Group of 48th Highlanders in Petawawa

Group of 48th Highlander Soldiers at Canadian Army Training Centre in Petawawa Photograph (black and white, gloss finish, inscribed “C TRP. D TRNG. BTY. (A-1) C.A.T.C. / PETAWAWA OCT. 5-1942”, under glass in a period wooden frame, 203 mm x 258 mm, wire backed); Capt. Frederick William Macdonald in photo.   Captain Frederick William (Wyld) […]

Studio Portrait – Capt. Frederick William Macdonald, MC

Studio Portrait of Frederick Macdonald in his 48th Highlanders Uniform (black and white, matte finish, under glass in a period dark synthetic frame, 248 mm x 297 mm, easel back) Captain Frederick William (Wyld) Macdonald, MC, VD  joined the 48th in 1912 at age 21. He went overseas with the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders) in […]

Dileas by Kim Beattie – Presentation Edition

A 6.25 inch by 9.5 inch book telling the History of the 48th Highlanders of Canada from 1929 to 1956, focusing on the 1st Battalion from 1939 to 1945 during WWII. Leather bound cover in red ; Gold Embossed buckle Badge in center of front cover, “Dileas” above in gold print and gold print on […]

LCol Kenric Rudolphus (Rud) Marshall, CMG, DSO, (MID***), VD

Commanding Officer 48th Regiment (Highlanders) 1923 – 1929 Honorary Lieutenant Colonel 1947 -1952 Honorary Colonel 1952 – 1962 Kenric Rudolphus (Rud) Marshall was born in Toronto 13 October 1880. He was the son of Noel George Lambert Marshall (1852 – 1926) and Harriet Isabel Hogg Marshall (1854 – 1904). In 1908, Kenric married Marion Janet […]

LCol Duncan Donald, VD

CO Home Bn August 1914 – December 1915, CO 134th Bn December 1915 – August 1916 Born on 17 December 1869,  LCol Duncan Donald attended University of Toronto and Osgood Hall and was called to the Bar in 1894. In 1910, he was appointed Secretary of the Law Society of Upper Canada until 1912 when […]

Brigadier William Wallace Southam DSO, ED

Commanding Officer First Battalion (August 1940 -January 1942) Commander 6 Canadian Infantry Brigade (January – 19 August 1942) William Wallace “Bill” Southam attended Royal Military College from 1918 to 1922, graduating with the Cadet rank of CM (Company Sergeant Major). He immediately joined the 48th Highlanders of Canada in 1922 at age 21. He was employed […]