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.
Lt Walter Brechin Reid, 1st Bn – POW
Lt Walter Brechin Reid transferred in Italy on 25 May 1944 from the X-4 List (48th Highlanders) as a reinforcement to the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders. The battalion at that time was at rest at Piedmonte d’Alife following the 48th’s successful breaching of the Adolph Hitler Line at Pontecorvo on 22/23 May. The battalion remained […]
O’Dell, Ronald Kitchener
B70462 Sergeant Ronald Kitchener O’Dell was on a Part 2 Order listing the members of the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders of Canada who embarked from NW E (Northwest Europe) on 4 September 1945 and disembarked in the UK on 5 September as the battalion was leaving the continent to return to Canada. A prior document, […]
Garland, Roy Allston – 1st Bn
(Family information only. Requires research). G7117 Roy Allston Garland, born in Moncton, New Brunswick, enlisted with the Field Battery, RCA (7DD). Overseas, he was with the 8th Field Battery, RCA in the 1st Canadian Division in Italy and transferred at some time to the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders.
Pte Henry, Clarence – 1st Bn
B79065 Pte Henry, Clarence enlisted on 24 June 1940 with the 48th Highlanders. Following training he was sent to England and the 1st Battalion. Henry remained in England when the battalion embarked on 28 June 1943 for the landings at Pachino, Sicily on 9 July. On 11 August 1943 Pte Henry joined up with the […]
Clan Campbell Crest Brooch – CSM F.H. North
A metal brooch in the shape of the crest of the Scottish clan, Clan Campbell, with a pin on the back, belonging to CSM Frank Herbert North. The crest features a boar’s head in the middle of a circle belt with the clan’s motto on the belt reading: “Ne Obliviscaris”, meaning “Forget Not”. On the […]
Cpl Kane Thomas Henry
Thomas Henry Kane B75125 Born: 8 Jan 1921 in Philadelphia Penn. USA Listed Occupation: Welder Enlisted in Toronto Ontario Canada Sept. 24, 1941 No record on our sailing lists (which are incomplete) but his service book indicates he landed in Sicily July 10, 1943 (possibly on the SS Derbyshire ) with the Canadian Army, 48th […]