Item is a booklet that was handed out during officer training for the 2nd Battalion, Nova Scotia Highlanders (Cape Breton) between September 1975 and May 1976. The booklet was created to consolidate information about the history of the Cape Breton Highlanders and serve as a training medium for study as well as a reference for future regimental history lectures. The booklet contains an introduction by then commanding officer, Lieutenant-Colonel I.D. MacIntyre and sections that highlight the history of the unit before World War I to the unit as the 2nd Battalion, Nova Scotia Highlanders (Cape Breton).

Item is a photograph of Cape Breton Highlander (HQ Company) Private A. Yates of New Aberdeen, N.S., who was killed in combat on September 13, 1944, and is buried at the Gradara War Cemetery. Yates' regimental number is F24485.

Item is a photograph of Cape Breton Highlander (B Company) Corporal A.C. MacDonald of Sydney Mines, N.S., who was killed in combat on May 25, 1944, and buried at the Cassino War Cemetery. MacDonald's regimental number is F55132.

Item is a photograph of Cape Breton Highlander (C Company) Private A.F. Larkin of St. Peter's Bay, P.E.I., who was killed in combat on December 13, 1944 and buried at the Villanova Canadian War Cemetery. Larkin's regimental number is F60543. In the photo Larkin can be seen wearing the cap and badge of the Canadian Black Watch.

Item is a photograph of Cape Breton Highlander (D Company) Private A.H. MacLeod of Glace Bay, N.S., who was killed in combat on January 17, 1944, and whos name is inscribed on the Cassino Memorial at the Cassino War Cemetery. MacLeod's regimental number is F88671.

Item is a photograph of Cape Breton Highlander Private A.J. Ross of Mount Stewart, P.E.I., who was killed in combat on May 23, 1944, and buried at the Cassino War Cemetery. Ross' regimental number is F59996. A caption on the back reads "To Rita, Love Sandy (Ross)"

Item is a photograph of Cape Breton Highlander Alex "Boo" Morrison standing near a military truck.

Item is a photograph of Cape Breton Highlander (C Company) Private Allan K.J. MacIntyre of Prince Edward Island, who was killed in combat on February 13, 1944, and buried at the Moro River War Cemetery. MacIntyre's regimental is F60451.

Item is a photograph of Cape Breton Highlander (SP Company) Private A.S. (Tony) Leudy of New Waterford, N.S., who was killed in combat on January 14, 1945, and buried at the Gradara War Cemetery. Leudy's regimental number is F88378.

Item is issue number 2 of the Cape Breton Highlanders publication the Bay News.

Item is issue number 10 of the Cape Breton Highlanders publication the Bay News.

Item is issue number 11 of the Cape Breton Highlanders publication the Bay News.

Item is issue number 12 of the Cape Breton Highlanders publication the Bay News.

Item is issue number 13 of the Cape Breton Highlanders publication the Bay News.

Item is issue number 14 of the Cape Breton Highlanders publication the Bay News.

Item is issue number 2 of the Cape Breton Highlanders publication the Bay News.

Item is issue number 3 of the Cape Breton Highlanders publication the Bay News.

Item is a photocopy of issue number 4 of the Cape Breton Highlanders publication the Bay News.

Item is issue number 5 of the Cape Breton Highlanders publication the Bay News.

Item is issue number 6 of the Cape Breton Highlanders publication the Bay News.

Item is issue number 7 of the Cape Breton Highlanders publication the Bay News.

Item is issue number 8 of the Cape Breton Highlanders publication the Bay News.

Item is issue number 9 of the Cape Breton Highlanders publication the Bay News.

Item is a photograph of Cape Breton Highlander (D Company) Bill Martin of Glace Bay, N.S., who was killed in combat on May 4, 1944, and is buried at the Cassino War Cemetery. Martin's regimental number is F54822.

