Ortona by Mark Zuehlke
Ortona: Canada’s Epic World War II Battle by Mark Zuehlke. This book provides the account of the Canadian army’s task of taking the Italian town of Ortona from the German army.
Memoir of Colonel John Cameron, Gordon Highlanders by Archibald Clerk
Memoir of Colonel John Cameron, Fassiefern, K.T.S., Lieutenant-Colonel of the Gordon Highlanders, or 92D Regiment of Foot by Archibald Clerk. This book is the memoirs of Colonel John Cameron of the Gordon Highlanders or 92D Regiment of Foot.
Pte. Albert Thomas Henry, wounded by mine, Littlehampton England – Feb 1942
Pte Albert Thomas Henry in battledress jacket and balmoral. Jacket has two ribbons of Henry’s service. Henry was injured in England while training and entering a minefield. Near Windmill, outside Littlehampton, No. 8 Platoon was conducting a Battle Drill exercise with the rest of Able Company. They entered a minefield, poorly marked, by climbing through […]
The Memoirs of General George Kitching
Mud and Green Fields: The Memoirs of General George Kitching (Canadians at War Series). This book is the memoirs of General George Kitching of his life and service in the Canadian Army, especially during the Second World War.
Illustrated Souvenir Dominion Orthopaedic Hospital – Soldier Patients
Illustrated Souvenir Dominion Orthopaedic Hospital, Christie Street, Toronto. This is a souvenir book that provides photos and list of the soldiers who were patients at the Dominion Orthopaedic Hospital in Toronto. In addition, it does provide a list of staff at the hospital.
1891 – 1892 Enrolment List of first enlistees to the 48th (Battalion) Highlanders
A scanned copy, 8.5 inch by 14 inch, of the hand written ledger with names and addresses of men who have taken an oath of allegiance to the 48th Battalion (Highlanders) in Toronto in the years of 1891 and 1892. These are the first Highlanders of the regiment founded in Oct 1891. Original in museum […]
Col C E Bent, DSO 1940 – 1943
At the time Col. Bent was commanding officer of the 3rd Pioneer Battalion and 3rd (reserve) Battalion of the Canadian Engineers. LCol Bent transferred from the 17th Bn (Nova Scotia) in 1915 and became Commanding Officer of the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders) in May 1916 following the death of LCol W. R. Marshall, DSO. He […]
LCol C. E. Bent DSO on Horseback in Paradise NS in the 1920s.
A 3.5 inch by 5 inch sepia tone photograph of LCol Bent on Fritz the horse with Bruno the dog, the 15th Battalion mascot. The horse Fritz was a German horse taken from a German officer captured during a battle. LCol Bent brought Fritz and Bruno back to Canada and his home when he led […]
LCol C. E. Bent, DSO in Dress Scarlets at his home in Paradise NS, 1920’s
A 3.5 inch by 5 inch sepia of LCol Bent in his Scarlet uniform. Most likely posing in his backyard for a photograph. The Full Dress Scarlet was the first uniform of the 48th Highlanders, adopted in 1892, the year after the regiment’s founding. The current active regiment continues to wear full dress on ceremonial […]
LCol Bent, DSO with 15th Battalion Officers after The Somme, 26 Sept. 1916
A black and white photograph of the 15th Battalion officers taken after the battle of The Somme, 26th September 1916 . With their uniforms still covered with the mud of the Somme battlefield, officers of the 15th Battalion pose with Colonel Bent, who succeeded LCol Marshall as Commanding Officer. Standing are Captains A.C. Futcher and […]