Unknown Trophy
A 6 inch (15.24 cm) tall silver plated trophy
Various Regimental Books
Dileas with cover box Blue Book Dress Regs Marksmanship Records
Tower Box 2021800049 – assorted accoutrements
48th armlets Thirteen 1961 reunion buttons 2018029001 Black binder of competency badges from WW2 and after. 1″ diameter, khaki coloured A metal case full of assorted badges and coins 200 badge keeper pins Grenade top H J Wignall -membership cards and medal ribband 2023109195 to 2023109197 Lt. John Jock Mayne – letters and photos 2018028001 […]
Pte Burke, Carl Victor – Died of Wounds – 23 July 1943
Wounded on 20 July 1943 by German medium artillery as the battalion advanced, in well-spaced 5 yard intervals along the road from Assoro, Sicily to the main Adrano road. The barrage caught two companies in the open 1 1/2 miles short of the road junction. Pte Burke died of his wounds three days later. NOK: […]
Pte Chilvers, Harold – kia 18 July 1943
Killed in action on the advance preparing for the assault up the mountain to Assoro, Sicily.
Pte Lloyd Duncan – kia 25 July 1943
Killed in action during the assault to take the town of Nissoria, Sicily. NOK: Son of Andrew and Clara May Duncan, of Toronto, Ontario.
Pte Douglas Murray Holmes – kia – 22 July 1943
B75065 Pte Holmes was killed in action by a German medium artillery barrage as the battalion had formed-up on the road from Assoro, 1 1/2 miles short of the crossroads of the road to Adrano their next goal. 2 Highlanders were killed and 4 wounded in the barrage. Higher casualties had been avoided as the […]
Sedgwick – Niagara Camp – cloth banners in mailing tube
three banners of felt – 2021008001, 2021008002, 2021008003 Red rectangular cloth banner – battalion in cloth letters Black triangular pennant – British Empire in cloth letters Black triangular pennant – Niagara Camp in cloth letters
Box 2021800541 of Artifacts of Col. John C D d’Esterre
Donation of Artifacts of Col. J C D d’Esterre. Donated by Ian McAskill, grandson WW1 photo post cards framed CEF signal about war ending 7 trench maps 1 porcelain plate from RMS Olympic troop ship menus from St Andrews dinner Platoon record book of 48th Highlanders personnel Canvas pack with 3 belts of webbing hardcover […]
Prisoner of War Receipt for Parcel by RSM Lewis E. DeHarte – February 7, 1916
A postcard sent home from a German prisoner of war camp, Göttingen Camp in Göttingen, Hannover, Germany, by RSM Lewis E. DeHarte, addressed to his wife in Toronto, Canada, acknowledging a parcel was received. The postcard is made of cardstock and is a yellow-brown colour, with writing in pencil on both sides of the postcard. […]