Lieutenant EB Johnston
Captain DFB Corbett
Major BB King
Lieut W H Naylor
Lt. W. H. (Bill) Naylor joined the 2nd Battalion, 48th Highlanders in Toronto and is shown in a 1940 newspaper article as one of the 52 officers of the 2nd Battalion who were training for service in the Second World War. Following training Lt Naylor sailed to England to join the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders […]
RMC jacket – Capt. F. W. Macdonald
A Royal Military College of Canada Jacket (fabricated from red wool, with three pockets on the front, one on the left breast with an embroidered Royal Military College of Canada insignia sewn in place, with larger pockets on either side at the waist, front with a vertical row of three small brass buttons bearing the […]
Flask for Rum rations – WWII
A 3.5 inch by 4.5 inch iron flask used as an individual container for emergency rum rations issued to all 48th personnel prior to their embarkation to France in June 1940. Presented by CSM Clem Burdis.
LCol J I (Ian) Douglas, CM,KStJ,CD
Lt. Ian Douglas joined the 2nd Battalion, 48th Highlanders in Toronto and is shown in a 1940 newspaper article as one of the 52 officers of the 2nd Battalion who were training for service in the Second World War. Once in England he quickly joined the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders in January 1943 in the […]
Major Blair Smart Eby, MC
Lt. Blair Eby joined the 2nd Battalion, 48th Highlanders in Toronto and is shown in a 1940 newspaper article as one of the 52 officers of the 2nd Battalion who were training for service in the Second World War. Travelling to England to the Holding Unit he was promptly sent to the 1st Battalion, 48th […]
Family of Volunteers by Maj. George W. Beal
Family of Volunteers, An Illustrated History of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, covers the period from the founding of the Regiment in 1891 to the 110th Anniversary in 2001. Chapters, richly illustrated with pictures, show the major periods and activities of the regiment: Early Years 1891 – 1914; three war times – South Africa 1900, […]
Pilot Officer John L Bradbury
April 1942 John Leslie Bradbury, Police Constable 100 of the Toronto Police Department was a married father of three who lived at 297 Briar Hill Ave. Bradbury had five years of service and was based out of No. 5 Police Station in the area of Davenport and Avenue Roads. On June 26th 1940, John Leslie […]