Cpl. Gord Outhwaite Photos
Yellow Inter-department Mail Envelope labelled “Gord Outhwaite Photo- War Years”. 16 photos of various sizes and subjects belonging to and mostly featuring Gord Outhwaite. Two larger photos also in a white envelope labelled “Gord”. Photos in the Yellow Envelope are as follows: Gord in dress uniform and Person in suit – 1938 to 1939; Gord […]
Envelope of Robert Kennedy WWII Photos
Envelope includes multiple photos of Robert Kennedy during WWII, included is a Gift Agreement to the 48th Highlanders Museum noting the photos are donated by a John Aldred in 28 Jan 2010.
Capt. Philip Frowde Seagram Memorial Binder Photo
4×6 black and white portrait in uniform Killed on March 28, 1941 in London during the bombing blitz.
Maj Frederick G. McLaren Memorial Binder Photo
4×6 black and white photo in uniform Killed on Dec 5, 1944, chasing the retreating Germans, north of Rimini, Italy
Reserve Army Recruitment Booklet – 1944
50-page booklet from 1944 encouraging men to join Canada’s Reserve army.
Tower Box 2021800007
Parade State Book, August 29 1917 to April 22 1919; 48th CDF Battalion 1917 nominal rolls etc; notepad belonging to Sig. H. J. McIntyre; Commission scrolls; 1913 Regimental Orders book; Vimy Pilgrimage book; German map of Ypres; assorted WWI official correspondence, nominal rolls, daily orders, standing orders, regimental orders, casualty records
Tower Box 2021800010
Left boot, size 10; Metal 48th Highlanders stamp; Staff Sergeant Connor’s field message book and memorabilia; John Russell Purdy WWII letters; Highlanders 100th anniversary nominal rolls; John Wandless biography; James Glendinning service records; WWI unit records and nominal rolls; JB Tait WWI Notebook; Assorted commemorative documents saved and then donated by Highlanders
Tower Box 2021800012
Glengarry; Duff family records; Nazi battle flag captured at Hitler line; Copy of Our Canada magazine, Battlefront maps; 1943 Italian banknote; OF Parkes photos; Parade programs; WWI sketch of a Highlander; Tartan purse; copy of A War of Their Own VHS; Two vinyl records of the 48th Highlander Pipes and Drums band; Donation records
Stan at Work
Yellowed Polaroid photo of Stan Milne in the research room at the 48th Museum, labelled “Stan at Work”, circa the 1990s.
War Diaries 1st Battalion Sept 1939 to May 1943
The War Diaries of the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders of Canada from their recruitment date in Sept 1939 to May 1943, up to their departure from Scotland in June 1943 to the Landings at Pachino, Sicily. The period in England includes training at Aldershot, a brief Foray to France in 1940, and further training and […]