The Leslieville Historical Society Remembers: 11 pictures, 11 videos

The 48 Highlanders

The Band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stHE8L0S42E

All photographs are from from 1939-1951 Library and Archives Canada

Leslieville Historical Society Remembers: Nov 9

The 48 Highlanders

group-of-officers-of-the-134th-battalion-48th-highlanders-c-e-f-1915-16-library-and-archives-canada — Group of Officers of the 134th Battalion (48th Highlanders), C.E.F., 1915-16. Library and Archives Canada

134th-battalion-officers-witley-camp-uk-1917 — Officers of the 134th Battalion, Witley Camp, UK, 1917. Image from http://15thbattalioncef.ca/insignia/134th-insignia/

134th-fourth-platoon-library-and-archives-canada — 4th Platoon of 134th Battalion, CEF, at Toronto, 1916. Library and Archives Canada

The 134th Battalion (48th Highlanders) marching past a reviewing stand and the Duke of Connaught, Maj.-General Sir Sam Hughes, and Lt. General Turner, http://15thbattalioncef.ca/134th-battalion/

soldiers-of-the-134th-battalion — Soldiers of the 134th Battalion with family members

8th Platoon, 134th Battalion, at Camp Borden, August 1916. Library and Archives Canada

Rugby Team, 134th Battalion, Library and Archives Canada

soldier-of-the-134th-battalion — A Soldier of the 134th Battalion. Public Domain.

bomb-section — Bombing section No. 4 platoon No. 1 Company 15th Battalion 13 Aug 1917 prior to Hill 70. Privates Estaffe, Blackall and Hunter KIA. Banton commissioned. Foster, McKenna, Kemp, Erwin and Turk survive war. from http://15thbattalioncef.ca/war-art/

Pipe Band of the 134th Battalion C.E.F., at Camp Borden, August 1916. Library and Archives Canada

48th-highlanders-wwi — Soldiers of the 134th Battalion. Public Domain.

Eleven more photos will be posted tomorrow.

Leslieville Historical Society Remembers: 48th Highlanders, Nov. 8

Dileas Gu Brath
Faithful Forever

pipes-and-drums-1939-narch — Pipe Band, 48th Highlanders, 1st Brigade, Toronto, 1939. Library and Archives Canada.

warrant-officers-and-sergeants-1939-library-and-archives-canada — Warrant Officers and Sergeants, 1939 Library and Archives Canada

1940-library-and-archives-canada — 48th Highlanders, Camp Borden, August 1940 Library and Archives Canada

infantrymen-of-the-48th-highlanders-of-canada-advancing-towards-adrano-italy-18-august-1943-narch — Infantrymen of the 48th Highlanders of Canada advancing towards Adrano, Italy, 18 August 1943 LIbrary and Archives Canada

infantrymen-of-the-48th-highlanders-dealing-with-a-german-counterattack-san-leonardo-di-ortona-italy-dec-10-1943-library-and-archives-canada — Infantrymen of The 48th Highlanders dealing with a German counterattack, San Leonardo di Ortona, Italy, Dec. 10, 1943 Library and Archives Canada

pte-stanley-rodgers-48th-highlanders-north-of-the-conca-river-en-route-to-rimini-italy-sept-1944-library-and-archives-canada — Pte Stanley Rodgers 48th Highlanders north of the Conca River en route to Rimini, Italy, Sept 1944. Library and Archives Canada

privates-j-miller-and-w-h-hall-digging-a-slit-trench-san-leonardo-di-ortona-italy-dec-10-1943-library-and-archives-canada — Privates J. Miller and W.H. Hall digging a slit trench, San Leonardo di Ortona, Italy, Dec. 10, 1943 Library and Archives Canada

pipers-of-the-48th-highlanders-of-canada-play-in-campobasso-shortly-after-its-capture-18-october-1943-canada-dept-of-national-defence — Pipers 48th Highlanders Campobasso shortly after its capture, 18 Oct 1943 Canada Dept of National Defence

private-l-v-hughes-48th-highlanders-of-canada-sniping-german-position-near-foglio-river-italy-1944-narch — Private L. V. Hughes, 48th Highlanders of Canada, sniper (on roof top), near Foglio River, Italy, 1944 Library and Archives Canada

infantrymen-of-the-48th-highlanders-of-canada-preparing-to-sweep-the-area-between-apeldoorn-and-harderwijk-netherlands-19-april-1945-narch — Infantrymen of The 48th Highlanders of Canada preparing to sweep the area between Apeldoorn and Harderwijk, Netherlands, 19 April 1945 Library and Archives Canada

48th-highlander-soldier-holding-child-1940s — 48th Highlander soldier holding child, 1940s City of Toronto Archives [Very probably taken in Union Station, Toronto, on his return from overseas at the end of the Second World War)

Eleven more photos will be posted tomorrow.

