Group of 48th Highlanders in Petawawa
Group of 48th Highlander Soldiers at Canadian Army Training Centre in Petawawa Photograph (black and white, gloss finish, inscribed “C TRP. D TRNG. BTY. (A-1) C.A.T.C. / PETAWAWA OCT. 5-1942”, under glass in a period wooden frame, 203 mm x 258 mm, wire backed); Capt. Frederick William Macdonald in photo. Captain Frederick William (Wyld) […]
Studio Portrait – Capt. Frederick William Macdonald, MC
Studio Portrait of Frederick Macdonald in his 48th Highlanders Uniform (black and white, matte finish, under glass in a period dark synthetic frame, 248 mm x 297 mm, easel back) Captain Frederick William (Wyld) Macdonald, MC, VD joined the 48th in 1912 at age 21. He went overseas with the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders) in […]
Studio Portrait – LCol William Campbell Macdonald – Commanding Officer 1900 – 1906
Studio Portrait of William Campbell Macdonald in his 48th Highlanders Uniform (black and white, matte finish, wearing his North West Canada Medal and Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, under glass in a period dark wooden frame, 260 mm x 365 mm) An original officer, William Macdonald was appointed Major upon joining from the Queen’s Own […]
Lt. Col. John Irvine Davidson, Commanding Officer, 1891 to 1898
Lt. Col. John Irvine Davidson in full dress uniform. The personal uniform of Davidson shown in this image is on display in the 48th Highlanders Museum. Lieutenant-Colonel John Irvine Davidson was gazetted (provisionally) the first Commanding Officer on 20 November 1891 and formally confirmed 25 March 1892. In the military he began as a private […]
Roll Call after the 2nd Battle of Ypres
An 8.5 inch by 14 inch black and white photograph framed in black wood of the roll call of the 15th Battalion on April 25th 1915 after the battle of Second Ypres. This was the first use Chlorine gas against Allied troops, first against the Algerians on 22 April and then the Canadians – 15th […]
Pte. Albert Thomas Henry, wounded by mine, Littlehampton England – Feb 1942
Pte Albert Thomas Henry in battledress jacket and balmoral. Jacket has two ribbons of Henry’s service. Henry was injured in England while training and entering a minefield. Near Windmill, outside Littlehampton, No. 8 Platoon was conducting a Battle Drill exercise with the rest of Able Company. They entered a minefield, poorly marked, by climbing through […]
Col C E Bent, DSO 1940 – 1943
At the time Col. Bent was commanding officer of the 3rd Pioneer Battalion and 3rd (reserve) Battalion of the Canadian Engineers. LCol Bent transferred from the 17th Bn (Nova Scotia) in 1915 and became Commanding Officer of the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders) in May 1916 following the death of LCol W. R. Marshall, DSO. He […]
LCol C. E. Bent DSO on Horseback in Paradise NS in the 1920s.
A 3.5 inch by 5 inch sepia tone photograph of LCol Bent on Fritz the horse with Bruno the dog, the 15th Battalion mascot. The horse Fritz was a German horse taken from a German officer captured during a battle. LCol Bent brought Fritz and Bruno back to Canada and his home when he led […]
LCol C. E. Bent, DSO in Dress Scarlets at his home in Paradise NS, 1920’s
A 3.5 inch by 5 inch sepia of LCol Bent in his Scarlet uniform. Most likely posing in his backyard for a photograph. The Full Dress Scarlet was the first uniform of the 48th Highlanders, adopted in 1892, the year after the regiment’s founding. The current active regiment continues to wear full dress on ceremonial […]
LCol Bent, DSO with 15th Battalion Officers after The Somme, 26 Sept. 1916
A black and white photograph of the 15th Battalion officers taken after the battle of The Somme, 26th September 1916 . With their uniforms still covered with the mud of the Somme battlefield, officers of the 15th Battalion pose with Colonel Bent, who succeeded LCol Marshall as Commanding Officer. Standing are Captains A.C. Futcher and […]