Bayonet Practice Staff – WW1
Bayonet Practice Staff Wood pole 5 ft. long with a rope braided ring at one and and a rope braided protective cap at the other end. Practice ring is 4 inches in diameter. Ink stamp of 48th Highlanders on wood shaft
Pte Ardagh, Victor Roland
Victor Roland Ardagh, attested for the First World War with the 84th Battalion and was given the service number 164665. On his attestation paper he stated that he was 2 years with the 48th Highlanders as a bugler and was at the time with the 109th Bn Militia. The 58 Dupont Street address is the […]
RQMS Oscar Prior Ardagh, MBE
Oscar Prior Ardagh, nickname “Plug”, joined the 48th Highlanders on 21 October 1904 at the age of 16 as a bugler. He was confirmed as a Private on 17 September 1909. His date of birth was 07 May 1888. As a Private he and his brother Corporal Richard Charles Ardagh were on the train that […]
Pte Mortimore, Thomas Caunter
192851 Pte Mortimer, Thomas Caunter attested with the 92nd Battalion, 48th Highlanders on 8 September 1916. Once in England he was transferred to the 15th Battalion, 48th Highlanders on 27 August 1916. Pte Mortimer was killed in action 07 October 1916 at The Somme in the trenches near the Sugar Refinery and behind Courcelette relieving […]
In The Trenches – LCol. J.A. Currie Letter Drafts after 2nd Ypres gas attack
Photocopies of pages of a diary written by LCol. J.A. Currie, contents of which are a number of drafts of letters and list of soldiers with marking of their status, all from after the 2nd Battle of Ypres, kept inside a manila file folder. On the top of multiple letter drafts, he writes as a […]
Shrapnel from Hill 70 – rusted and fragmented
Fragment 13″ by 4″ – well rusted , intact as one piece. Picked up in 2009 from the battlefield of the First World War battle of Hill 70 by RSM Victor Goldman.
Dugald Shepard. On active service envelope. Dated 14th January 1917. (empty)
7 x 4 1/4 On Active Service envelope passed censor empty envelope
Dugald Sheppard. German postcard. Possibly taken from POW
Dugald Sheppard. German postcard. Possibly taken from POW
Lieutenant William Richard Bell DCM – Silver Cap Badge
Circular silver 48th Highlanders cap badge belonging to Lieutenant William Richard Bell DCM, with a falcon head and the regimental motto “DILEAS GU BRATH” written around the border, which is shaped like a belt. He joined on 19 September, 1914 at the age of 18 as a Private in the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders). He […]
Dugald Sheppard. Cut down RPPC of Sheppard standing in a blown out building
Dugald Sheppard. Cut down RPPC of Sheppard standing in a blown out building