Portrait of Captain Kim Beattie
A 4 inch (10.16 cm) by 5 inch (12.7 cm) black and white photo of Captain Kim Beattie. Captain Beattie was one of the youngest Canadian soldiers to enlist in the First World War. His 16th birthday was spent in the trenches. He was wounded at Passchendaele at the age of 18. During the Second […]
Highlanders at Newdigate in tent lines
With the battalion in Newdigate, UK training and acting as coastal defence, Pte Stock and friends pose in their tent line. Charles Stock is second from right.
Digging trenches, Newdigate, England – Summer 40/41
Pte Charles E Stock, back row, second from right (Head only), and other 48th Highlanders digging trenches at Newdigate in England in 1940 or 41. The battalion was acting as coastal defence in the Newdigate area from July 1940 to the summer of 1941. Group picture in Newdigate, England summer of 1940 or 41. Jim […]
Highlanders at Newdigate – trench digging
Pte Charles Stock, 3rd from right, with other Highlanders at Newdigate in England, preparing to dig trenches. The battalion was acting as coastal defence in the area.
Pte Charles Stock on leave – Salerno (?) Italy
B72868 Pte Charles E. Stock on leave. Family records suggest Salerno, Italy.
Wedding of Pte Charles Stock in England -1st Bn
B72868 Charles E. Stock and bride Kathleen with her family posing after their wedding in England. Albert Venman, also of the 1st Battalion and best man is top left. L to R: Albert Venman, Marg Rainsley (sister to Kathleen), Charles Stock, Kathleen Stock (nee Rainsley), Fred and Margaret Rainsley (seated), Joe Wyatt.
Ptes Charles Stock and Albert Venman – 1st Bn
B72868 Pte Charles E Stock on left. Pte Albert Venman on right. Venman was best man at Stock’s wedding in England.
Pte Snowie, William lighting cigarette
Pte William Snowie, 1st Battalion 48th Highlanders
Cpl Dyer, Ainsworth – KIA Afghanistan
Cpl Dyer joined the 48th Highlanders in Toronto in February 1996, then joined 3 PPCLI in October 1997. In Afghanistan the 3 PPCLI were training at Tarnak Farms on the night of April 17th 2002. An American F-16 fighter jet mistook the training range for a Taliban ground attack and engaged with a laser guided […]
Sgt Brian Kwok with fellow Highlanders – Kabul 2006
Sgt Brian Kwok with fellow 48th Highlanders in Kabul, Afghanistan, 2006. Sgt. Kwok was with the NCE Security Platoon as a Section Commander at the Kandahar Airfield in 2006. He would serve two rotations in Afghanistan, 2006 and 1010. Sgt Kwok rose to be Regimental Sergeant Major of the 48th Highlanders of Canada then became […]