Collection consists of records related to the Cape Breton Highlanders including documentation spanning a century of service. Various iterations of the unit are included beginning with the 94th Victoria Regiment "Argyll Highlanders," 185th Overseas Battalion Cape Breton Highlanders, Cape Breton Highlanders (World War II), 2nd Battalion, Nova Scotia Highlanders (Cape Breton Highlanders) as well as records of the Cape Breton Highlanders Association. The records focus heavily on activity during World War 2 and post-war service by members of the Association.

Item is a photograph of a group of Cape Breton Highlanders standing in formation in a street. The photo was likely taken while the unit was in Holland.

Item is a duplicate copy of an unidentified list of members of the Cape Breton Highlanders during World War II. The list notes each soldier's regimental number, rank, name and which company they belong to.

File consists of a small booklet containing a roll of honour of the war dead of the Cape Breton Highlanders during World War II. The roll of honour includes each member's regimental number, rank, name, company, date killed, and their origins. The booklet was printed in N.V. Groningen, Holland by Dijkstra's Drukkerij.

Item is a photograph of the wreath of poppies placed at the Cassino Memorial in the Cassino War Cemetery by Charles "Sharkey" MacDonald and Ralph Davies. The memorial contains names of the fallen who do not have a grave, including four Cape Breton Highlanders: Lieutenant Rodd, Corporal Jewers, Private B.H. Hedd, and Private A.H. MacLeod.

Item is a photograph of the wreath placed Charles "Sharkey" MacDonald and Ralph Davies at the Moro River War Cemetery Cross of Sacrifice.

Item is a photograph of the wreath placed Charles "Sharkey" MacDonald and Ralph Davies at the Montecchio War Cemetery.

File consists of a publication titled "The Cape Breton Highlanders, 1939-1945" written and compiled by at the time Cape Breton Highlanders Association Ralph S. Davies. The publication provides a summary of the Cape Breton Highlanders regimental history, the war cemeteries where members of the unit who died in the war are buried, a tribute to Honorary Captain and RC Padre Father Alexander Duncan MacDonald, and the honours and awards of the Cape Breton Highlanders won during World War II. Included alongside the publication is a print-out of two pages of an unidentified book titled "The Highland Society of London."

Item is a photograph of people gathered around the Cassino Memorial at the Cassino War Cemetery.

Item is a photograph of Cape Breton Highlander Charles R. "Sharkey" MacDonald standing in a boxing stance. Charles was known as "Sharkey" to his comrades and was known to be a boxer. Sharkey had also won a divisional lightweight boxing championship while the unit was in Holland.

Item is a photograph of Charles "Sharkey" MacDonald and Kitch Tracey standing outside of the Villanova Canadian War Cemetery in Italy.

Item is a photograph of Charles "Sharkey" MacDonald and Ralph Davies signing the cemetery register at the Argenta Gap War Cemetery.

Item is a photograph of Charles "Sharkey" MacDonald and Ralph Davies standing in front of the Cassino Memorial after the wreath laying ceremony.

Item is a photograph of Charles "Sharkey" MacDonald and Ralph Davies holding a wreath of poppies for the Cape Breton Highlanders at the Cassino Memorial in the Cassino War Cemetery. The memorial commemorates over 4,000 (192 Canadians) names of those who fell on Italian soil and have no known grave.

Item is a photograph of Charles "Sharkey" MacDonald and Ralph Davies saluting in front of The Cross of Sacrifice at the Moro River War Cemetery after placing a wreath in memory of the 19 Cape Breton Highlanders buried there.

Item is a photograph of Charles "Sharkey" MacDonald and Ralph Davies kneeling beside the headstone of Cape Breton Highlander Private Josie MacKinnon of New Aberdeen, N.S. who is one of four Cape Breton Highlanders buried in the Argenta Gap War Cemetery.

Item is a photograph of Charles "Sharkey" MacDonald and Ralph Davies standing in front of a headstone at the Coriano Ridge War Cemetery.

Item is a photograph of Charles "Sharkey" MacDonald and Ralph Davies kneeling in front of a headstone at the Coriano Ridge War Cemetery.