Frank North – Identification bracelet
Frank North – sterling oval Identification bracelet for wrist with 6 ” chain strap. Stamped: FH North B72560
Claymore of Captain Philip Frowde Seagram
The claymore of Captain Philip Frowde Seagram of the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders, killed in the London blitz and donated to the active regiment in 2007 by Robert Seagram, was then engraved with The Capt. Philip Frowde Seagram Claymore Killed on Active Service 08 March 1941 Carried by the Junior Ensign of the Colours The […]
Piper Allan Mcleod Cameron – 1st Bn
B137902 Pte Cameron, Allan Mcleod, enlisted with the 48th Highlanders on 01 January 1943. Cameron was running his farm in Artemesia Township in Grey County and since 29 October 1940 had been a member of the Volunteer Civil Guard. Having sold the farm in 1942, Allan Cameron went with his friend Grant Muir to enlist […]
Pte Dickie, Peter
Records show B75424 Pte Dickie, P. M. in Italy, being transferred on 26 May 1944 from the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders to their X-3 list. (The X-3 is those in hospital, back from the battalion’s Field Ambulance), suggesting more than a simple injury or sickness. Pte Dickie had lied about his age when he joined […]
CSM Frank North – Past President Civil Service Veterans Medal in case with Newspaper article
CSM Frank North – Past President Civil Service Veterans Medal in case with Newspaper article Medal is silver oval with multi-coloured maple leaf, purple ribbon with a clasp at top Past President. Issued some time in the Second World War to his wife while Frank was overseas on service.
Pte Taylor, Jack
B75032 Jack Taylor enlisted with the 48th Highlanders in Toronto. . He sailed to England to join the 1st Bn, 48th Highlanders. On 27 April, 1943 a record shows he forfeited 7 Days pay for being AWOL from 24 to 26 April, then 5 days pay for AWOL from 16 to 20 May and 35 […]
CSM Frank H. C. North – Medals – WW1, WW2, Long Service
Frank North as a Pte in World War 1 earned: British War medal Victory medal In WW2 Frank, as CSM earned the: 1939-45 Star Defence Medal Can. Volunteer Service Medal 1939-45 War Medal Frank also earned the King George VI Coronation Medal 1937, Colonial Aux. Forces Long Service Medal King George V, and the Efficiency […]
CSM Webb, Howard S.
Howard S Webb enlisted with the 48th Highlanders of Canada in Toronto on 19 June 1940 and was given the service number B74476. His date of birth was 24 September 1907 and religion Church of England. After some training in Ontario (Camp Borden near Orillia) he sailed to England to join the 1st Battalion, 48th […]
Pte Barwick, Stanley – 1st Bn
B72584 Barwick, Stanley enlisted with the 48th Highlanders in Toronto on 4 September 1939, just days after war was declared. In Italy, Pte Barwick was wounded in action on 11 October 1944, a shrapnel wound (HE) to both legs. The battalion was in the mud of Lombardy, chasing the Germans north from Rimini. NOK: Mother […]
Taylor, H.
B74327, Pte Taylor. H. enlisted in Toronto with the 48th Highlanders, 2nd Battalion (the home battalion) on 27 May 1940. He was then ordered to join a draft for overseas on 10 June. (The draft is the word for those who volunteered to join the 1st Battalion for overseas duty.) More research required.