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At the Mayor’s Reception
MG 20.5-E-2-1-6 · Item · May 1985
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is a photograph of Italian military members standing guard outside of the Mayor’s reception in Rome, Italy, which was held to honour the Canadian delegation which was in Italy to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Liberation of Italy.

Reflection
MG 20.5-E-2-1-3 · Item · May 1985
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is a photograph of a flash of the camera in the reflection of a window. The Colosseum in Rome may be visible through the window.

DVA Meeting to Organize
MG 20.5-E-2-1-2 · Item · May 1985
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is a photograph of a Department of Veterans Affairs meeting held in preparation of the Canadian delegation being sent to Italy to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Liberation of Italy during the Second World War.

DVA Meeting
MG 20.5-E-2-1-1 · Item · May 1985
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is a photograph of a Department of Veterans Affairs meeting held in preparation of the Canadian delegation being sent to Italy to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Liberation of Italy during the Second World War.

MG 20.5-E-1-4-7 · Item · [Between 1939 and 1944]
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one photograph of Cape Breton Highlander, Private Sandy Ross (Alexander Joseph Ross, F59996), standing in front of a bell tent. On the back of the photo Sandy had written “To: Rita, Love: Sandy”.

MG 20.5-E-1-4-4 · Item · [Between 1939 and 1944]
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one postcard featuring a photograph of Cape Breton Highlander Private Allie Colson (George Aloysious Colson, F55017). The postcard is directed to Annie MacNeil who lived at 26 King Street, Scotchtown, N.S.

MG 20.5-E-1-3-3-8 · Item · April 25, 1975
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one photograph of Canadian delegates and veterans, Sharkey MacDonald (Charles MacDonald, left) and Ralph Davies, after laying a wreath on behalf of the Cape Breton Highlanders during a commemorative ceremony at the Cassino War Memorial in Cassino, Province of Frosinone, Italy, where four Highlanders with unknown graves are memorialized.

Italian Servicemen
MG 20.5-E-1-3-2-19 · Item · April 23, 1975
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one photograph of Italian servicemen at a ceremony to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the liberation of Italy at the Victor Emmanuel II National Monument in Rome, Italy.

MG 20.5-E-1-3-2-8 · Item · April 23, 1975
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one photograph of “30th Anniversary: The Canadians in Italy” delegate, Paul Triquet, VC, and his wife, Alberte Triquet (née Alberte Chenier), standing in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City, before attending an audience with Pope Paul VI. Triquet was one of three men on the trip who had been awarded the Victoria Cross.

MG 20.5-E-1-3-1-8 · Item · April 20, 1975
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one photograph of Deputy Minister of Veterans Affairs Bruce Brittain stepping down from the podium during a briefing for the delegates of the “30th Anniversary: The Canadians in Italy” trip at the Skyline Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario. Polly MacDonald of Prince Edward Island is seated beside the Deputy Minister.

Ralph Davies
MG 20.5-E-1-3-1-4 · Item · [Between April 20, 1975 and April 22, 1975]
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one photograph of Ralph Davies, a Second World War veteran of the Cape Breton Highlanders, who was chosen as a delegate for the “30th Anniversary: The Canadians in Italy” commemorative trip to Italy.

MG 20.5-E-1-3-1-3 · Item · April 20, 1975
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one photograph of Charles MacDonald (Sharkey MacDonald, left) and Emmie Right at the Skyline Hotel in Ottawa, Ontario during a briefing held by the Department of Veterans Affairs regarding logistics for the delegates’ trip to Italy to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Liberation of Italy.

MG 20.5-E-1-2-7 · Item · March 24, 1975 – March 27, 1975
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is a typewritten letter from J.M. Ruttan, Chief of Information Services for the Department of Veterans Affairs, to Ralph Davies with an information package for the “30th Anniversary: The Canadians in Italy” delegation. The package includes information on travel, allowances, baggage, customs, documents, dress, and tips for the delegation's Papal Audience.

MG 20.5-E-1-2-6 · Item · February 27, 1975
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one typewritten letter from G.S. Way, Director of Public Relations for the Department of Veterans Affairs, to Ralph Davies to let him know that his passport had been received by the Department of External Affairs ahead of the "30th Anniversary: The Canadians in Italy" delegation trip to Italy.

MG 20.5-E-1-2-2 · Item · January 16, 1975
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one typewritten letter from the Department of Veterans Affairs and signed on behalf of the Director of Public Relations, G.S. Way, to Ralph Davies congratulating him for his nomination as a member of the "30th Anniversary: The Canadians in Italy" Official Delegation and forwarding a number of documents, including a Pro Forma, which is attached to the letter.

Signal Platoon in Italy
MG 20.5-D-1-4-2 · Item · [1944]
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one photograph of four members of the Cape Breton Highlanders Signal Platoon in Italy during World War 2 (WW2). The men are wearing khaki summer uniforms and standing with their arms around each others shoulders.

Somewhere in England
MG 20.5-D-1-3-5 · Item · September 7, 1943
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one photograph of Cape Breton Highlanders, from left to right, Sergeant Earl Bourgeois, Sergeant Major Alex Petrie, and Quarter Master Sergeant Phil McCormick in England during World War 2 (WW2).

Sheffield Park
MG 20.5-D-1-3-2 · Item · 1942
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one photograph of Cape Breton Highlanders, from left to right, Joe Butler, Frank Clements, Angus Roberts, [?] Gillis, and C. Harte in Sheffield Park, England during World War 2 (WW2).

MG 20.5-C-1-9 · Item · [193-]
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is one photograph of Cape Breton Highlanders in a two rank formation with the first rank kneeling in front of the second rank during a training exercise at their annual summer camp. Rows of bell tents can be seen in the field behind the Highlanders. Also included is a copy print of the photograph.

Absentee Lists
MG 20.5-B-7-3 · Item · August 1, 1916 - October 1, 1916
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is two handwritten and typewritten absentee lists for 'C' Company of the 185th Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders) during World War I (WWI).

MG 20.5-B-7-2 · Item · [March 9, 1918]
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is a typewritten nominal roll of men in the 185th Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders), including first initials, last names, and regimental numbers, who were transferred to the 17th Reserve Canadian Battalion, Bramshott, England. There are four copies of the list with various handwritten notes on each copy.

MG 20.5-B-6-2 · Item · October 26, 1917
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection

Item is a handwritten letter on notepaper with a London Gaelic Services Committee letterhead addressed to W. Macdonald from L. Campbell telling him that 40 copies of the Inverness Chronicle are enclosed in a package with the letter.

Helen Kendall
CA BI MG 12.275-MG 12.275 C-97-550-28398b · Item · ca. 1919
Part of Helen Kendall fonds

Item is a photograph of Helen Kendall (1892-1985), who served as a Nursing Sister in the First and Second World Wars. The daughter of Dr. H.E. and Ida Kendall of Sydney, Kendall was a graduate of the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal.