Awards and Commendations 1899 to 1945 files
Awards and Commendations 1899 to 1945 files CDs of photos CSM Cresswell 27984 wooden dog tags Gord Outhwaite Courselles Sur Mer medal Jan 26, 2009
Box of 20+ framed photographs – Pre WWI to WWII.
Box contains about 20 framed photographs of members of the 48th Highlanders ranging from pre First World War to the Second World War.
The cot of Pipe Major James Robb Fraser
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This is an early 20th Century officer’s folding campaign bed, this dates to early 1900s, likely WW1 , owned and used by Pipe Major James Robb Fraser.
ORA International Match Trophy 1913
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A 5 inch (12.7 cm) tall ORA International Match Trophy 1913 won by Pte W.A. Hawkins
Dirk of Pipe Major James Robb Fraser
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Pipe-majors were 1st Class staff NCOs and their status allowed them to carry a dirk with knife and fork, although with silver fittings, not gilt like the officers.
48th Highlanders Parade Postcard – Adelaide Street W – c1910
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Front of postcard is a colourized photograph of the 48th Highlanders on parade in downtown Toronto heading westwards, photograph taken in front of and near 110 Adelaide Street W. (between York St. and Bay St.), soldiers in full dress uniform with red tunics, kilts, and tall black bonnet feather hats, near the top right printed […]
48th Highlanders Parade Postcard – c1910s
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Colourized postcard of 48th Highlanders marching down a street in downtown Toronto, two rail tracks are visible embedded in the street, likely for streetcars, soldiers in full dress uniform with red tunics, kilts, and tall black bonnet feather hats, near the bottom left printed in black is: “48th Highlanders, Toronto, Canada”, and near the bottom […]
Pipe Major Fraser
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Pipe Major Fraser at giving a salute with a crowd of on-lookers.
Gordon Tartan Kilt with WO Sporran and hose
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The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordon & Camerons) In 1904 the 48th Highlanders became allied to the Gordon Highlanders. This alliance, first in the British Commonwealth was proposed by General the Earl of Dundonald as a means of fostering new ties between Britain and the Colonies. The Gordon Highlanders were an old and renown Regiment raised in […]
Pipe Banner – Lt-Col John I. Davidson, VD
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This banner is a replacement for the original banner of Lt.-Col Davidson. The original hangs in the 48th Highlanders Museum with the uniform and other artifacts belonging to Davidson. Description: Heraldry: Motto: Vicet In Cinere Virtus Translation: (Latin) Virtue Prevails in the Ashes Reverse: A Falcon couped, Tawny and Argent with beak sable, on a […]