Pipe Banner of HLCol C. A. Darling
Heraldry: Motto: Dei Donum Translation: (Latin) The Free Gift of God Reverse: On a wreath of vert and argent, a dexter hand holding a heart, all proper, encircled in a belt and buckle or of the second, on a field of vert. Initials C A D Obverse: 48th Highlanders, Buckle Badge, proper, on a field […]
The Falcon July 2023
“The Highlander Window” – Stained Glass in St Andrew’s Church
“The Highlanders’ Window”, a stained-glass window designed by Peter Haworth and dedicated on Sunday, 7 November 1937. Mrs. Thomas J. Clark donated the window out of her admiration for the regiment. Sergeant George Elms posed for the artist, little knowing that his son and grandson would also serve in the 48th. As described in 1950 […]
Cap Badge – Official design 2002
The buckle badge, approved in 1991, returning the badge design components to the badge used from 1891 to 1939, was documented as Official by DND in 2002. The re-approved badge contained a Scottish buckle as did the original. In the mid 1930s, the Department of National Defence declared that the buckle was a garter of […]
War Diaries 1st Battalion Sept 1939 to May 1943
The War Diaries of the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders of Canada from their recruitment date in Sept 1939 to May 1943, up to their departure from Scotland in June 1943 to the Landings at Pachino, Sicily. The period in England includes training at Aldershot, a brief Foray to France in 1940, and further training and […]
War Diaries 1st Battalion July 1943 to August 1945
The War Diaries of the 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders of Canada from July 1943 to August 1945 are in hard copy in Box 33B. The attached pdf has the War Diaries from 10 July 1943, the day after the landings at Pachino, Sicily, to 28 January 1945 when the battalion was between the Lamone and […]
Box of Uniform Pieces, Photos, Board Games, and License Plate
Box contains: one glengarry with the 48th Highlander’s Badge, two sporrans, one large photo book of the “Conquest of Sicily” made by the “Ministry of Information”, two military-themed board games by Jim Dunnigan titled Sniper! and Invasion America, one large photograph in frame of members of the 48th in dress with a label stating “1993 […]
Photos of Early Years Rifle Section
Two 8×10 black and white photos on 12×13.5 black cardboard frames. The photos are of the same eight-man pre-WWI rifle section. The first is of the riflers standing in a semicircle with their rifles in a pyramid formation in the middle. The second is of five men standing with their arms folded behind them and […]
Tower Box 2021800008
Copy of Comrades by Don Norris; Manuscript of The Story of a Sword by MWO RA Appleton; Commemorative 48th Highlanders Pachino Day sticker; Canadian badge pamphlet; Copy of 50th-anniversary version of Holland and the Canadians; American gas mask bag; goggles; late 1990s to mid-2010s photo album, mostly parade, and Old Comrades, around 100 photos; three […]
Box 2018800202 Uniform and Clothing Pieces – Capt Robert Murdock, 1st Bn – WWII
Box of various articles of clothing of Captain Robert Murdock, 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders of Canada: two black balmoral hats with red pompom on top, one olive green wedge hat with RCAF pins, one olive green peaked cap, one pair of olive green shorts, one set of green camouflage pattern pants and hooded jacket for […]