1st Bn Departure – station packed with people – 16 Dec 1939
1st Bn, 48th Highlanders departure -station packed with people. December 16, 1939 [P1441] They departed by CN train for Halifax where the boarded the Reina del Pacifico for convoy to England as part of Canada’s first contingent to go overseas.
Maintenance Repairs of a Bren Gun carrier-Sicily 1943
Canadian forces which participated in the Sicilian campaign had a short three week respite for rest in late August 1943 before next phase of the Allied campaign–invasion of Italy-commenced. Here Pte. W.R. McCallum (left) of Toronto, and Pte. W.D. MacDonald of Gravenhurst, both of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, make repairs to a mortar carrier(universal […]
Letters Home from Sicily – 1943
Letters Home from Sicily A soldier with a lot to write home about is Pte. E. Barber of Jarvis, Ont., who is shown here sitting at the edge of a slit trench in a Sicilian olive grove where the 48th Highlanders of Canada, were resting after the fierce battles of the island campaign. P1143
The Pipe Band of the 48th Highlanders – Redhill Surrey Oct 1941
The Pipe Band of the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders of Canada taking part in ceremony in Redhill, Surrey England at Trooping of the Colour. [P1444]. The ceremonial parade celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the 48th Highlanders in 1891. The home battalion in Toronto held a similar parade marking the anniversary. Same photo […]
Salute to Soldiers Who Sacrificed Lives- Piedmonte, Italy 1944
With the battalion formed in a square at attention, the officers salute to those lying in graves at Piedmonte d’Alife, Italy in late May 1944 P1480 . On 17 May 1944 the battalion began its advance up the Liri Valley towards the Adolph Hitler Line defences stretching across the Liri valley from Monte Cassino to […]
48th Highlanders in North African Hospitals -Sicily
Canadian North African Hospital Wearing a big, happy smile for the photographer, Pte. E.T. Parton, Toronto, of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, sits up in bed in a Canadian General Military Hospital in North Africa. Wounded in the fighting in Sicily, Pte. Parton is the kind of happy patient that the doctor likes to see. […]
Taking A Rest – Sicily 1943
3 troops squatting, 4 standing from HQ Coy, outside house in Sicily. Tall Highlander standing without shirt is Johnny Coulson, ex Argo Sculler. He is mentioned for bravery at Forme d’Aquino, in the Liri Valley during the advance to the Hitler Line at Pontecorvo on 17 May 1944. Page 530 of Dileas P1432
‘Moving Up’ – Rimini, September 1944
Members of the 48th Highlanders marching up on unpaved path, Rimini 1944 [P1433]. Rimini fell on 21 September 1944.
Crossing the Straits of Messina – 1943
photo of Strait Messina 1943. [P1434] The 1st Canadian Division crossed the Straits of Messina from Sicily to Reggio di Calabria on 3 September 1943, having completed the battles to take Sicily from the landing at Pachino on 10 July to the end of August.
Maj Banton talks to Italian Soldiers – Sicily 1943
Maj, D. Banton searching thru bag; 2 Italian soldiers are looking on. P1435