Various Rations and Equipment from 1940’s
Original Thermos made of iron and glass. Hard biscuit signed at Camp Borden in 1940. Solidified Methylated Spirit (fire starter fluid), Tin of Emergency Rations The biscuit was found in stores at Camp Borden and is WWI issue.
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 […]
Memorial binder
This 3 ring binder contains 300 of the 1642 photos of 48th Highlanders who died in service to Canada. The binder is on a stand and above it is a brass plaque with two 48th Highlanders badges and between them the words: 48th Highlanders of Canada Killed in Action “We […]
Captain J. Eardley Wright – England July 1944
Capt Wright in England in July 1944 at 3CIRVHU. Captain Wright, a member of the 48th Highlanders, had led a company of the 48th Highlanders 1st Bn through Sicily and Southern Italy. In late 1943 he was returned to England as part of Operation Pouch which sent battle experienced officers and Senior NCOs to England […]
Major J. Eardley Wright with jeep – Europe
Major Wright of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders with his jeep in France in the winter of 1944/5. Major Wright, a 48th Highlander, was transferred from Italy in late 1943 as part of Operation Pouch which sent to England battle experienced officers and Senior NCOs from the 1st Cdn Division in Italy. They were to […]
Major J. Eardley Wright receiving DSO in Ottawa
Major Wright shaking hands with General MacNaughton at the presentation of his Distinguished Service Order in Ottawa, likely 1946. Major Wright would have been offered the opportunity to have the DSO presented by His Majesty King George VI if he had remained in England after the war had ended. Major Wright decided that returning home […]
Lt Eardley Wright in car – England 1940
Lt Wright driving small British car with Lt Trumbull Warren looking on. – England, 1940
Major J. Eardley Wright with 2 North Nova Scotia Highlander officers
Jim Allan, Eardley Wright and Tom Slater of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders – likely late summer 1944 in France. Major Wright had returned to England in late 1943 as part of Operation Pouch, in which battle experienced officers and Senior NCOs were sent from Italy to provide their experience to units preparing for the […]
Captain J. Eardley Wright – 1944
Captain J. Eardley Wright -likely 1944. Captain Wright had returned to England in late 1943 from the 48th Highlanders in Italy as part of Operation Pouch in which battle experienced officers and Senior NCOs returned to England to bring there experience to units prior to the Normandy invasion in June 19944. He would join the […]
Lt J. Eardley Wright – England 1940
Lt J. Eardley Wright in England, 1940 wearing full gear. Location likely Aldershot.