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185th Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders) CEF

 

Photos and Photo Postcards - First World War - England - 1916 to 1918

 

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This section contains one photo and a photocopy showing the pipe band of the 185th Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders) in England, July, 1917.

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Pipe Band

185th Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders)

Winners of the 15th Canadian Brigade Regimental Band Contest

Witley Park, England

July 29, 1917

Seated in the centre of the photo holding a cane or walking stick, is the commanding officer of the 185th Battalion, Lt-Col. Frank Parker Day. The man next to Lt-Col. Day, dressed in what appears to be civilian attire, is the judge for the competition, Pipe Major G.D. Taylor.

Photographer:  Unknown
Ref. Number:  16-1 (1-1.2)
Image Information:  Scan of a photographic copy
Source:  Walter Millen, Great Village, NS
 


This is a scan of a photocopy of the same image above, believed to be from an unidentified book. What is different about this image is that it has information written on the front of the photo and in the caption below the photo.

Photographer:  Unknown
Ref. Number:  0-1 (3-2-9.2)
Image Information:  Scan of a photocopy
Source:  Cape Breton Highlanders Association Collection

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