48th Highlanders World War One Awards
1. Championship CEF Canada CNE 1917 off tent pegging 3rd 2. Aldershot Command Athletic Association Boxing contest A.C.V. Canadian Forces 3-8-17 feather weight runner up prize Pte E.W. Geddis 15th Bn 3. 5th Canadian Division Athletic Association Soccer Champions 1917-18. 4. 5th Canadian Division athletic association Min Range Competion 1917 1st Team 134th Bn
48th Highlanders Church Parade May 6th 1934
An 8.5 inch (21.59 cm) by 11 inch (27.94 cm) bifold program of the 48th Highlanders Church Parade on May 6th 1934. in attendance Brigadier John Pollands Girvan, D.S.O., M.C., V.D. (Commanding Officer at the time) HCapt the Revered Stuart C. Parker, D.D.
Dedication of the Memorial Communion Table on Nov 11th 1934
A 7 inch (17.78 cm) by 11 inch (27.94 cm) bifold program of the Dedication of the Memorial Communion Table on Nov 11th 1934.
Grave Side Memorial Service booklet for Pte William Ronald Dafoe
A 4.75 inch (12.06 cm) by 6.75 inch (17.14 cm) booklet of the Grave Side Memorial Service for PTE William Ronald Dafoe. Signed by Padre East Service on Sept 28, 1944 At Rimini, Italy Handwritten inside cover by Padre East below William Ronald Dafoe Faithful unto Death Killed in Action September 16, 1944 Italy Greater […]
Toronto/Life/January 1970 48th Highlanders Ball, Royal York-1970
Article on 48th Highlanders Ball. Pictures of LCol David Temple, CD and Janet Cameron, who presented roses to Mrs. Roland Michener. LCol. W.W. G. Darling, Capt. D.B. Osler and wife and BGen Ian Johnston. Haggis and Robert Burn’s Ode read by WO. A.F. Rankin, CD, WO Charles Harding, CD in background. Head table Mrs. Peter […]
Obituary Chipman, Thomas Brown and Chipman, Cara Bernice-2022, Dec 20
Obituaries for Thomas Brown Chipman DOD 20 December 2022, age 94 Served with 48th Highlanders of Canada 1949-51 and 1st Canadian Highland Battalion, 1952-54 As a Lieutenant when Canada sent a brigade to the British Army of the Rhine as a NATO commitment. Mrs. Chipman, Cara Bernice “Bobbie” DOD December 26, 2022 Former member […]
Dugald Sheppard. Manual of field engineering 1911
Dugald Sheppard. Manual of field engineering 1911
Gordon Highlanders – Uniform badges
Top Row: Centre – Cap Badge (also worn on hair sporran); left and right – collar badges Bottom Row: Centre – Badge worn on Leather sporran; left and right – shoulder flashes In May 1904, the 48th Highlanders became allied with the Gordon Highlanders. General the Earl of Dundonald proposed this alliance, the first officially […]
Nursing Sister Jean Elizabeth Sword, medals and photograph
Medals: 1. Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.V.R., silver and enamels, mounted on original investiture bow; 2. 1914-15 Star (N. Sister J. E. Sword. Can: A.M.C.); 3. British War Medal (N. Sister J. E. Sword.) 4. Victory Medal (N. Sister J. E. Sword.) Photograph: Nursing Sister J E Sword in Bluebird nursing uniform. Jean […]
Brigadier John Pollands Girvan, CBE, DSO, MC, VD, (Croix de Guerre) – Medals and Uniform Accoutrements
Group of thirteen medals awarded to Brigadier J. P. Girvan, 15th Canadian Infantry Battalion, the most decorated member of the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders) in the Great War. Medals: 1. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 2nd type, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels; 2. Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and […]