Map of Northwest Europe and England – TAC 21 Army Group HQ Route
Coloured map with dated locations of TAC 21 Army Group HQ indicated in alternating black and white ink of route leading from Normandy D-Day landing sites to Luneburg, Germany. TAC 21 HQ was Field Marshall Bernard Law Montgomery’s HQ. Luneburg Heath in near Hamburg in NE part of the state of Lower Saxony in northern […]
Uniform of Lt. Col. Charles E. Bent, CMG, DSO, VD
Khaki tunic with ribbons and Lt. Col. rank; Sam Browne, officer’s tie, khaki shirt, belts, 48th Highlanders badge collar dogs, epaulettes with “48 HofC” pin. All belonging to Lt. Col. Bent. , Davidson tartan kilt of Major Crawford-Brown. LCol Bent transferred from the 17th Bn (Nova Scotia) in 1915 and became Commanding Officer of the […]
Brigadier Ian S JOHNSTON, CBE, DSO*, ED, CD (MID) – Tunic and Medals
Khaki tunic with Brigadier gorgets on lapels, medals mounted on chest with CBE around neck. Sam Browne, Davidson tartan kilt, glengarry and officer’s tie. All original worn by Brig. Johnston. Shirt from Museum collection. Medals: a) Distinguished Service Order with Bar; b) 1939-1945 Star; c) The Italy Star d) The France & Germany Star; e) […]
Pipes of Pipe Major James Fraser
Pipes used by PM Fraser though his entire career including 39 years as Pipe Major of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, 1913 – 1952. In 1913, after 21 years service with the Gordon Highlanders in Scotland Fraser replied to a notice from Lt. Col. William Hendrie asking for a “competent” piper to be the Pipe […]
H/Maj Alex Rapson – Communion Kit
Communion kit containing: Leather case, canvas carrier (to rear left in photo), silver chalice, 2 sealed cruets, wafers and wafer tray, compartment lid, Union Jack, linens, cleaning cloth. For services in the field the Union Jack was draped over ammunition cases or other equipment to form the altar. H/Major Alex Rapson was the Padre of […]
Animal bone from WWI with signatures
Animal bone, part of hip of mule or horse. Inscribed names, in black ink, of members of the 134th Battalion of the 48th Highlanders who were at Witley Camp, Surrey England. Names are signatures or printed, some with Company designation and/or rank. In the top corner against a gold paint background is “Subscribe to Canadian […]
Gas alarm rattle, c 1916
Gas alarm rattle used by sentries to signal a gas attack. Rattle is of wood with metal screws and side plates on rattle. Handle octagonal with metal pin through ratchet element. The rattle is spun by holding in the air and swinging the handle in a circular motion to cause the arm piece to spin […]
Carving in Souterrain by 77711 LCpl Oscar Green, 15th Bn
This carving is a replica, the exact size as the original that was carved into the chalk walls of the Souterrain (tunnels) under the approaches to Vimy Ridge. Canadian troops were kept hidden in the souterrain for the month prior to the attack on Vimy Ridge on 09 April 1917. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of carvings […]
Carving from Souterrain (tunnels) near Vimy Ridge
This carving is a replica, exact size as the original that was carved into the chalk walls of the Souterrain (tunnels) under the approaches to Vimy Ridge. Canadian troops were kept hidden in the souterrain for the month prior to the attack on Vimy Ridge on 09 April 1917. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of carvings and […]
Vimy Cross of 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders)
Vimy Ridge – 9 April 1917: At first light on Easter Monday, April 9, 1917, behind rolling barrages of artillery, 20,000 Canadians emerged from their tunnels on a front of almost five miles. In the face of heavy machine gun fire, they advanced through mud, shell holes and mine craters, breaking three successive German lines. […]