War Diary, 1st Bn – Nov 1944

Nov 1944: The battalion remained at rest near Rimini then departed on 29th for Lamone River area. The following attachments to the war diary are included in the PDF file:

War Diary, 1st Bn – Apr 1944

Apr 1944: The battalion was at the Arielli River, patrolling and holding the line. They then moved for training near Campobasso starting on 23rd. The following attachments to the war diary are included in the PDF file:

War Diaries 1st Battalion Sept 1939 to May 1943

The War Diaries of the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders of Canada from their recruitment date in Sept 1939 to May 1943, up to their departure from Scotland in June 1943 to the Landings at Pachino, Sicily. The period in England includes training at Aldershot, a brief Foray to France in 1940, and further training and […]

War Diaries 1st Battalion July 1943 to August 1945

The War Diaries  of the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders of Canada from July 1943 to August 1945 are in hard copy in Box 33B. The attached pdf has the War Diaries from 10 July 1943, the day after the landings at Pachino, Sicily, to 28 January 1945 when the battalion was between the Lamone and […]