Collection consists of materials related to The Cape Breton Highlanders, including photographs, recruitment ledgers, rolls and daily orders, correspondence, regimental histories, programs, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings and the World War 2 war diaries.
The Cape Breton Highlanders (CBH)
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MG 20.5
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Fonds
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1910 - 1990
MG 20.5-E-1
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Subseries
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1939 - 1975
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection
Sub-series consists of correspondence, programmes, schedules, scrapbooks, and photographs belonging to Ralph Davies and Sharkey MacDonald (Charles MacDonald), former Cape Breton Highlanders and World War 2 (WW2) veterans, who were chosen to be delegates for the “30th Anniversary: The Canadians in Italy” delegation sent to Italy to commemorate the Italian Campaign and the 30th anniversary of the liberation of Italy. Delegates visited memorials, battlefields, and war cemeteries and took part in cultural and religious ceremonies to mark the occasion.
MG 20.5-D
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Series
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September 1939 - 1946
Part of The Cape Breton Highlanders collection
Series consists of records created by The Cape Breton Highlanders during World War 2 (World War II, WW2).