48th Highlanders Cap Badge 1911 – 1938 Buckle Badge
A 2.25 inch diameter silver cap badge with buckle knot on the bottom in use from 1911 to 1938. This badge also has a crocheted red circle on the back.
48th Highlanders Cap Badge 1911 – 1938 by Ellis Bros.
A 2.25 inch diameter possibly stamped tin badge with buckle knot on the bottom in use from 1911 to 1938 made by Ellis Bros.
48th Toronto Rotary Highlanders Cap Badge
A 2.25-inch diameter possibly stamped tin badge with five diamonds on the bottom TRH attached under the main emblem. During World War II, the “Toronto Rotary Highlanders”, a battalion-size military cadet corps affiliated with the famous 48th Highlanders Regiment. The corps, which trained some 5,000 young boys for eventual active service, was entirely officered by […]
48th Youth Training Corps Cap Badge
A 2.25-inch diameter possibly stamped tin badge with five diamonds on the bottom YTC attached under the main emblem. During World War II, the “Youth Training Corps” was the fore runner to the “Toronto Rotary Highlanders”, a battalion-size military cadet corps affiliated with the famous 48th Highlanders Regiment. The corps, which trained some 5,000 young […]
George Leo Cassaday – Letter – denial of Continued Service
Letter from Depot #2 Commanding Officer to George Leo Cassaday refusing continuing his service after May 1946
George Leo Cassaday – Letter – Struck off Strength
Letter from Dept. of National Defence – May 1946- advising George Leo Cassaday is SOS.
Captain George Leo Cassaday – personal letters
A collection of correspondence from 1940 – 1946 usually between George and Lillian McKay.
Captain Cassaday, George Leo – Service Pay Book
George Leo Cassaday – standard service pay book with Jan 9 1940 to May 1944 entries
George Leo Cassaday – Military Pension Correspondence
Letters between George Leo Cassaday and Can. Pension Commission on challenges and evaluations for earned pension from service in Sicily. dated from 1946 to 1960.
Lieutenant CE “Beaver” Read MC – The Lucky Tie
“Beaver Read and the “War Luck Tie” This tie was worn by Lieutenant Chas. E. (Beaver) Read MC of the 15th Battalion 48th Highlanders of Canada in October 1918 in the Regiment’s last major action of World War I in which Highlanders were killed or wounded. In the vicinity of Waller Wood a machine gun […]