Piper’s pattern brooch for Full Dress uniform
Original pattern brooch for Pipers to secure plaid over left shoulder on Full Dress Uniform. This brooch was kept by Major E.W. Bickle, VD who most likely wore it with civilian Scottish dress. Lt. Edward William Bickle, as a member of the 48th Highlanders pre-WWI, volunteered for overseas with 355 other members of the Home […]
Diary of Lt. E. W. Bickle, 15th Battalion
Red leather cover, dated pages. Entries in ink and pencil up to July 1915. Diary 3″ x 4 1/2″. Lt. Edward William Bickle, as a member of the 48th Highlanders, volunteered for overseas with 355 other members of the Home Battalion on 07 August 1914. He was part of an advance party on 27 August […]
The Regiment [Hasting and Prince Edward] by Mowat
The Regiment [Hasting and Prince Edward] by Farley Mowat. The book gives an overview of the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment’s service during the Second World War, especially in UK, Sicily, Italy and Northwest Europe.
Hales Rifle 303 Grenade
A cast brass 3 inch by 5.5 inch long grenade meant to be launched by a British SMLE No. 1 MK III .303 Enfield Rifle. The scored bulb near top of grenade was to increase explosive radius. Grenade launchers were put on lesser condition rifles that may have been taken out of service otherwise extending […]
German WWI Model 1917 Na Egg grenade
A 2.75 diameter cast iron grenade scored in the middle to improve explosive radius. Imperial German WWI Egg grenade known as the 1917 Eierhandgranate, a very popular and effective design that led the British to copy it with the egg shaped No. 34 grenade. Original and complete with uncommon complete fuze. Original black paint is […]
Mills Pattern Grenade No. 23
A 4 inch by 2.75 inch diameter metal grenade. The Mills was a classic design; a grooved cast iron “pineapple” with a central striker held by a close hand lever and secured with a pin. According to Mills’s notes, the casing was grooved to make it easier to grip, not as an aid to fragmentation; […]
Mills Pattern Grenade No. 36 Mk1
A 4 inch by 2.75 inch diameter metal grenade. The Mills was a classic design; a grooved cast iron “pineapple” with a central striker held by a close hand lever and secured with a pin. According to Mills’s notes, the casing was grooved to make it easier to grip, not as an aid to fragmentation; […]
Gas Mask Small Box Respirator – WWI
A 7 inch by 8 inch gas mask with a hose and canister attachment the canister is 6 inch by 8 inch. The yellow colour of the canister means the canister is for acidic gases such as sulfur dioxide and hydrogen chloride. As this mask has a sand brown woven canvas bag to carry the […]
Illustrated Souvenir Dominion Orthopaedic Hospital – Soldier Patients
Illustrated Souvenir Dominion Orthopaedic Hospital, Christie Street, Toronto. This is a souvenir book that provides photos and list of the soldiers who were patients at the Dominion Orthopaedic Hospital in Toronto. In addition, it does provide a list of staff at the hospital.
Regimental Records – 1891 – 1945 – pay rolls, Service rolls and Equipment – Home Bn
Regimental Parade Records 1927 – 1945 48th Parade Records 1907 – 1926 48th Highlanders Recruitment Register Service Roll 1891 – 1914 Muster Roll Book 1891 – 1896 (muster for pay) Company Equipment Ledger G Company 1899 – 1901