Water Purifying tablets
A 2.25 inch by 2.25 inch black and gold tin box of tablets used to contain Halazone. Halazone has been widely used to disinfect drinking water. Halazone tablets have been used to disinfect water for drinking, especially where treated tap water is not available. A typical dosage is 4 mg/L. Halazone tablets were commonly used […]
Greeting Card Christmas and New Year 1914/15
Season’s Greeting card from Salisbury Plain , England for Christmas and New Year’s 1914, 1915. Contains picture of the Sergeants, 48th Highlanders of Canada. An inscription in ink on the bottom of the inner page is “With every good wish from yours old Chum, Mac.”
Wilp Memorial Ceremony – 26 April 1945 – 5 photos
5 photos of the last Memorial Service of the war for the 48th Highlanders. In this Regimental Cemetery on the banks of the dyke protecting the village of Wilp were buried LCol Donald Mackenzie Mackenzie, DSO, Captain Harold McCutcheon, Lt. John Williams and 16 NCOs and men, killed in in the final days of fighting […]
Pipe Banner – Nil Sine Numine
tbd Obverse: 134th Buckle badge in red and or on field of Davidson Tartan
Compass carried by LCol W. R. Marshall, DSO
Compass in metal carried by LCol W.R. Marshall, DSO, Commanding Officer 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders). LCol Marshall was killed in action by a sniper while traversing the forward trenches on 19 May 1916 at Ypres. The compass was engraved and given to Major George Hendrie by Mrs. Marshall. In the inside of the lid the […]
Gravesite of LCol W. R. Marshall, DSO – Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery with the grave marker of LCol W. R. Marshall, DSO. The grave marker has the distinctive Celtic Cross (circle) used by the 48th Highlanders on several grave markers including the Vimy Cross.
Balmoral – 1914 – 15th Battalion
This pattern of balmoral was made in Canada from 1914 – 1916 until replaced by a British issue. The head band is hand knit and the balmoral is Fuzzy Wool. It carries the 48th Highlanders cap badge. The balmoral was issued to Pte William Richard Bell, later Lieutenant, most likely at Valcartier Quebec where the […]
Standards for Colours – 1892 – 1925
These two wooden standards surmounted by a gilded crown and with gilt/corded “ropes” ending in tassels carried the first Stand of Colours (Sovereign, Regimental) from the date of their presentation to the 48th Highlanders of their Colours by Lord Stanley in 1892.
Florence, James, Original enlistee – portrait
A 5 inch by 7 inch black and white photograph of James Florence original enlistee 36 on 22 Oct 1891.
Portrait of Sgt Templeman, Joseph A.
A 4.25 inch by 6 inch photograph of Musketry Instructor Jos A. Templeman taken on 24 Oct 1894. Sgt. Templeman was the 99th person to be sworn in to the 48th Highlanders on 1st October 1891.