1914 – 1919 (WW 1) – Page 2 – 48th Highlanders Museum Online

Mortimer, Thomas Caunter, 92nd and 15th Bns

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

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

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 […]