1st Bn, 48th Highlanders Pipes and Drums and guard on arrival in England, 1940

48th Band Marching with Guard – WW2

Pipe Band and Guard marching past a hotel; in England, The day 1 Bn arrived in 1940. The 48th Highlanders, 797 strong,  had landed at Greenock in the Clyde  on 30/31 December 1939 and travelled by train on New Year’s Day to Aldershot.

(see P0855) P0856

Classification
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Era
1939 – 1945 (WW 2)
Location of artifact
Binder 6, Research Room Shelf
Associated place
England

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