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72nd Regiment, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada march to Recreation Park, May 20, 1910, for the memorial service for King Edward VII (d. 6 May 1910).

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72nd Regiment, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada at first annual inspection on the Cambie Street Grounds. Photograph, by W.J. Cairns, shows Colonel Wadmore, Colonel Leckie, Major Tobin, Lieutenant T.V. Scudmore and others and the World Building (100 West Pender) under construction in the background, August 1911.



Brass band of the 72nd regiment of the Seaforth Highlanders assembled on steps of the Vancouver Courthouse, approx 1913



Brass band of the 72nd regiment of the Seaforth Highlanders assembled on steps of the Elysium Hotel on Pender Street, approx 1913 (the hotel was demolished in the 1970s, and replaced by an office tower at 1130 West Pender Street).



Bandmaster Slatter of the 72nd regiment of the Seaforth Highlanders, standing on steps of the Vancouver Courthouse (now the Vancouver Art Gallery), approx 1913. Slatter was the first Seaforth Highlanders of Canada bandmaster.

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The Seaforth Highlanders Cadet Battalion No. 72 in front of Aberdeen School, ca. 1913.
Aberdeen School (now demolished) once stood at 901 Burrard Street.



Seaforth Highlanders Cadet Battalion No. 72 church parade on Granville Street crossing Georgia Street, April 1913.
Photograph shows Cadet Lieutenant Colonel D.W. Brown, Cadet B.S.W. McNeill, Cadet Major Stuart Armour and others.



72nd Regiment, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada annual inspection, photograph by Stuart Thomson, ca. 1913.
Group portrait showing (front row): Lieutenant C. Tweedale, Major Hart-McHarg, Lieutenant Colonel J.A. Macdonnell, Colonel A. Roy, Lieutenant Colonel R.G. Edwards Leckie, Captain F.W.L. Moore, Captain G. Godson-Godson; (middle row): Captain R.F. Markham, Captain C.M. Merritt, Captain E.W. Hamber, Captain J.A. Clark, Captain E.M. Picton-Ward, Major John Tait, Major H.S. Tobin, Lieutenant A.L.G. Reid, Captain John E. Leckie, Captain Guy H. Kirkpatrick, Captain W. Rae, Captain H.M. Fleming; (back row): Lieutenant Richard Bell-Irving, Lieutenant R.H. Tupper, Lieutenant Williams, Lieutenant Roderick Bell-Irving, Lieutenant John A. Hope, Lieutenant W.F. Kemp, Lieutenant S.H. Goodhall, Lieutenant Gavin H. Davis, Captain C.J. Marshall, Lieutenant Alex D. Wilson, Lieutenant F.M. Oliphant.



72nd regiment of the Seaforth Highlanders assembled on steps of Elysium Hotel on Pender Street, approx 1913
(the hotel was demolished in the 1970s, and replaced by an office tower at 1130 West Pender Street). Photograph shows soldiers in uniform, including Pipe Major John Gillies and Drum Major Pawsey at either end of the first row.



72nd Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, ca. 1913.
Group portrait shows Major J.S. Tait, Mr. Goodall, Major H.S. Tobin and others.



E Company - 72nd Seaforth Highlanders assembled outside Beatty Street Drill Hall, approx 1913

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The Seaforth Highlanders train at Brockton Point, between 1914 and 1918*.
(*I suspect 1914, when compared to photo immediately below this one.)



72nd Regt., Seaforth Highlanders, Vernon, 1914.



72nd Seaforth Highlanders of Canada "Tug of War Team". 1915.



Lieutenant Colonel J.A. Clark, Seaforth Highlanders, ca. 1915.



Members of the 231st Battalion C.E.F. (Seaforth Highlanders) pipe and drum band on the Cambie Street grounds, ca. 1917. Photograph shows the houses on the west side of the 600 Block Cambie Street.



Major John Gordon Fleck, M.C. of the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, in France ca. 1917.

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Police Pipe Band performing at the Caledonian Games at Hastings Park, 1918.
Photograph shows Joseph Shields, Pipe Major and others.



H.R.H. The Prince of Wales (the future Edward VIII) speaking to a Seaforth Highlander outside the C.P.R. Station, Vancouver B.C., 1919.



Band of the 72nd Seaforth Highlanders, ca. 1919.

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Officers of the 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders of Canada.
Vancouver B.C. April 1924.



1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders of Canada,
Guard of Honor at Unveiling of Cenotaph, April 1924.



Pipe & Drum Band 1st Battalion (72nd C.E.F.)
The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, May 1925.



Officers of The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. May 1925.



Warrant Officers, Staff Sergeants and Sergeants, 1st Battalion (72nd C.E.F.)
The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. May 1925.



Officers of the Seaforth Highlanders, between 1925 and 1927.
Group portrait, by Stuart Thomson, shows Captain Blair, Captain Skelly, Captain C.C. Ferrie, Major Jack Lough, Lieutenant Colonel A.D. Wilson, Major Stevenson, Captain Taafe, Lieutenant Nicholson and others.

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Parade and reception for Lt. Col. R.M. Blair, Commanding Officer 72nd Seaforth Highlanders, upon winning the King's prize at Bisley, top rifleman in the British Empire. August 1929.



Lt.Colonel Robert Mills "Bull's-Eye" Blair, Commanding Officer
72nd Seaforth Highlanders of Canada:












For a very interesting blog entry about Lt. Col. R.M. Blair (and his house, which still stands in the West End) by Vancouverite James Johnstone please see:
When An Old House Whispers...: A WEST END STORY: 1550 Harwood - The Robert Mills Blair House.