Marching to the Beat-1941
Drummers of the 48th Highlanders’ Pipe Band marching. The photo may be at Redhill, Surrey on 12 October 1941 during the parade celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the regiment in 1891. P1415
Group holds an Enemy Round – 1944
6 soldiers; centre holding missile-like weapon “Moanin Minnie”. Front left L/C “Red” McNeil, Italy 1944 [P1416]. The German artillery shell was nicknamed for the distinctive “moaning” sound it made in the air.
2 Bn Hockey Team 48th – Toronto 1940
Posed picture on the Ice, 2 Bn hockey team with piper in Toronto 1940. The 2nd Battalion, 48th Highlanders, were in Toronto, training new recruits for overseas duty and managing a Recruiting Office for Toronto and area. The 1st Battalion had convoyed to the UK in December 1939 and would fight through Sicily, Italy and […]
Football Team 48th – WW2
Posed team photo of Football (soccer) team WWII. P1376
On Deck looking out to sea-1943
on board vessel relaxed 1943, BGen Haldenby wearing wedge cap. B78
2nd Bn Exhibition Guard Training – July 1942
2nd Bn, 48th Highlanders Exhibition Guard training at Thorncliffe, Toronto, July 1942 P1374
1st Bn Departure – Pte. Lambert & daughter – Dec 16, 1939
Daughter putting book into Pte. Lambert’s duffle on departure of CASF 1st Bn, Dec 16, 1939. The 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders trained on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds, with barracks in Horse Palace, from mid September 1939 until their departure by CN Train on 17 December from Toronto to Halifax where they embarked on the […]
1st BN Departure – Crowd at train station at night. – Dec 16, 1939
Crowd in train station at night. CASF 1st Bn 48th Highlanders departure. The battalion departed by CN train from Toronto on 17 December and embarked in Halifax on 18 December as part of the convoy of the 1st Canadian Division going overseas to England – P1366
1st Bn Departure – bidding baby goodbye- Dec 16, 1939
A member of the 1st Bn, 48th Highlanders, bidding his baby goodbye with his spouse watching as they prepared to leave the Horse Palace on 1 Dec 16, 1939. The battalion trained during Sept to December with the Horse Palace on the Canadian National Exhibition as their barracks, then departed by CN train on 17 […]
1st Bn Departure- troop hugging wife – Dec 16, 1939
A 48th Highlander hugging his wife as the 1st Battalion prepared to depart from Toronto to England. The 1st Bn, 48th Highlanders departed from the Horse Palace on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds where the battalion trained during Sept to December, then departed by CN train on 17 December 1939 for Halifax to embark as […]