Warrant Officers and Sergeants – Early Spring 1943
Warrant Officers and Sergeants – Early Spring 1943 Uckfield Sussex Front row (L to R): C.Q.M.S. Thos. Church, Jr.; C.S.M. Dave Marr; C.S.Ms. E. E. Stoutley and Clem Burdis; Lt-Col. Eddie Ganong, Commanding Officer; R.S.M. Tiny Shaw, M.M.; Capt. Jim Counsell, Adjutant; R.Q.M.S. Thos. Church, Sr.; C.S.Ms. Bill Crossley and Harry Sershall; C.Q.M.S. A. […]
WO General presents wreath at ceremony in Ceri, Latvia – 2025
At a ceremony on 10 July 2025 for the naming of Camp Labrie in Ceri, Latvia, WO Ferdinand General, 48th Highlander, presents a wreath to Miss Julie Rivard. WO General was in Latvia as part of Operation Reassurance, training Ukrainian Army recruits.
WO General with Wreath in Latvia
Warrant Officer Ferdinand General, 48th Highlanders of Canada, holds a wreath at the beginning of the ceremony naming Camp Labrie in Ceri, Latvia on 01 July 2025. WO General was part of Operation Reassurance, training Ukrainian army recruits.
Telegram to mother of Pte Davidson Peart – kia 4 December 1944
Pte Davidson Robert Peart, age 23 was killed in action on 4 December 1944
Pte Peart, Davidson Robert with family
Pte Peart with family – brother Harvey V to the left and his mother Anne in the centre. Pte Peart was killed in action on 4 December 1944.
The Falcon July 2025
The Falcon October 2024
Change of Command program – LCol Turner to LCol Sargeant
1st Bn Pipe Band at Seaford Sussex – 1 June 1943
Pipes and Drums at Seaford, Sussex, England just weeks before sailing from Gourock, Scotland for the landings at Pachino, Sicily on 9 July 1943. Front row: Morrison, Grand, PM A Anderson, Lt Col Johnston, A. Dewar, Donaldson, Blyth Middle row: Rennie, McVey, MacDonald, J. Raffin, Dewar, Stevenson, Boyle, Marr Back Row: Cook, Edminston, B. Elms, […]
15th Battalion Pipes and Drums at Noeux-les-Mines
“A church parade was held in the Y.M.C.A. in Noeux les Mines on the evening of the 12th, and, as the sun was out at last, the officers, sergeants and the pipe band, posed for photographs.” P.240, K. Beattie Pipe Major Alexander Reid Keith, third row, standing, far left. Lance Sergeant Piper, Alexander Austin Newlands, […]