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 […]

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 […]