Basic Training Class – Aldershot, Nova Scotia before shipping to Korea – 1953

BMT (Basic Military Training) Class at Aldershot camp in Nova Scotia, posing in front of barrack buildings. 48th Highlander officer in centre front, two training Corporals on either side. A full company of course trainees were all badged 48th Highlanders for training before being shipped out to Korea. Four other companies, badged to four other […]

800114 Pte Hughes, Calvin – Postcard photo – Surrey, England

Black and white photo of Pte Calvin Hughes, on left seated, and fellow member of 134th Battalion standing, 48th Highlanders both in tunic, kilt with leather sporran, waistbelt, glengarry, hose with khaki spats and holding swagger stick. The postcard photo was taken by W. Brooks, Camp Studio, Milford, Surrey. Photo taken in the period from […]

800114 Pte Hughes, Calvin – 134th Battalion – Postcard in Toronto

Black and white photo of Pte Calvin Hughes, on left, and fellow member of 134th Battalion, 48th Highlanders both standing in tunic, kilt with leather sporran, glengarry, hose with khaki spats and holding swagger stick. The postcard photo was taken by H.E. Poole, 91 Queen St. West, Toronto. On the rear of the card, written […]

Photo album – Pte Street, Kenneth Leslie

Photo album with 14 snapshots of Pte Leslie at NCO Training in the field (13 with other soldiers including some 48th Highlanders, 1 with daughter (?) at a monument). Street is in uniform, kilted, in all photos. Album is spiral bound,  13  – 3 1/2″ x 5″ snaps. 2393447 Pte Kenneth Leslie Street attested on […]

B166052 Pte Riechelt, Albert Joseph by tree

Black and white photo of Pte Reichelt in front of tree in The Netherlands on 29 May 1945. Pte Reichelt of Stevensville, Ontario enlisted in Hamilton in 1944 when he turned 18. He arrived in the UK in the spring of 1945 and was part of the 1 May 1945 reinforcing draft for the 1st […]

Reinforcement draft to 1st Battalion – 1 May 1945

Black and white photo in original cardboard shipping tube. Photo is of the Reinforcing Draft of ORs (other ranks) to the 1st Battalion 48th Highlanders in Holland on 1 May 1945. B166052 Pte Reichelt, Albert Joseph is in the rear rank, 2nd on the right. In the front row centre are two 48th Officers in […]

B166052 Pte Reichelt, Albert Joseph by house

Pte Reichelt standing “at ease” in front of door and house wall, wearing battledress with balmoral, in May or June 1945 in The Netherlands Pte Reichelt of Stevensville, Ontario enlisted in Hamilton in 1944 when he turned 18. He arrived in the UK in the spring of 1945 and was part of the 1 May […]

Framed photo – LCol Armour A. Miller

Black and white studio, head and shoulders photograph of LCol Armour A. Miller in gold painted frame with 134th Battalion cap badge at top-centre of frame. LCol Miller is wearing khaki tunic with Sam Browne and glengarry. Note that the photo is surrounded by a black border, denoting that he was Killed-in-Action. Lieutenant A.A. Miller […]