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Cape Breton Highlanders
Photos and Photo Postcards - WW2 – Northwest Europe – 1945-1946
Photo
This section contains one photo of the Pipes and Drums of the Cape Breton Highlanders, in Bolsward, Holland, during the summer of 1945. The battalion moved to Bolsward in July, 1945 and were billeted there until they departed for England at the end of November, 1945.
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Pipes and Drums
Cape Breton Highlanders
Bolsward, Holland
Summer, 1945
The Pipes and Drums play for a Dutch audience in Market Square (Marktplein) in the centre of Bolsward. During their stay in Bolsward, the band played there numerous times and the battalion held parades there.
Front Row, Left to Right:
1. Pipe Major Bill Gillis from Inverness, NS
2. Piper John A. MacDonnell from Inverness, NS
3. Piper John J. MacMillan from Reserve Mines, NS
Second Row, Left to Right:
1. Piper Archie Allan MacKay from Inverness, NS
Photographer: Unknown
Ref. Number: 22.3 (17.2)
Image Information: Scan of an original negative
Source: Keith Brooker, 2022