Name of Ross, 15th Battalion, carved in stone wall of house during WWI
Stone from wall of house in France undergoing reconstruction. Stone has carving of “Ross 48th Highlanders” on face. Ross was a member of the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders). The stone was noticed by a member of 48th Highlanders of Holland Pipes and Drums while he was on vacation in France. He acquired the stone from […]
Sweatshirt with bullet holes – Pte. John Tescione
This sweatshirt was sent to all members of the 48th Highlanders serving in Yugoslavia with the UN by the 48th Chapter of the Imperial Order of Daughters of the Empire (IODE) for Christmas 1994. Pte John Tescione was wearing it for warmth under his uniform when he was shot multiple times on New Year’s eve, […]
Original draft of Instrument of Surrender of All German Armed Forces – 4 May 1945
Original carbon copy draft of the “Instrument of Surrender of All German Armed Forces in HOLLAND, in Northeast Germany including all islands and in DENMARK. ” 4 May 1945. Foolscap page, typescript carbon copy with handwritten addition and corrections in ink. Titled as above, then followed by seven (7) typescript sections, the first with the […]
Locations of TAC 21 Army Group HQ, 1944-45
Foolscap page, typescript. Twenty-eight (28) dates and locations are listed. From England to D-Day landing sites to Luneburg, Germany. Conforms with the dates and locations inscribed on the Map of Northwest Europe, with other items of Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery’s HQ.
Map of Northwest Europe and England – TAC 21 Army Group HQ Route
Coloured map with dated locations of TAC 21 Army Group HQ indicated in alternating black and white ink of route leading from Normandy D-Day landing sites to Luneburg, Germany. TAC 21 HQ was Field Marshall Bernard Law Montgomery’s HQ. Luneburg Heath in near Hamburg in NE part of the state of Lower Saxony in northern […]
Uniform of Lt. Col. Charles E. Bent, CMG, DSO, VD
Khaki tunic with ribbons and Lt. Col. rank; Sam Browne, officer’s tie, khaki shirt and Davidson tartan kilt. All belonging to Lt. Col. Bent LCol Bent transferred from the 17th Bn (Nova Scotia) in 1915 and became Commanding Officer of the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders) in May 1916 following the death of LCol W. R. […]
Pipes of Pipe Major James Fraser
Pipes used by PM Fraser though his entire career including 39 years as Pipe Major of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, 1913 – 1952. In 1913, after 21 years service with the Gordon Highlanders in Scotland Fraser replied to a notice from Lt. Col. William Hendrie asking for a “competent” piper to be the Pipe […]
H/Maj Alex Rapson – Communion Kit
Communion kit containing: Leather case, canvas carrier (to rear left in photo), silver chalice, 2 sealed cruets, wafers and wafer tray, compartment lid, Union Jack, linens, cleaning cloth. For services in the field the Union Jack was draped over ammunition cases or other equipment to form the altar. H/Major Alex Rapson was the Padre of […]
Vimy Cross of 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders)
Vimy Ridge – 9 April 1917: At first light on Easter Monday, April 9, 1917, behind rolling barrages of artillery, 20,000 Canadians emerged from their tunnels on a front of almost five miles. In the face of heavy machine gun fire, they advanced through mud, shell holes and mine craters, breaking three successive German lines. […]
70th Anniversary Reunion Programme
14 pages plus cover of 1961 Programme for 70th Anniversary Reunion on June 2 – 3 – 4 1961.