The 48th Highlanders of Canada Book of Remembrance is located in the abutment on the right of the World Wars Communion Table. It contains 25 pages listing 1,818 names and ranks of those who died in the First and Second World Wars. The book has beautiful handwriting in block script. In the abutment on the left of the table is the title page and dedication of the book, all engrossed on parchment within an artistic coloured border of flowers and symbols.
St. Andrew’s Church has been the Regimental Church of the 48th Highlanders of Canada since their founding in 1891 when the church, as one of the several Scottish societies in Toronto, petitioned the government to be allowed to have a regiment that reflected their Scottish Heritage. Their first Commanding Officer, John Davidson was Chair of the St. Andrew’s church board of management. From their founding up until the 1970s, the minister of the church was the padre of the regiment.
