Memorial binder
This 3 ring binder contains 300 of the 1642 photos of 48th Highlanders who died in service to Canada. The binder is on a stand and above it is a brass plaque with two 48th Highlanders badges and between them the words: 48th Highlanders of Canada Killed in Action “We […]
George Watson – Lapel Pins
Three lapel pins showing proof of service for returning soldiers during and after WW1 silver pin with red crest on crown, 3/4 ” diameter, ” For Honourable Service” Brass pin 3/4″ diameter ” 1st Can Div, Lest We Forget” Bronze pin 1 ” diameter ” For King and Empire – Services Rendered” All mounted with […]
3 Letters sent home by LCpl W. S. Pogue – kia 20 December 1943
Letters sent home by LCpl Pogue to his family members. LCpl Pogue was killed in action on 20 December 1943. Top letter – A: – Air mail to Mr. John Pogue, 293 Arlington Ave., Toronto. Dated October 14, 1943; 2 pages. Pogue was temporarily in a holding unit awaiting rejoining the battalion. He writes about […]
Plaque – The Ranger Foundation
This plaque “The Ranger Foundation” , created in 2024, is being placed in multiple appropriate locations to recognize the participation by members of Canada’s Indigenous people in or with the military from 1812 to today. The copy reads” “In memory of all those First Nations members who served here or abroad before, during, and after […]
97th Algonquin Rifles Coin
A 2 inch (5.08 cm) radius copper challenge coin of the 97th Algonquin Rifles.
Letter from A.A. Miller – Aug 27, 1916
Letter from A.A. Miller to wife Helen dated Aug 27, 1916 Written from Bramshott Camp in England Hand written on both sides of 2 pages with red 48th Highlander crest on top of first page.
LCol A A Miller Funeral Guest Book
Paper booklet – Book of Remembrance – with guest signatures. Remainder not filled in 9″ x 7″ with string tassel binding
Letters to Phyllis Douglas from friends re Lt Douglas as POW
16 letters to Phyllis Douglas: wife of Lt Ian Douglas who was taken POW at Regalbuto, Sicily and remained in POW camps until the end of the war. Letters from: Lt Norm Bell, 48th (11 Nov 44 x 2); – From overseas. One Christmas Greetings single page/cartoon; one Air Letter Lt R J Hunter, Irish […]
Lt Ian Douglas – personal letters to wife Phyllis
One hundred and eighty-one letters from Lt Ian Douglas (and others) to his wife, Phyllis, from December 1942 to end of May 1945. The letters were grouped by the location/activity of Lt Douglas from the time he left Canada to his return. On board ship to England – 16 letters: 1942 -Dec ?, ?, 3, […]
“A Wartime Log” (No. 2) – book of Lt Ian Douglas when POW
Hard cover book in khaki cloth, 18 cm by 24.2 cm and 2 cm thick. Cover has red maple leaf in centre and below “A WARTIME LOG”. Inside a Frontispiece page with “A Wartime Log, A remembrance from home though the Canadian Y.M.C.A.” in green type surrounded by a red border. This is the second […]