List of WW1 48th Highlanders Prisoners of War
Single page, browned paper document with company name printed in top left: “MURRAY, MATHER & CO. INVESTMENT BANKERS TORONTO”, top right has printed: “STATISTICAL DEPARTMENT”, slightly below these and in the centre, likely printed from a typewriter, is written: “List of 48th HIGHLANDERS PRISONERS OF WAR”, below this title is printed: “15th Batt.” (meaning 15th […]
48th Highlanders Cap Badges and Two Identity Discs
Stored together in a shadow box are six different 48th Highlanders cap badges with different designs and colours, though all have on the front a falcon head and the words: “DILEAS GU BRATH 48 HIGHLANDERS”, one of the badges is on a square patch of Davidson tartan, with two identity discs on short chains to […]
Divisional Sports Meet Medal – August 1917 – Pte Ewart Gray
Round brown metal medal, possibly bronze, with a small metal key ring hooked on top, on the front centre is an image of a weight and the top half of the medal front above the weight has the words: “SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE”, and the bottom half of the medal front below the weight has the […]
Postcard – 48th Highlanders Leaving – WW1
Front of postcard is a vertical black and white image of 48th Highlanders in uniform with Wolseley helmets and shouldering rifles marching down a crowded street towards the foreground/camera, with white space below image and caption reading: “The 48th Highlanders leaving Torento (Canada)”, likely that “Torento” as printed on postcard is misspelling of Toronto, and […]
Identity Disc and Locket – Pte. W. Chapman
Held together on a small metal key ring are two identity discs of Pte. W. Chapman, one disc is a red circle and the other disc is a green octagonal shape, stamped on the front of both discs from top to bottom are the words: “B85414 PTE CHAPMAN W. PRES CDN”, and the meaning of […]
Bronze Paperweight – Lt. J. E. Banton
Large, heavy. solid bronze paperweight, in the shape of the falcon head from the 48th Highlander’s regimental badge, back side is smooth-flat with no image, faintly visible on the back at the bottom are hand carved in the words in two rows: “J. E. Banton 48th HIGHLANDERS”.
48th Highlanders Parade Postcard – Adelaide Street W – c1910
Front of postcard is a colourized photograph of the 48th Highlanders on parade in downtown Toronto heading westwards, photograph taken in front of and near 110 Adelaide Street W. (between York St. and Bay St.), soldiers in full dress uniform with red tunics, kilts, and tall black bonnet feather hats, near the top right printed […]
48th Highlanders Parade Postcard – c1910s
Colourized postcard of 48th Highlanders marching down a street in downtown Toronto, two rail tracks are visible embedded in the street, likely for streetcars, soldiers in full dress uniform with red tunics, kilts, and tall black bonnet feather hats, near the bottom left printed in black is: “48th Highlanders, Toronto, Canada”, and near the bottom […]
WW1 Prisoner of War Postcard by RSM Lewis E. DeHarte – October 25, 1915
Postcard sent home from a German prisoner of war camp, Kriegsgefangenenlager Göttingen in Göttingen, Hannover, Germany, by RSM Lewis E. DeHarte to his wife in Toronto, Canada. RSM Lewis E. DeHarte was a prisoner of war from 1915-1919. The postcard is cardstock and a brown colour, with writing in pencil on both sides of the […]
Prisoner of War Letter Sent Home by RSM L. E. DeHarte – September 31, 1915
Folded letter, yellow-brown piece of paper, written and sent home by RSM L. E. DeHarte while a prisoner of war in a camp Göttingen, Germany, and was folded into even quarters horizontally, with writing only on one side of the paper. In the top left of the paper is the recipients information, being his wife: […]