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94th Victoria Regiment "Argyll Highlanders"

 

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This section contains two photos of the brass band of the 94th Victoria Regiment "Argyll Highlanders".

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Regimental Brass Band

94th Victoria Regiment "Argyll Highlanders"

Summer Camp at Aldershot, NS

1911

The band was from Glace Bay, NS.

Front Row, Left to Right:
1.  Joe Valentine
2.  Grover Hull (sitting)
3.  Sam Mosley (kneeling)
4. Jack Johnstone (sitting)
5.  Sol Green (kneeling)
6.  Tom Fraser (to left of drum)
7.  John MacNaughton (to right of drum)
8.  Dan MacKeigan (sitting)
9.  Donald Weir (kneeling)
10.  Archie Ferguson (?)
11.  Robert (Bob) Lyons 
12.  J. Taylor MacDonald

Back Row, Left to Right:
1.  Sgt. Walter Carmichael (Bandmaster)
2.  Cpl. Allan MacDonald
3.  Rannie MacDonald
4.  George Weir
5.  James Mosley
6.  Stewart Ingraham
7.  Alex McLeod
8.  Norman MacDonald
9.  (?)
10.  Noddie Morrison
11.  Sgt. Ralph Bramwell
12.  Charles Anderson

The name on the large bass drum is Prince Albert Band.

Where legible, the names listed above are as written in pen on the back of the original photo.

Photographer:  Graham, Windsor and Wolfville, NS
Ref. Number:  12-4 (2.1)
Image Information:  Scan of original photo
Source:  Terry Mosley, Glace Bay, NS, 2012 
 


Regimental Brass Band

94th Victoria Regiment "Argyll Highlanders"

1910

The band was from Glace Bay, NS. The photo is believed to have been taken during summer camp in Aldershot, NS.

Front Row, Laying Down, Left to Right:
1.  Tom Fraser
2.  John MacNaughton 

2nd Row, Left to Right:
1.  Jack (?)
2.  J. Johnstone
3.  D. MacKeigan
4.  D. Weir
5.  Joe Valentine
6.  Eddie O'Brien
7.  Grover Hull
8.  Andrew Anderson

3rd Row, Left to Right:
1.  RSM (?)
2.  Alex McLeod
3.  Sam Mosley
4.  J. Taylor MacDonald
5.  Norman MacDonald
6.  Davy Seaton
7.  Noddie Morrison
8.  Stewart (?)
9.  Bandmaster Walter Carmichael

Back Row, Left to Right:
1.  Rannie MacDonald
2.  Charles Anderson
3.  Allan MacDonald
4.  R. Bramwell
5.  James Mosley
6.  George Weir

The medals being worn by Tom Fraser (laying to left of drum) indicate that he was a veteran of the Boer War in South Africa. The name on the large bass drum is Prince Albert Band.

Where legible, the names listed above are as written in pen on the back of the original photo.

Photographer:  J. Morris
Ref. Number:  12-4 (3.2)
Image Information:  Scan of original photo
Source:  Terry Mosley, Glace Bay, NS, 2012 
 

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