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185th Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders) CEF
Photos and Photo Postcards - WW1 - Canada - 1916
Photos
This sections contains two group photos, one of the pipe band and one of the brass band, both taken at Aldershot, NS, before the battalion went overseas.
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Regimental Pipe Band
185th Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders)
Aldershot, NS
1916
Photographer: MacLaughlan, Halifax, NS
Ref. Number: 0-1 (3-2-6.2)
Image Information: Scan of photographic copy of original photo
Source: Cape Breton Highlanders Museum, Sydney, NS, 2011
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Regimental Brass Band
185th Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders)
Aldershot, NS
1916
Front Row, Sitting on the Ground, left to Right:
1. Bandsman Joseph Mullings
2. Bandsman William P. Laurence
3. Bandsman John McOuigan
4. Bandsman John T. Green
5. Bandsman Gerald Liscombe
6. Bandsman Daniel Guthro
7. Bandsman A.J. MacLean (L. Corp.)
2nd Row, Seated, Left to Right:
1. Bandsman Joseph Dunn
2. Bandsman Mark Conway
3. Bandsman Harry Braddock
4. Sergeant Bandmaster William Williams
5. Lt-Col. Frank Parker Day (Battalion Commanding Officer)
6. Capt. F.P. Munro
7. Bandsman D. McK Weir
8. Bandsman Joseph Davis (Corp.)
9. Bandsman James A. Ross
3rd Row, Standing, Left to Right:
1. Bandsman Samuel Hayward
2. Bandsman John Harracks
3. Bandsman Ben Hitchens
4. Bandsman Thomas Denney
5. Bandsman Elsmer Bulmer
6. Bandsman James Bowers
7. Bandsman Harry Hitchens (Corp.)
8. Bandsman Fred Fernyhough
9. Bandsman Malcom O'Hanley
10. Bandsman James F. MacDonald
11. Bandsman John Nicholson
12. Bandsman Burns MacDonald
4th Row, Standing at Back, Left to Right:
1. Bandsman Alex Brown
2. Bandsman James Critchley
3. Bandsman Robert Weilding
4. Bandsman William MacLaverty
5. Bandsman Albert Beresford
6. Bandsman Thomas Saunderson
7. Bandsman Walter Cosman
8. Frank MacKinnon
9. Bandsman John Hitchens
10. Bandsman Herbert Boycott
The names and ranks above are as printed below the original photo.
Photographer: MacLaughlan, Halifax, NS
Ref. Number: 0-1 (3-2-5.2)
Image Information: Scan of original photo
Source: Robert MacLellan Collection