1951 Trooping the Colour – 1951
Crowd view of 48th Highlanders of Canada going past reviewing stand at Trooping the Colour at Varsity Arena, 1951. Governor General Viscount Alexander is taking the Salute. The event was the Diamond Anniversary of the Regiment marking its founding in 1891. Troops are in White Shell and officers in Blue Patrols. Static in the center […]
1951 Trooping the Colour – 26 May 1951
Troops march on to parade. Colour Party is Maj. G. Fraser, Capt. J.J. Douglas, CSM S. Montgomery, CQMS W. Trent and Sgt. L. Stevens. Trooping of the Colour, 26 May 1951 at Varsity Arena. P1499
1951 Trooping the Colour – 26 May 1951
The King’s Colour marched on parade for Trooping of the Colour, 26 May 1951. THe Colours are paraded past every member of the Regiment, ensuring their recognition of their Colour. This practice is historic, to the period in which the Colours were carried on the active battlefield in the centre front of the troops as […]
1951 Trooping the Colour – 26 May 1951
Officers march on for Trooping of the Colour, 26 May 1951 at Varsity Stadium. Officers are Maj. G. Fraser, Capt. J.I. Douglas and future Commanding Officer, LCol John Lowndes, dressed in blue patrols. P1501
In private billets, Wellingboro, UK – June 1941
Two 48th Highlanders with couple, owners of the home in which Spicer and Charlie Stock billeted in Wellingboro on June 1,2 1941. The battalion had left Aldershot on 30 May by train for the Dover coast as part of a plan to be sent to France to aid the Allied armies being pushed back in […]
Two Highlanders smoking, Littlehampton – November 1940
Troops left their billets in Kingswood and went to their new home in Littlehampton in November 1940. 48th Highlanders Jack Beatty and Snapper Williams are pictured having a smoke outside. P1493
Two Highlanders at Kingswood – Oct 1940
Rosy Elson and Porky Venman posing out side Kingswood, UK. They arrived at new billets from Newdigate in Oct 1940. Rosy maybe George William Elson KIA 12 Jan 44 in Italy. P1494
Ten Highlanders next to truck – 1940s
Ten troops next to a truck, probably in England early 1940 during a training exercise. Some of the troops were Docherty, CQMS Milton, CQMS MacDonald, Charlie?, Kerr, George Taylor, Wally? MacCallum and Pat Courrier. P1495
Four troops one piper – WW2
Rosy Elson, Snapper Williams, Joel Clark, Bob Blyth and Jack Beatty out side a building, WW2? P1497
1951 Trooping the Colour – 26 May 1951
LCol M. E. George, Commanding Officer, and The Governor General of Canada, Viscount Alexander inspect the first rank of the 48th Highlanders of Canada during the Trooping of the Colour on 26 May 1951, during the Units Diamond Jubilee Reunion at Varsity Stadium. [Prior accession No. P1498]