2nd Bn Exhibition Guard Training – July 1942
2nd Bn, 48th Highlanders Exhibition Guard training at Thorncliffe, Toronto, July 1942 P1374
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
1st Bn Departure – Canteen Horse Palace, group – Dec 1939
Members of the 1st Bn, 48th Highlanders in the canteen in the barracks at the Horse Palace on the Canadian National Exhibition grounds. The battalion trained during Sept to December with the Horse Palace as their barracks, then departed by CN train on 17 December 1939 for Halifax to embark as part of the 1st […]
2nd Bn “Stores” Niagara Rifle Range -1942
Cpl Johnson and Cpl Palmer working in 2nd Bn, Quartermaster, 48th Highlanders Stores Tent at Niagara-on-the-Lake, June, July 1942. P1371
2nd Bn Getting Ready, Niagara Rifle Range – Jun, Jul 1942
2nd Bn, loading kit and settling into bell tents at Niagara Rifle Range, June , July 1942. P1372 The 2nd Battalion, 48th Highlanders were the home battalion in Toronto, assisting in training new recruits for overseas duty with the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders. The Home battalion also led the recruiting office in the Toronto area.
2nd Bn C.Q.M.S. and Assistant QM Staff, Niagara – June, July 1942
2 Bn, 48th Highlanders CQMS and asst. QM staff at Niagara-on-the-Lake Rifle Range, June, July 1942 P1373
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