Lt-Col. Edmond Carlyle Spicer

Cumberland Highlanders

Circa Late 1920's

Lt-Col Spicer was the commanding officer of the Cumberland Highlanders until Lt-Col. Horatio Ward Murdock took over command in 1930. During the First World War he served in the Royal Flying Corps. He spent most of his life in Spencer's Island, a rural community in Cumberland County, NS.

In the photo above, Lt-Col. Spicer stands next to a sundial. The location is not identified. He wears the highland uniform of the Cumberland Highlanders but with a Royal Flying Corps pilot's wings on his chest above his medal ribbon bar.

Photographer:  Unknown
Ref. Number:  0-4 (26-1.3)
Image Information:  Scan of original photo
Source:  Robert MacLellan Collection