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20th January 11, 02:02 AM
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20th January 11, 02:10 AM
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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.
[SIZE="2"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]T. E. ("TERRY") HOLMES[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]proud descendant of the McReynolds/MacRanalds of Ulster & Keppoch, Somerled & Robert the Bruce.[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]"Ah, here comes the Bold Highlander. No @rse in his breeks but too proud to tug his forelock..." Rob Roy (1995)[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
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20th January 11, 02:24 AM
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20th January 11, 02:42 AM
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20th January 11, 02:48 AM
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SHoC circa 1942 - 1945
Seaforth Highlanders, Victory Loan parade (on Burrard Street), 1942.

Seaforth Highlanders, Victory Loan parade (on Burrard Street), 1942.

Lieutenant-Colonel B.M. Hoffmeister,
commanding officer of the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada,
Sicily, August 1943.

Seaforth Highlanders homecoming parade (on Georgia Street), 1945.
[SIZE="2"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]T. E. ("TERRY") HOLMES[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]proud descendant of the McReynolds/MacRanalds of Ulster & Keppoch, Somerled & Robert the Bruce.[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]"Ah, here comes the Bold Highlander. No @rse in his breeks but too proud to tug his forelock..." Rob Roy (1995)[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
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20th January 11, 11:55 AM
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 Originally Posted by BoldHighlander
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Note that the group is assembled in front of the Marine Building, ...
A stunning piece of architecture, truly. anyone with half an hour to waste in Downtown Vancouver near Waterfront should find it at West Hastings and ride the elevator. It's only open Mon-Fri 9-5.
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1st February 11, 05:59 AM
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amazing, Terry!
Here are my humble offerings for today.
A piper of the 78th Foot (Scotland), 1860:

An early tintype. Image is reversed. Note the "five lobe" sporran cantle seen also in the sporrans of the 79th New York.

A kilted 1950s wedding. Note how little Highland Dress has changed.
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10th February 11, 03:42 PM
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Gordons (?) @ Boer War field hospital:
Some jocks (possibly Gordons) at a field hospital, Paardeberg Drift (Boer War).
[SIZE="2"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]T. E. ("TERRY") HOLMES[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]proud descendant of the McReynolds/MacRanalds of Ulster & Keppoch, Somerled & Robert the Bruce.[/SIZE]
[SIZE="1"]"Ah, here comes the Bold Highlander. No @rse in his breeks but too proud to tug his forelock..." Rob Roy (1995)[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
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