The Falcon October 2024
Change of Command program – LCol Turner to LCol Sargeant
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, […]
Cap Badge – Official design 2002
The buckle badge, approved in 1991, returning the badge design components to the badge used from 1891 to 1939, was documented as Official by DND in 2002. The re-approved badge contained a Scottish buckle as did the original. DND, in the mid 1930s, declared that the buckle was a garter of the Order of the […]
48 Highlanders “H” Company at Queens Own Rifles “H” Coy Mess Dinner 1895
A digital photograph of “H” Company of the 48th Highlanders of Canada enjoying the annual mess dinner with H Company of the Queen’s Own Rifles. It appears that the gentleman in the front row, second from the left, is Sergeant Major Alfred G. Robertson. That would explain the 48th Highlanders at a Queen’s Own Rifles […]
Alan Turnbull MC, Ewen McGregor Haldane, Richard Austin Brown MC, Wilfred Mavor MC
A digital only copy of members standing left to right: Alan Turnbull MC, Ewen McGregor Haldane (KIA), Richard Austin Brown MC (KIA), Wilfred (Smoot) Mavor MC. Hard Copy with private owner.
Captain Ronald Alkema in Daru, Sierra Leone
Colour photo taken 15 January 2007 in Daru, Sierra Leone. On right is Captain Ronald Alkema, 48th Highlanders of Canada and on left is the RSM of 2 Bn, WO1 Ayuba Kalloh.
Captain Ronald Alkema at Simbakoro, Sierra Leone
Colour photo on 06 February 2007 at Simakoro, Sierra Leone at FPB Njagbwema Fama. Left to right in photo: Major Murphy Pryce, Lcol Mansaray (CO 9 Bn), WO1 Stephen Peters (RSM 9 Bn) and Captain Alkema.
Captain Ronald Alkema at Gbongbokoro, Sierra Leone
Colour photo of Captain R Alkema in a boat, punt sized, crossing the Malo River (International Border) between Sierra Leone and Guinea at Gbongbokoro on 24 January 2007.