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 […]
“A Wartime Log” kept by Lt Ian Douglas, when POW
Book Kept by Lt Ian Douglas, 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders of Canada during his period as a POW at Oflag VA in Weinsberg, Germany. The book has a cloth hard cover in olive green, 17.3cm by 12cm and 2cm thick. On the front cover in red printing is “A Wartime Log” with a lion passant, […]
“The Prisoner of War Project: A Daughter’s View” – re Lt Ian Douglas service and POW time
The Prisoner of War Project – A Daughter’s View details the entire service of Lt Col James Ian Douglas from enlistment to England then Sicily, his capture, time as POW and return home. It was compiled by his daughter Diana Claire Douglas. In a white, 3-ring binder, are 83 clear sleeves, divided into 9 sections, […]
Frank North – Empire State Grotto Association pin 1950
Empire State Grotto Association pin with blue and gold ribbon from 1950 of the Masonic fraternities in NY state. With name tag on top Frank North