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**BoldHighlander** · 6th April 10, 10:35 PM

From: 5th Camerons, The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders 1939 - 1946

On 15th December 1944, at Beekvliet, St MichielsGestel near s'Hertogenbosch, Holland, a Investiture was held with Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery presenting the Medals. 5th Camerons were well represented, among who were; Major J. L. Melville, DSO.,Captain W. W. Yellowlees MC., Lieutenant W. G. Chalmers MC.,with Sergeants, F. Martin, A. McKenzie and G. Sands and Corporal R. Leadbeater all receiving the Military Medal.

Officers and NCO's, 5th Camerons,
s'Hertogenbosch, Holland, December 1944.

Liege, New years day 1945.
Standing L to R.
Sgt.Kenny(Porky) Hearns,
Lt. Archie Fox(Canadian)
Sgt. George Sands
front;
Cpl. Thomson? Leslie? or Hughes?

a wee bit murky....
Liege, January 3rd 1945
Chaudfontaine area, billeted with a family whose names were
Walter, Marguritte, Nicolas, Georgette & little Pol

Lt. William (Bill) Bowen:
On 10th January 1945, 5th Camerons attacked across the main Laroche - Marche road, through Rendeux, Hodister and Genes. Between Hodister and Genes they came under shell-fire. The lead truck was hit by a shell from a German 88mm gun, the only vehicle to be hit. Lt. Bowen was sitting between Sgt. Sands and the driver. Sgt. Sands was blown clear, dazed but un-injured. He managed to pull Lt. Bowen out of the wrecked cab. The driver and 3 others were killed with 10 more wounded. Lt. Bowen received a face wound and was evacuated, that was the last time he and Sgt. Sands saw each other. It is believed that Lt. W. Bowen came from the Northampton area of England, his family owning a shoe shop or company.

Lt-Col. D. B. Lang DSO. MC. Leads 5th Camerons on the Victory parade past Lt-Gen Sir Brian Horrocks, 12th May, at Bremerhaven.

**BoldHighlander** · 6th April 10, 10:39 PM

From: 5th Camerons, The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders 1939 - 1946

5th Camerons,
Cuxaven, 24th May 1945

5th Camerons, Possibly 'D' company
Cuxaven 1945.

5th Camerons pipes and drums 'Beat Retreat'
Cuxaven 1945.

5th Camerons on parade,
Cuxaven 1945

**BoldHighlander** · 6th April 10, 10:41 PM

From: 5th Camerons, The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders 1939 - 1946

5th Camerons, 'A' company Sergeants, CSM. Hugh Fraser holding company penant.
Germany 1945. Sgt. George Sands (right)

Old and new recruits,
Germany 1945.

5th Camerons Divisional games winning team
Germany 1945

5th Camerons Pioneer Platoon

Kenny "Porky" Hearns (left) Jack MacDougal (centre)

Queens Own Cameron Highlanders
s'Hertogenbosch, Holland, December 1944.
left to right: Sgt. Wally Semple, Robert (Bobby Mac) MacIntosh. Sgt. Jimmy Petrie

**dfmacliam** · 10th April 10, 08:18 AM

I am thoroughly enjoying these photos! Thanks for posting them.

**dfmacliam** · 10th April 10, 08:23 AM

I have noticed on some of the unit shots, some of the variations of hose colors. Some could be aging of the hose, while on a couple of instances, one or two cases the hose seem to be more cream, ratherthan the green, or blacks, that I see.

**Ancienne Alliance** · 15th April 10, 05:08 AM

F A N T A S T I C !

Total Bliss !

Thank you !

Robert

**BoldHighlander** · 15th April 10, 01:48 PM

I don't have a lot of information on this one other than it was provided by a friend in Queensland, Australia, and it is of her father from Leith, Scotland.

If I get anymore info I'll add it here:

**BoldHighlander** · 15th April 10, 05:35 PM

King Edward VII with four of his grandchildren

Notes:

From the cares of Empire to the joys of Home - King Edward VII and his grandchildren (the princes of York), Balmoral, Scotland.
Reverse is blank.

1902 by Underwood and Underwood.

Published by Underwood and Underwood.

An informal photograph of King Edward VII with four of the children of his son, the future George V. The boy on the left is 'David', the future Edward VIII, the boy on the right is 'Bertie', the future George VI, the girl is Princess Mary, the Princess Royal, and the third boy is probably Prince Henry, the future Duke of Gloucester. The children had a very formal relationship with their own parents, their father exercising a strictness with the two older boys that bordered on cruelty.

The Forth Bridge and the Highland Kilt

Notes:

Scotland's pride - the great Forth Bridge and the Highland Kilt.
Published by Underwood and Underwood.

1900 by Underwood and Underwood.

An extensive printed description verso gives every detail of the bridge's history and construction, finishing with a paragraph which reads:

The 'braw, bonnie laddies' in kilts wear the uniform of one of the British Highland regiments, hardy in the field and capable of standing as firm as the rocks of their native land.

**BoldHighlander** · 15th April 10, 05:37 PM

Notes:

Prince Alfred (1844-1900) Duke of Edinburgh,
second son of Queen Victoria.

Prince Alfred (‘Affie’), Duke of Edinburgh, was born in 1844 at Buckingham Palace, the 4th child of Queen Victoria, and the only one not born at Windsor. The Queen wrote when he was only a year old that Alfred was the possessor of a ‘very good manly temper’ which he reportedly retained for the rest of his life. In 1867-68 he made an extended tour of Australia where he was the victim of an unsuccessful assassination attempt by a Fenian, an Irishman named Henry James O’Farrell, at Clondarf in New South Wales on 12 March 1868. O’Farrell was hanged the following month. In 1874 Prince Alfred married Maria Alexandrovna, Grand Duchess of Russia. In 1893 he succeeded his uncle Ernest II as reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha. Prince Alfred died 30 July 1900 at Schloss Rosenau, near Coburg.

Prince Alfred was the first serious stamp collector in the royal family and was Honorary President of what is now the Royal Philatelic Society from 1890 until his death. Before he died, he sold his collection to his elder brother the Prince of Wales.

Photographed by T. Roger of St Andrew in Scotland.

**BoldHighlander** · 15th April 10, 05:38 PM

Notes:

A carte-de-visite portrait of Prince Leopold, known as ‘Leo’ within the family.

Born on 7 April 1853 at Buckingham Palace, Prince Leopold was the youngest and cleverest of Victoria’s sons. He managed to overcome his mother’s initial objections to the proposal and studied at Christchurch, Oxford from 1872 to 1876, leaving with an honorary DCL (Doctor of Civil Law). In 1881 he was created Duke of Albany, and the following year he married Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont. The couple had two children, Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (1883-1981) and Charles Edward, 2nd Duke of Albany (1884-1954). The latter was born after his father’s death. Prince Leopold was a haemophiliac. He died on 28 March 1884 at Cannes, after falling on the tiled floor of a clubhouse.

Photographed by William and Daniel Downey of Newcastle and London.