Trench Art – Carved artillery shell – 15th Battalion
Artillery shell from Vimy Ridge with markings carved and impressed on the shell including “15th Can Batt, 1st Div, Souvenir Vimy Ridge 1916”. The shell had been picked up from Vimy Ridge after the battle and carvings added. Many items were created by the troops while in the trenches to pass the time and focus […]
Trench Art – Carved artillery shell from Hill 70 – WWI
Artillery shell carved and embossed. Picked up after the battle at Hill 70, Aug 1917. Many items, including shell such as this, were carved and created by the troops in the trenches as a means of passing the time and focusing away from the war.
Trench art – Wooden Regimental Crest – 15th Bn
Dark brown, wooden 48th Highlanders Regimental Crest, 13″ h x 9 1/4″ w, carved by CQMS F. B. MacDonald, 15th Battalion. The crest was made from a piece of French farm house wood and carved using an issue knife, glass piece and nail. A chain for hanging the crest is affixed from corner to corner […]
May 4th 1952, Church Parade
An 8.5 inch (21.59 cm) by 11 inch (27.94 cm) bifold program on the 48th Highlanders Church Parade for May 4th, 1952. in attendance LCol M.E. George, CO HCapt The Revered Ross K. Cameron, M.A.
Unveiling of Battle Honours at the Regimental Memorial, June 4, 1961
An 8.5 inch (21.59 cm) by 11 inch (27.94 cm) folded program of the Memorial Service for the Unveiling of Battle Honours at the Regimental Memorial on Sunday, June 4th, 1961 at 1:30pm. In attendance: Lt. Col. D.C. Haldenby, C.D. Commanding Officer Hon. Capt. Grant Muir Hon Major Ross K. Cameron, C.D. Hon. Major Stewart B. […]
“Laying Up of the Colours” at St. Andrew’s Church, Sunday Oct.18, 1959
A 9.5 inch (24.13 cm) by 12.75 inch (32.38 cm) program of the Laying Up of the Colours at St. Andrew’s Church on Sunday, October 18th, 1959 at 11:00am. This Stand of Regimental Colours, comprised of the Sovereign’s Colour and a Regimental Colour, was the second stand carried by the 48th Highlanders. The first stand, […]
Padre’s Collar Dog of Major Padre Stewart B. East
A 1-inch Padre’s Collar badge “Dog” owned by Padre East.
Captain ranks of Padre Stewart B. East, MBE MC
Captain’s Ranks of Padre East. Three rank “pips” are placed on each shoulder epaulette to signify the rank of Captain.
Padre Stewart B. East, MBE MC – Sleeve Rank
A 2 inch (5.08 cm) by 2.5 inch (6.35 cm) Padre’s arm sleeve rank.
Chaplin Tape for the Stole of Padre S. B. East
The stole is a liturgical vestment of various Christian denominations, which symbolizes priestly authority; in Protestant denominations which do not have priests but use stoles as a liturgical vestment, however, it symbolizes being a member of the ordained. It consists of a band of coloured cloth, usually of silk, about seven and a half to […]