Change of Command Toronto Militia District 1976 September 26th
– Invitations / Programs Toronto Militia District Change of Command from Colonel J.M. Lowndes, CD to Colonel J.E.L. Murphy, CD Sunday, September 26th, 1976 Moss Park Armoury Biography for Colonel Murphy and Colonel Lowndes on back page
48th Anthology of Praise 1964 April 10
Relinquishing Command LCol Haldenby – Program An Anthology of Praise Selections of the Literary Giants of the Ages in Tribute to Lt.Col. D.C. Haldenby, C.D. on Relinquishing Command Ft. York Armoury April 10, 1964 Verses inside
Robert Parker
Memorial Plaque [known as a dead man’s penny] with the name “Robert Parker”. The plaque was issued to the named next of kin (ie spouse, mother) along with a Silver Cross for soldiers killed in action in the First World War.
LCpl R. J. Duff Medals
5 medals: a) 1914-1915 Star b) British War medal c) Victory Medal d) Long Service in the Colonial Auxiliary Forces medal e) Canadian Efficiency Decoration
Cpl Gordon Outhwaite medals
7 medals, court mounted: a) 1939-1945 Star b) Italy Star c) France Germany Star d) Defense Medal e) Canadian Volunteer Long Service Medal f) 1939-1945 War Medal g) Efficiency Service Medal. Also Ecumenical Hospitaller Order of Saint John Knights of Malta. This is an Unofficial Order, not recognized as a military decoration. Only worn with […]
Cpl Gordon Outhwaite medal – Knights of Malta
Ecumenical Hospitaller Order of Saint John Knights of Malta. This is an Unofficial Order, not recognized as a military decoration. Only worn with civilian dress.
KIA duplicate photo – George Whitelaw
KIA duplicate photo – George Whitelaw KIA Aug 1st, 1943 DEU with glengarry
Lt. Edward M MacLachlan, kia July 16, 1943
Formal portrait photograph of Lieutenant Edward M MacLachlan on edged mounted backing. Matted frame, 11″ x 14″ to which the photo had been glued accompanies it. Frame has printed in ink across the bottom “Lieutenant Edward M. MacLachlan, Killed in Action July 16, 1943” On back of photo in pencil “Return to D.C. MacLachlan, 36 […]
Canadians In Italy – Shelling German positions at Torella
Canadians in Italy While artillery blasted away at German positions in the foreground of this picture. Maybe Spinette, or Torella north of Campobasso, Italy. [P1447] After the 1st Cdn Division had taken the town of Campobasso on 13 October 1943, they had intended to use Campobasso as a rest area preparing for the next advance. […]
Canadians Rest in Sicily
Canadians Rest in Sicily Some indication of the hilly, rough country over which Canadians fought the Germans in Sicily is given in this picture. Men of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, resting after the end of the campaign, have their dinner in the lengthening shadows of evening on the hillside of a steep valley. Fred […]