Photo of Pachino Day – Belleville 2008
Group photo of Pachino Day – Belleville 2008, members of the 48th Highlanders Old Comrades in white shirt with rank epaulettes, medals, glengarry and with poppies, inside the armoury of the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment. Pachino Day, held on the Saturday closest to 09 July commemorates the landing at Pachino, Sicily by the 1st […]
Photos of Ceremonial Changing of the Guard in Ottawa
Photos of 48th Highlanders Pipe Band, RSM David Crook, RSM Kevin McGuffin, Cpl Gordon Outhwaite, WO Bruce Gledhill, Lt Redman.
Wartime Balmoral Hat of Pte. Harold C. McKay
A round dark brown fabric balmoral from WWII, belonging to Pte. Harold C. McKay, with a silver badge of the 48th Highlanders on the right side on top of a square patch of regimental Davidson tartan, the badge is the variation with 5 diamonds on the bottom as used by the regiment overseas in WWII, […]
Lt. Duncan C. Grant Memorial Binder Photo
4×6 black and white portrait in uniform Killed on Dec 7 1943 from wounding by shelling near San Leonardo at the crossing of the Moro.
Lt R.O.B Williamson Memorial Binder Photo
4×6 black and white portrait in uniform Killed in action Dec 17, 1944 fighting near the Lamone River.
Lt Sanford G. Smith Memorial Binder Photo
4×6 black and white portrait in uniform Killed on Dec 16, 1944 in the capture of Casa Baschi near the Lamone River.
Maj Edward C. Rawling, KIA 04 Sept 1944
4×6 black and white portrait in uniform Killed on Sept 4, 1944 by shellfire at the Gothic line defences near the village of San Maria (Rimini).
Lt David M. Dickie Memorial Book Portrait
4×6 Black and white photo in uniform Killed on May 15, 1944 while turning his jeep around on a reconnaissance of the start line for the attack up the Liri Valley toward the Hitler Line, south of Pontecorvo, Italy and overlooked by the Germans on Monte Cassino. His jeep hit a mine, killing him instantly.
1945 War Photo Calendar
1945 calendar published in New York by the British Information Services. Each page has a full-sized (8×10.5) photo from earlier in the war, a description of the photo and its significance for the war, a quote about war that relates thematically to the photo, the entry for the month, and two smaller entries for the […]
September 1945 Canadian Army Training Manual
54th issue of the Canadian Army Training memorandum, circulated in September 1945.