Mess Kit Standard Issue 1891 – 1939 and 1939- 1982
A mess kit, is designed to be used over portable cooking apparatus. A mess tin can be thought of as a portable version of a saucepan, intended primarily for boiling but also useful for frying. Mess tins were originally a military design, but are also popular among civilian campers. Bottom left – 1891 – 1939. Bottom […]
D Co’y., 48th Highlanders, Indoor Baseball Champions, 1921-2-3 Group Photo
Photo is rectangular in grey rectangular frame. Photo is sepia. Photo is of fourteen 48th Highlanders members standing as a group in full dress. Five members are in the back row standing up on a step. Nine members are in the front row standing on the ground. The group are members of the 48th Highlanders […]
Portrait of Captain Kim Beattie
A 4 inch (10.16 cm) by 5 inch (12.7 cm) black and white photo of Captain Kim Beattie. Captain Beattie was one of the youngest Canadian soldiers to enlist in the First World War. His 16th birthday was spent in the trenches. He was wounded at Passchendaele at the age of 18. During the Second […]
Padre, the Reverend Stuart Crawford Parker
The Reverend Stuart Crawford Parker was minister of St Andrew’s Church, Toronto. from 1923 to 1950. As was the tradition with the 48th Highlanders, until late after WWII, the minister of St. Andrew’s was the Padre of the 48th Highlanders militia regiment. During WWII Reverend Parker was made Chaplain of the 2nd Battalion 48th Highlanders, […]
Officers Swagger Stick – Reverend Stuart Crawford Parker
Bamboo swagger stick with silver top and tip. Silver top has 48th Highlanders Badge embossed on it. The badge is the lozenge pattern used from 1939 to the early 90s. Below the silver top a hole has been drilled with a narrow leather (?) wrist strap inserted. Swagger stick belonging to Padre, the Reverend Stuart […]
Drummer McKenzie, Alexander Christie
Drummer McKenzie, Alexander Christie, nickname “Sandy”, was born in 1907 in county Antrim, Ireland. From photos he appears to have been a member of the 48th Highlanders Pipes and Drums between WWI and WWII. He was married to Gladys Irene (nee Handy) McKenzie. He died in Toronto in 1960.
Storage box 2023800056 – Lt Col A A Miller
Storage box 2023800056 Lt Col. Armour A Miller artifacts Harold McKay artifacts
Canadian Guard of Honour – Royal 22nd Regiment and Band – Pipers from 48th Highlanders
Wooden frame, black and white photo, 43.5″ by 9.5″. White writing on photo at top left: “Canadian Guard of Honour – Royal 22nd Regiment and Band – Pipers from 48th Highlanders of Toronto – the R.C.R. & Band.” Additional writing on top right of photo: “Visiting the Canadian Legion, at Washington D.C., U.S., Nov 12, […]
48th Highlanders of Canada, Armistice Day, Nov 1923
A 39.5″ by 10″ black and white photo in a wooden frame. Captioned “Sergt. Major, Staff Sergts., & Sergts., 48th Highlanders of Canada, Armistice Day, Nov 1923.” On the grounds of the University Avenue Armories.
Brig. W.W. Southam, DSO, ED – Binder – Photos and portrait unveiling ceremony
White binder with a chronology of the development of an acrylic portrait of Brigadier Southam from the materials provided to the artist – photos of Brig Southam, beaches of Dieppe and elements of uniform – and the evening’s agenda for unveiling of the Brigadier’s portrait on Oct 3, 2003 at the Officer’s Mess with stories, […]