Pte Morrison, George
Killed while serving with 13th Bn
Pte Duncan, John
Died while serving in 13th BN Son of William and Mary Duncan; husband of Ethel Duncan, of 544, Jones Avenue, Toronto. Brother of Private George Ford Duncan, who died while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment).
Pte Anderson, William
Died while serving with 13th Bn Son of William and Jeanette Anderson; husband of Grace Marion Anderson, of 50, Donlands Avenue, Toronto.
Pte Woolley, William James Evans
Died while serving with 42nd Batt. CEF Son of William H. P. and Alice Elizabeth Woolley, of Burnham, Somerset, England.
Trench Art – Carved artillery shell – 15th Battalion
Artillery shell from Vimy Ridge with markings carved and impressed on the shell including “15th Can Batt, 1st Div, Souvenir Vimy Ridge 1916”. The shell had been picked up from Vimy Ridge after the battle and carvings added. Many items were created by the troops while in the trenches to pass the time and focus […]
Trench Art – Carved artillery shell from Hill 70 – WWI
Artillery shell carved and embossed. Picked up after the battle at Hill 70, Aug 1917. Many items, including shell such as this, were carved and created by the troops in the trenches as a means of passing the time and focusing away from the war.
Felt Regimental Crest WWI
Regimental crest with various patriotic symbols and phrases ink printed on brown felt with hanger loop at middle of top edge. Commemorating the overseas service of the 15th Battalion, 48th Highlanders in the First World War. The cap badge portrayed was worn by the 15th Battalion. The word Canada had been added to the bottom […]
Trench art – Wooden Regimental Crest – 15th Bn
Dark brown, wooden 48th Highlanders Regimental Crest, 13″ h x 9 1/4″ w, carved by CQMS F. B. MacDonald, 15th Battalion. The crest was made from a piece of French farm house wood and carved using an issue knife, glass piece and nail. A chain for hanging the crest is affixed from corner to corner […]
134th Battalion (48th Highlanders) Pipe Band. Aldershot, 25th July 1917.
A 10 inch (25.4 cm) by 12 inch (30.48 cm) sepia photograph of the 134th Canadian Infantry Battalion about to play before the HRH King George V at the Royal Pavilion in Aldershot, on 25th July 1917. Standing back L-R: Pipers Paterson, Boyd, Sutherland, Lamb, Ritchie, Douglas, Anderson. Standing middle L-R: Pipers MacGregor, Dr. Brian, […]
Regimental Sergeant Majors. Frederick Charles Gledhill, 48th Highlanders and RSM Baker, Toronto Scottish
-Antique photograph of RSM Frederick Charles Gledhill of the 48th Highlanders and RSM Baker of the Toronto Scottish in military dress in front of University Avenue Armouries. -Duplicate black and white photo also located in the same pocket inside the photo collection – #12 binder. The back of the photo has written in pen: “RSM […]