The Leslieville Historical Society Remembers

The 92nd Battalion (48th Highlanders) at Riverdale Camp, 1915

Faithful to the End
training before going overseas

Pipe band, 92nd Battalion (48th Highlanders), C.E.F., Riverdale Camp, 1915

Brass Band, 92nd Battalion (48th Highlanders), C.E.F., Riverdale Camp, 1915

92nd Battalion (48th Highlanders), C.E.F., Riverdale Camp, 1915

Eleven more photos will be posted tomorrow.

The Leslieville Historical Society Remembers

The 48th Highlanders

valentine-sons-1910-tpl — Valentine & Sons, 1910 Toronto Public Library

Soldiers march past reviewing stand, Riverdale Park. - 1914 — Soldiers march past reviewing stand, Riverdale Park 1914. The East End’s Own The 48th Highlanders drew heavily on the men of the former Riverside and Leslieville, as well as Midway east of Greenwood. They camped and trained in Riverdale Park. In many was the East End’s own Regiment, with many men from the same families enlisting.

Group of 48th Highlanders. - [between 1900 and 1914] — Group of 48th Highlanders ca 1914

48th Highlanders leaving Valcartier — The 48th Highlanders, First Contingent, C.E.F, leaving Valcartier Camp, 1914, Library and Archives Canada.

Toronto Sunday World, Feb. 25, 1915

highlanders-killed-at-ypres-1915 — Bodies of Highlanders killed at Ypres, 1915. Photo taken by a German soldier.

15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada), C.E.F. Battle Honours – “Ypres, 1915, ’17, Gravenstafel Ridge, St Julien, Festubert, 1915, Mount Sorrel, Somme, 1916, Pozieres, Thiepval, Ancre Heights, Arras, 1917, ’18, Vimy, 1917, Arleux, Scarpe, 1917, ’18, Hill 70, Passchendaele, Amiens, Drocourt-Queant, Hindenburg Line, Canal du Nord, Pursuit to Mons, FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915-18”

48th-highlanders-poster-1914-tpl — Recruiting poster, 1915, Toronto Public Library. The Battle of St. Julien, April 24, 1915 to May 4, 1915.

19170804 CDNCOUR Vol. XXII. No. 10 48th Highlanders — 48th Highlanders marching to Union Station to go overseas, Canadian Courier, Vol. XXII, No. 10, Aug. 4, 1917

48th Highlanders return from the war, Union Station. - [between 1918 and 1919] — 48th Highlanders return from the war, Union Station. – [between 1918 and 1919]

Eleven different photos will be posted every day from November 6, to November 11.

Little Britain goes to War: Slide Show

A tribute

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George Leslie and the Toronto Nurseries

Featured Chapter from Joanne Doucette’s book, Leslieville, published 2016. The Highland Shepherd, 1859 (oil on canvas); by Bonheur, Rosa (1822-99); 49×63 cm; Hamburger Kuns…

Source: George Leslie and the Toronto Nurseries

Photos of Carlaw the Man and Street

These pictures do not fit neatly into any category but they are neat. Major Carlaw is listed as “capitalist”. In those days that was considered a very good thing indeed…at least by the “better half”.

The magnificent facial hair that men of the era loved fell out of favour during the great influenza pandemic of 1918-19. Mustaches were then scene unsanitary and hotbeds of flu “germs”

John Anderson Carlaw for whom Carlaw Avenue was named.

major-john-carlaw canadian-music-and-trades-journal-vol-xvi-no-2-july-1915-the-vitaphone carlaw-steam gardens-on-carlaw sewers

Photo of Blantyre Dairy Milk Truck and Horse

blantyre-dairy

From George B. King, Fond Memory and the Light of Other Days: The Old Leslie Street School and a Last Century Tragedy “over the Don”. Privately published and printed. No date.

This book is in the Toronto Reference Library

Dunlop Tire: Construction

Once again while looking for photos and articles about Carlaw, I came across this article about Dunlop Tire. The quality of the photos is not great, but for those interested in Dunlop or the construction methods of the day this article from Construction [Vol. 13, no. 12 (Dec. 1920)] has a lot of info.