Memories From Under the Kilt
Copy of ‘Memories from Under the Kilt’ by Bill DeHarte, with “reader discretion advised” in top corner
Levend Monument Voor de Canadezen
Clipping and two copies of a Dutch newspaper article about the 48th Highlanders of Canada, accompanied by a handwritten translation, as well as a typed copy of the translation. the article was provided to the translator by Sgt Max McDougall.
Box of 48th OCA and Major Mackie’s Photo Collections
Box of photos in envelopes and 2 plastic bags: first bag contains: envelopes of various photos of 48th OCA’s meetings, trips, parades, ceremonies, and other events, second bag contains: various envelopes with a cd, photo prints, and film rolls of Major Mackie’s photos of the 1st battalion of the 48th Highlanders from 1939-1940, travelling from […]
Tower Box 2021800010
Left boot, size 10; Metal 48th Highlanders stamp; Staff Sergeant Connor’s field message book and memorabilia; John Russell Purdy WWII letters; Highlanders 100th anniversary nominal rolls; John Wandless biography; James Glendinning service records; WWI unit records and nominal rolls; JB Tait WWI Notebook; Assorted commemorative documents saved and then donated by Highlanders
Tower Box 2021800012
Glengarry; Duff family records; Nazi battle flag captured at Hitler line; Copy of Our Canada magazine, Battlefront maps; 1943 Italian banknote; OF Parkes photos; Parade programs; WWI sketch of a Highlander; Tartan purse; copy of A War of Their Own VHS; Two vinyl records of the 48th Highlander Pipes and Drums band; Donation records
Box of Documents
A cardboard box of files with a wide range of documents: Large battered file folder from WWII with official recommendations for awards; 10 Jan 1944 CVSM list; Framed code decipher message; CBG SPS 2013-14 binder; 2015 Apeldoorn liberation commemoration booklet in Dutch and English; Copy of Remembrance Volume 4; Pte Tyles attestation papers and photo […]
Stan at Work
Yellowed Polaroid photo of Stan Milne in the research room at the 48th Museum, labelled “Stan at Work”, circa the 1990s.
“The Highlander Window” – Stained Glass in St Andrew’s Church
“The Highlanders’ Window”, a stained-glass window designed by Peter Haworth and dedicated on Sunday, 7 November 1937. Mrs. Thomas J. Clark donated the window out of her admiration for the regiment. Sergeant George Elms posed for the artist, little knowing that his son and grandson would also serve in the 48th. As described in 1950 […]
Cap Badge – Official design 2002
The buckle badge, approved in 1991, returning the badge design components to the badge used from 1891 to 1939, was documented as Official by DND in 2002. The re-approved badge contained a Scottish buckle as did the original. In the mid 1930s, the Department of National Defence declared that the buckle was a garter of […]
Box of Uniform Pieces, Photos, Board Games, and License Plate
Box contains: one glengarry with the 48th Highlander’s Badge, two sporrans, one large photo book of the “Conquest of Sicily” made by the “Ministry of Information”, two military-themed board games by Jim Dunnigan titled Sniper! and Invasion America, one large photograph in frame of members of the 48th in dress with a label stating “1993 […]