Regimental Band

193rd Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders)

Camp Aldershot, NS

1916

Standing. Left to Right:
1.  902504 Pte. Charles Pippy, Springhill, NS
2.  901970 Pte. Wallace Kemp, Londonderry, NS
3.  902542 Pte. Thomas Carroll Choisnet, Parrsboro, NS
4.  223114 Pte. John McSavaney, Springhill, NS
5.  901500 Pte. William David Finlay, Londonderry, NS
6.  901179 Pte. Charles O. Hanright, Amherst, NS
7.  222494 Pte. John Rowland Simmons, Amherst, NS
8.  902397 Pte. Claude Oxley Black, Oxford, NS
9.  901313 Pte. Arthur Raymond Cooper, Springhill, NS
10.  902206 Pte. Sidney James Leah, New Glasgow, NS
11.  902550 Pte. Walter Trueman Davis, Oxford, NS
12.  Lieut. James White (Bandmaster)
13.  901325 Pte. Isaac Audas, Truro, NS
14.  902306 Pte. Laughlin Angus McEachern, Halifax, NS
15.  902420 Pte. Olaf Fred Thompson, Parrsboro, NS
16.  902533 Sgt. Robert Lyons, Glace Bay, NS *
17.  901554 Pte. Clarence Edward Black, Amherst, NS
18.  902135 Pte. Herbert E.M. Ward, Amherst, NS
19.  902506 Pte. Cleveland Andrew Leslie, Oxford, NS
20.  901505 Pte. George Russell Adams, Springhill, NS
21.  902320 Pte. Garnet Russell Groggett, Springhill, NS
22.  902449 Pte. Robert Gordon, Oxford, NS

Front Row, Laying Down, Left to Right:
1.  901207 Pte. Arthur Olive, Stellarton, NS
2.  902503 Pte. Winfield Scott McInnis, Springhill, NS

Names, service numbers and home towns were determined by comparing faces from the above photo with individual photos in the 193rd Battalion's picture book that was printed just before the battalion went overseas. Information was then cross checked with the 193rd Battalion's Nominal Roll and the online service records from Library Archives Canada.

* Sgt. Robert Lyons was born in London, England and was living in Glace Bay, NS, when, on July 6, 1916, in Aldershot, NS, he enlisted in the 193rd Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders). He was married and had seven years prior militia service with the 94th Victoria Regiment "Argyll Highlanders," a local Cape Breton militia unit. Robert was assigned the rank of sergeant and became band sergeant in the 193rd Battalion's regimental band. He went overseas with the 193rd Battalion in October, 1916. Upon disbandment of the 193rd Battalion, shortly after their arrival in England, Robert was transferred to the 17th Canadian Reserve Battalion in May, 1917, where he later became sergeant drummer in that unit's pipe band. In October, 1917, Robert reverted to the rank of private, and was transferred to the 85th Battalion (Nova Scotia Highlanders) who were serving at the front in France. Robert was killed in action with the 85th Battalion at Scarpe on September 2, 1918.

Photographer:  H.O. Dodge for Sponagle Studio, Truro, NS
Ref. Number:  16-3 (11-1.2)
Image Information:  Received as electronic file
Source:  Bruce MacDonald, Antigonish, NS