Col. J C D d’Esterre – photo
photocopy of 1917 photo of Col. J C D d’Esterre – full body ,sitting 8″ x 10.5 ”
15th Battalion – 1918 – photo from d”Esterre collection
Framed photo in black and white marked “15th Battalion, 48th Highlanders, May 1918”. Officers posed in front of metal quonset huts.
Book – The Red Watch -signed by Col. JCD d’Esterre
Hardcover book -The Red Watch by Col. JA Currie. Signed by Col JCD d’Esterre on inside cover and dated Dec. 1916.
Equipment roll – Col. d’Esterre- 1917
Large equipment roll stenciled ” Lieut. JCD Desterre 48th Highlanders. It is 26″ x 50″ heavy cotton. Brown on one side and strips of white cotton on inside. Several straps present to tie up roll.
Envelope of Duplicate Photos of Recruiting Drive in USA 1917 – 2021800209
Brown paper envelope with writing in pen on top stating: “RECRUITING DRIVE IN USA 1917 48TH CDF + 236TH BN (NEW BRUNSWICK ‘KILTIES’) CHICAGO + NEW YORK. SCANNED BY 15TH BN PROJECT. APRIL 2015.” Inside are a number of black and white photos which are all labeled as duplicates, the originals being in the Photo […]
2021800540 – Box of Service Records
Service records downloaded and printed- from Library and Archives Canada- partially alphabetical L to W. each soldier separate in file folder. Keith, Alexander Reid, 27021; Lapensee, John H, 417058; Lorsch, Fred D.; MacKenzie, Albert, 27237; Maj. Mackie, Thomas,; Markle, Harold, Alfred, 3230518; Marrison, William John, 405706; May, William john,27013; McGeachie, James Campbell, B73037; […]
134th Canadian Infantry Battalion (48th Highlanders) Instructional Staff, P.T. and B.F.
A sepia group photograph of 48th Highlander members of the 134th Canadian Infantry Battalion in military dress at the Royal Pavilion in Aldershot, likely on 25th July 1917. Above the photo is printed the title: “134th Canadian Infantry Battalion (48th Highlanders)”, and below it the subtitle: “Instructional Staff, P.T. and B.F.” Below the photo are […]
WW1 Prisoner of War Postcard by RSM Lewis E. DeHarte – May 15, 1915
Postcard sent home from a German prisoner of war camp, Kriegsgefangenenlager Göttingen in Göttingen, Hannover, Germany, by RSM Lewis E. DeHarte to his wife in Toronto, Canada. RSM Lewis E. DeHarte was a prisoner of war from 1915-1919. The postcard is cardstock and a yellow-brown colour, with writing in pencil on both sides of the […]
Studio Portrait of Cpl. F. G. Ford
Sepia studio portrait of Cpl. F. G. Ford in 48th Highlanders dress uniform, oval shaped, and in a black cardboard frame with a centre oval border with decorative patterns and a crown at the top. On the back is a newspaper clipping of the obituary of “CORPL. F. G. FORD”, which is as follows: “Corpl. […]
Colonel John Francis Lash, OBE (MID*) – 92nd Battalion
John Francis Lash, a barrister in Toronto, was 10 months with the 48th Highlanders Militia battalion beginning as a Provisional Lieutenant in the 48th Highlanders as recorded in G.O. 15 on 10 September 1914. His certificate as Lieutenant, number 28671, was recorded in M. O. 41/15. He was made Captain, Certificate number 33656 in M. […]