List- Toronto Police Volunteering with 48th Highlanders, WW1 and WW2

List of men from Toronto Police who volunteered with the 48th Highlanders in the First and Second world Wars. List includes birth dates, enlistment numbers, rank, where served and final outcomes. Provided by Constable Matthew Scarlino at 51 Div. Sgt. Robert Alexander  799372   15th/48th  wounded Pvt Albert Anderson     192165    15th/48th  wounded Pvt Thomas […]

Pte Thomas Moore – Medals

Pte. Thomas Moore of the 48th Highlanders – medals earned in WW2 Mounted in cabinet 7 B row 2 1939-45 Star Italy Star Defence Medal Can. Volunteer Medal 1939-45 War Medal Efficiency Medal for long service

CSM F.H. North – Group Photo – May 22, 1932

Sepia photo of group of 48th Highlanders, with CSM North in middle of front row, wearing full dress with white tunics. Photo taken on the front steps of the former Registry of Deeds and Land Titles building in Toronto downtown. Photo in a black wood frame with hand writing on backside reading: ” TAKEN May […]

Captain Trumbull Warren with Field Marshal Montgomery – 1942

Captain Trumbull Warren and Field Marshal the Viscount Bernard L. Montgomery of Alamein in front of staff car in England, January 1942. Captain Warren was aide-de-camp to Montgomery in North Africa. Following the decisive battle at El-Alamein and the routing from North Africa of the German army under Field Marshal Rommel, Montgomery returned to England, […]

Warrant Officers and Sergeants – Early Spring 1943

Warrant Officers and Sergeants – Early Spring 1943   Uckfield Sussex Front row (L to R): C.Q.M.S. Thos. Church, Jr.; C.S.M. Dave Marr; C.S.Ms. E. E. Stoutley and Clem Burdis; Lt-Col. Eddie Ganong, Commanding Officer; R.S.M. Tiny Shaw, M.M.; Capt. Jim Counsell, Adjutant; R.Q.M.S. Thos. Church, Sr.; C.S.Ms. Bill Crossley and Harry Sershall; C.Q.M.S. A. […]