Poster – Fall Fair Acton 1914
Poster advertising the Fall Fair in Acton in 1914 where the 48th Highlanders Band was performing 27″ x 18″ colour
Red Arm Band, 15th Battalion, 48th Highlanders
Red arm band with number ’15’ for the 15th Battalion and a dark purple triangle of the 3rd Brigade on it. 8.75″ x 3.5″. Red wool with elasticated fabric on inner side. These armbands were used at the Canadian Expeditionary Force reunion held in the 1920s.
Claude Ashling and Other Gottingen Prisoners Receiving Parcels (Photo)
Photograph in frame, 13.25″ x 10″. Image is of prisoners in prisoner of war camp at Gottingen, Germany. According to the donation documents for the item, the individual who is fifth from the right in the front row is Claude Ashling. Prisoners are receiving packages.
Claude Ashling and Other Gottingen Prisoners of War (Photo)
Photograph in frame, 13.5″ x 9″. Image is of prisoners in prisoner of war camp at Gottingen, Germany. According to the donation documents for the item, the individual who is first from the right in the front row is Claude Ashling.
Claude Ashling Family Photo Album
Black cardstock and paper photo album, 11.5″ x 9.5″, of the Ashling family, including Sgt Claude Ashling. Includes several photos of Sgt Ashling in 48th Highlanders uniform. Largely family photos of individuals, children, vacations, and their home.
LCol Victor Carl Buchanan, DSO MID**
13th-15th-13th Bn CO KIA 1916 Died while with the 13th Bn CEF Son of William Oliver Buchanan and Ellen Chrysler Buchanan, of Montreal; husband of Maggie S. Buchanan, of 756, Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal.
Hider, Pte (Bugler) William Frederick – 134th Bn
Pte Hider, William Frederick attested into the 134th Bn in Toronto on 10 Jan 1916 as a Bugler with the service number 799200. In his attestation papers he stated he had 4 months previous service in the Militia with the 48th Highlanders as a bugler. His age on attestation was 16 years 3 months which […]
Glengarry Cap – well worn
Glengarry Cap – well worn from Robert James Duff no badge
15th Battalion Pipes and Drums at Noeux-les-Mines
“A church parade was held in the Y.M.C.A. in Noeux les Mines on the evening of the 12th, and, as the sun was out at last, the officers, sergeants and the pipe band, posed for photographs.” P.240, K. Beattie Pipe Major Alexander Reid Keith, third row, standing, far left. Lance Sergeant Piper, Alexander Austin Newlands, […]
Compass and Case of LCol. G.M. Malone, MC, ED.
A leather case containing a compass from WW1 belonging to Lieutenant-Colonel Gerald Morphy Malone, MC, ED. The brown leather oval case has long brown leather shoulder strap attached from sides of the case and a additional leather straps with belt buckle running across top of case to act as a locking mechanism. The long leather […]