LCol Trumbull Warren, OBE (Bronze Star – USA)
Portrait taken in 1945. At that time LCol Warren was personal assistant to Field Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, KCB, DSO. Warren was 29 years old.
Captain Trumbull Warren with Field Marshal Montgomery – 1942
Captain Trumbull Warren and Field Marshal the Viscount Bernard L. Montgomery of Alamein in front of staff car in England, January 1942. Captain Warren was aide-de-camp to Montgomery in North Africa. Following the decisive battle at El-Alamein and the routing from North Africa of the German army under Field Marshal Rommel, Montgomery returned to England, […]
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 Ferdinand General at beginning of ceremony in Ceri, Latvia – 2025
Warrant Officer Ferdinand General, 48th Highlanders, awaiting the commencement of the naming ceremony of Camp Labrie in Ceri Latvia, 01 July 2025. WO General was participating in Operation Reassurance, the training of Ukrainian Army recruits in Latvia.
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.
Col. G. M. Malone, MC, ED – Kukri and Scabbard
A gray metal, likely steel, Nepalese kukri blade stored in a black hard leather scabbard, with both being curved near the middle, and belonged to Colonel Gerald Morphy Malone, MC, ED. The grip of the kukri is solid smooth wood with a horizontal pattern of lines that mimic cloth wrapping and a metal butt cap […]
48th Highlanders recruits on set of Passchendaele movie – 2007
A 48th Highlanders recruit in Canadian uniform with horse on the set of the movie Passchendaele. The mud and deep water is typical of that experienced by Canadian troops and the 15th Battalion, 48th Highlanders in WWI. Passchendaele is a 2008 Canadian war film, written, co-produced, directed by, and starring Paul Gross. The film, which […]