“A Wartime Log” kept by Lt Ian Douglas, when POW

Book Kept by Lt Ian Douglas, 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders of Canada during his period as a POW at Oflag VA in Weinsberg, Germany. The book has a cloth hard …
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Book Kept by Lt Ian Douglas, 1st Battalion, 48th Highlanders of Canada during his period as a POW at Oflag VA in Weinsberg, Germany. The book has a cloth hard …
Hard cover book in khaki cloth, 18 cm by 24.2 cm and 2 cm thick. Cover has red maple leaf in centre and below “A WARTIME LOG”. Inside a Frontispiece …
One hundred and eighty-one letters from Lt Ian Douglas (and others) to his wife, Phyllis, from December 1942 to end of May 1945. The letters were grouped by the location/activity …
16 letters to Phyllis Douglas: wife of Lt Ian Douglas who was taken POW at Regalbuto, Sicily and remained in POW camps until the end of the war. Letters from: …
Framed Unit photo – Warrant Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers group photo posed with Frank North in the front row; Black and white 18″ x 12″ in simple black frame 48th …
Company Sergeant Major Frank North and others at Sgts mess dinner. Multiple photos- Old Timer’s Night 1953 two Polaroid photos – 3″ x 3″ black and white
…Set of three silver bayonets all with stamped in model name of “No.4 Mk II” on socket. Additional stampings on each bayonet of possible makers’ information, one has stamped in …
Brigadier William Campbell Macdonald’s binoculars, from the Carl Zeiss company, purchased through the J. H. Steward company. The binoculars are black with a brown leather strap. Painted on the back …
Circular silver 48th Highlanders cap badge belonging to CSM Frank H.C. North, with a falcon head and the regimental motto “DILEAS GU BRATH” written around the border, which is shaped …
Black and white photo of the mascot dog of the 15th Battalion named Bruno, who was adopted by the regiment in Belgium in the summer of 1915. The photo appears …
LCol. A A Miller – School class photo estimated to late 19th century. Black and white with children gathered at their desks. Not known if one of the children is …
Program for 48th Highlanders of Canada, Warrant Officer’s and Sergeant’s Mess 129th Annual Mess Dinner, 16 October 2021. Unlike most years, this dinner was held in the Royal Canadian Legion …
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