Unidentified Soldier

185th Battalion (Cape Breton Highlanders)

England

Circa 1917-1918

Studio portrait photo of an unidentified enlisted man from the 185th Battalion. He wears a khaki balmoral with cap badge and full length feathers, a highland cut standard British five button pattern jacket, a 1908 pattern web belt, and a kilt. On his legs are khaki hose tops worn with puttees. Over his kilt is a "kilt apron" a khaki cloth apron used to hide the bright colours of the tartan and to protect the kilt from becoming dirty. He is missing his sporran and collar badges. He holds what appears to be a swagger stick. 

Photographer:  A.P. Taylor Photographic Studios, Milford, Surrey, England
Ref. Number:  0-4 (2-1-10.2)
Image Information: Scan of original photo postcard
Source:  Robert MacLellan Collection