Highlanders at Newdigate – trench digging
Pte Charles Stock, 3rd from right, with other Highlanders at Newdigate in England, preparing to dig trenches. The battalion was acting as coastal defence in the area.
Pte Charles Stock on leave – Salerno (?) Italy
B72868 Pte Charles E. Stock on leave. Family records suggest Salerno, Italy.
Wedding of Pte Charles Stock in England -1st Bn
B72868 Charles E. Stock and bride Kathleen with her family posing after their wedding in England. Albert Venman, also of the 1st Battalion and best man is top left. L to R: Albert Venman, Marg Rainsley (sister to Kathleen), Charles Stock, Kathleen Stock (nee Rainsley), Fred and Margaret Rainsley (seated), Joe Wyatt.
Ptes Charles Stock and Albert Venman – 1st Bn
B72868 Pte Charles E Stock on left. Pte Albert Venman on right. Venman was best man at Stock’s wedding in England.
Pte Snowie, William lighting cigarette
Pte William Snowie, 1st Battalion 48th Highlanders
Sentry 4 – WW1 – Uniform Kit – Replicas
Items stored in box together as a single kit, included document list of items reads: Helmet comp balmoral tunic – 44. web gear comp gas mask mess tin Kilt apron tan hoes pair – hose tan puttie pair – khaki Kilt – w 32 1/2 Ret’d to CM – NO KILT black gloves GARTER KNOT […]
Officers Swagger Stick – Reverend Stuart Crawford Parker
Bamboo swagger stick with silver top and tip. Silver top has 48th Highlanders Badge embossed on it. The badge is the lozenge pattern used from 1939 to the early 90s. Below the silver top a hole has been drilled with a narrow leather (?) wrist strap inserted. Swagger stick belonging to Padre, the Reverend Stuart […]
Sentry 3 – WW1 – Uniform Kit – Replicas
Items stored in box together as a single kit, included document list of items reads: Helmet comp balmoral tunic – 44. web gear comp gas mask mess tin Kilt apron tan hoes pair – hose tan puttie pair – khaki Kilt – 32 WO – NO KILT GARTER KNOTS These items are to be kept […]
WW2 48th Highlanders Document Stamps
Various stamps with an image of the 48th Highlanders seal in the centre, in the diamond badge design, likely from WW2 period. Three of the stamps are in the form of grey-colour metal plates of different sizes and one stamp is a small brown wood square. The three plates have text in reverse under the […]
Cpl Dyer, Ainsworth – KIA Afghanistan
Cpl Dyer joined the 48th Highlanders in Toronto in February 1996, then joined 3 PPCLI in October 1997. In Afghanistan the 3 PPCLI were training at Tarnak Farms on the night of April 17th 2002. An American F-16 fighter jet mistook the training range for a Taliban ground attack and engaged with a laser guided […]