1st Bn Pipe Band at Seaford Sussex – 1 June 1943
Pipes and Drums at Seaford, Sussex, England just weeks before sailing from Gourock, Scotland for the landings at Pachino, Sicily on 9 July 1943. Front row: Morrison, Grand, PM A Anderson, Lt Col Johnston, A. Dewar, Donaldson, Blyth Middle row: Rennie, McVey, MacDonald, J. Raffin, Dewar, Stevenson, Boyle, Marr Back Row: Cook, Edminston, B. Elms, […]
15th Battalion Pipes and Drums at Noeux-les-Mines
“A church parade was held in the Y.M.C.A. in Noeux les Mines on the evening of the 12th, and, as the sun was out at last, the officers, sergeants and the pipe band, posed for photographs.” P.240, K. Beattie Pipe Major Alexander Reid Keith, third row, standing, far left. Lance Sergeant Piper, Alexander Austin Newlands, […]
Box 2021810010
storage box containing: Frank Collis – photos, letters 1 bag Pte. E. A. Tweddle empty medals bows ( medals mounted on display 2009004001 to 006) Herbert McClelland – copy of attestation paper and Valcartier shooting medal 1 box Philip Seagram with empty envelopes Don Caswell B734400 one envelope copy of service record Sgt. James Harker […]
15th Battalion Memorial in Hendecourt, France: Battle Honour “Crow’s Nest”
Monument erected by the 48th Highlanders’ 15th Battalion CEF Memorial Project to commemorate the role of the 15th Battalion in the September 1-2, 1918 offensive against the Drocourt Queant (D-Q) Line and specifically the attack on the Crow’s Nest. The D-Q Line was part of the heavily defended Hindenburg Line and the assault on it by […]