Sgt. Worth, Jerry E.
TOS — 13 Feb 48 SOS — 11 Apr 70 RPOR 17/70
Cpl Thomas MP, MM
G. L. Cassaday – Glengarry Cap
Standard issue Glengarry cap with buckle badge issued to G. L. Cassaday. Buckle badge has red cloth insert behind the badge and is set on a black cloth square patch.
G. L. Cassaday – Balmoral Cap
Interwar Balmoral cap (made by Wm. Anderson and Sons Edinburgh and Glasgow) with name written inside of cap “Lieut G L Cassaday”. Buckle Badge contains a red cloth background patch and sits on a 2″ x 2″ official Davidson tartan.
E. E. Owen
Instructions for The Canadian Chaplain Services – WWII
A purple covered 5 inch (12.7 cm) by 8 inch (20.32 cm) instruction booklet for the Chaplain Services group printed in 1940. The booklet belonged to Padre, Captain Stewart East of the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders of Canada. The Royal Canadian Chaplain Service (French: Service de l’aumônerie royal canadien) is a personnel branch of the […]
Hymns for Canadian Forces with Order of Divine Services – WWII
A 5 inch (12.7 cm) by 7 inch (17.78 cm) copy of the Hymns for Canadian Forces with Order of Divine Services, published by the YMCA whose brand identification is on the front cover. Francis Thompson and George Matheson signed the front cover. There are many signatures of 1st Battalion 48th Highlanders throughout. The copy […]
Barb Wire Cork Screw
The 36-inch (99.14 cm) screw pickets, used as supports for barbed wire defences, were introduced c. 1915 as a replacement for timber posts. Crown Iron Works Co. (Minneapolis, MN) made over 10 million of these screw post pickets for WW1, WW2 and the Cuban Missile Crisis. The French name for this type of “steel stake” […]
Portrait Painting- Brig. W. W. Southam, DSO, ED
This portrait of Brigadier William Wallace Southam, DSO, ED was donated to the 48th Highlanders in 2003 and hangs in the Officers’ Mess, Moss Park Armoury. Brigadier Southam was Commanding Officer of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, 1st Battalion from August 1940 to January 1942. After graduating from Royal Military College in 1922, Southam joined […]
C77154 Cpl Cooper, Harold Frederick
C77154 Pte Cooper, Harold Frederick is on the sailing list from Leghorn (Genoa) Italy to Marseille, France (11 to 13 March 1945) with the 1st Battalion 48th Highlanders of Canada when the battalion, as part of the 1st Canadian Division, was sent from Italy to Northern Europe to complete the liberation of Holland. Cooper was […]