Pte Norman Nelvin Cubitt, City of Toronto, Roll of Honour
A large yellowed paper certificate with a printed border frame in gold and green with various images of flora like maple leaves, two gold wax stamps of the seal of the city of Toronto, and signatures in ink of three individuals near the bottom: the Mayor – Frederick J Conboy, the City Clerk – J.W. […]
Pte. Mathieson, Donald James
Pte Matheson enlisted on 19 Sept 1939 with the Perth Regiment (MG) and was given the service number A11266. Overseas he joined the 1st Battalion 48th Highlanders and was assigned to D Company. He listed his religion as Church of England and was 26 years old on enlistment. Mathieson was an accomplished artist and the […]
Lt RF (Frank) Girdestone
1st Battalion 48th Highlanders Taken Prisoner at Riccione 6 September 1944
Lt William Arthur Hunter
1st Battalion 48th Highlanders Taken Prisoner near Marano River – 6 Sep 44 Lt William A. (Bill) Hunter, of Shreveport, Louisiana USA, joined the 48th Highlanders 1st Battalion in England on 12 June 1941. He remained in England, joining the 1st Battalion as a replacement office in Italy in the week of 14 January 1944 […]
1st Bn Pipe Band at Seaford Sussex – 1 June 1943
Pipes and Drums at Seaford, Sussex, England just weeks before sailing from Gourock, Scotland for the landings at Pachino, Sicily on 9 July 1943. Front row: Morrison, Grand, PM A Anderson, Lt Col Johnston, A. Dewar, Donaldson, Blyth Middle row: Rennie, McVey, MacDonald, J. Raffin, Dewar, Stevenson, Boyle, Marr Back Row: Cook, Edminston, B. Elms, […]
Pte Norris, Joseph William
B75391 Pte Norris joined the 48th Highlanders of Canada on 26 July 1940 and was released 31 March 1942. Family recall that he said he was a machine gun instructor at Base Borden, Ontario. NOK: Mary Norris – grandmother – 37 Simpson Avenue, Mimico
Pte Cameron, Rupert Murry – 1st Bn
B91567 Pte Cameron, R M – TOS from 48th Highrs X-4 list (4 Bn) eff 25 Jan 44 Pte Cameron sailed from England where he was on the 48th Highlanders’ reserve list of soldiers who would be called to Italy to fill vacancies. He arrived at the battalion on 25 January 44 while they were […]
Hamilton, Pte Robert Lorne
B64061 Pte Hamilton, Robert Lorne, nickname “Slim”, enlisted with the Queen’s Own Rifles in Toronto then transferred to the 48th Highlanders, joining the 1st Battalion in England. Pte Hamilton was taken on strength of the 1st Battalion 48th Highlanders on 10 August 1943. Pte Hamilton had travelled from Scotland in the “slow convoy’ which carried […]
Pte Ardagh, R. B.
R. B. Ardagh joined D Coy of the 2nd Battalion, 48th Highlanders on 3/6/41 and was given the service number B485914. He was struck off strength on 9/1/42 with the notation “Unable to parade”.
RQMS Oscar Prior Ardagh, MBE
Oscar Prior Ardagh, nickname “Plug”, joined the 48th Highlanders on 21 October 1904 at the age of 16 as a bugler. He was confirmed as a Private on 17 September 1909. His date of birth was 07 May 1888. As a Private he and his brother Corporal Richard Charles Ardagh were on the train that […]