48th Highlanders Tenor Drum Pre WWI

This wooden shell tenor drum may pre-date the First World War but in any event it very likely is one of the drums carried overseas by the 15th Bn (48th Highlanders) in 1914 even though it carries no identification marks other than the Regimental Crest. The crest (buckle badge) is  hand painted in gold and […]

48th Pipers watch women wash clothes near Rimini Italy, Nov. 25, 1944

A  14 inch by 19 inch black and white photo in a wooden frame of pipers J.G. Raffan, D.M. Donaldson and A. Dewar watching an Italian woman at the wash basin doing the weekly laundry for the members of the 48th Highlanders. The photo taken on November 25th, 1944 likely near Rimini.