping
Major Elms looking through binos