Swagger Stick of LCol W. W. G. Darling, DSO, ED, (MID)

Bamboo swagger stick, 27″ long with silver head 2″. Silver head has 48th Highlanders diamond badge in relief on top. Swagger stick is missing the silver bottom clasp. Carried by LCol W. W. G. Darling, DSO, ED (MID) when wearing blue Patrol uniform.

A/Capt Norman Brooke Bell

Captain Norman Brooke Bell joined the 2nd Battalion 48th Highlanders in 1940 for training in Canada. He joined the 1st Battalion in the last week of July 1943 after the battle of Nissoria, Sicily. He was wounded in operation Morning Glory on 18 December when the battalion successfully outflanked The Gully, a major defensive position […]