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World War 1 Highlanders in Color!
I am a member of a wonderful WW1 Forum. Recently there was a thread about colorized images of WW1 soldiers which of course, had Highlanders in it. These images are NOT my work. These images were colorized by Chris Foster (Chris CPGW), a forum member a
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These images are from photograph collections. If any of these images are yours and do not wish to have them posted on another form besides Great War Forum, let me know and they will come down ASAP
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Here is the Jewel!
Done by Chris Foster
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These are men of the either the /6, 1/8 or 1/9 Bn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders outside the Gordon Arms castle Rd, Bedford circa 1914/15.
the original b/w photograph is from the' Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service' sent to me by my good friend, forum member Richard Galley a.k.a "Piper"
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Brilliant pictures, thank you for sharing them.
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Wonderful Pictures Rachel. Thank you for sharing.
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These pictures are absolutely superb. Fantastic work by your friend. Really brings them to life.
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It is coming up to Rememberance Day and I can't look at pictures like the ones above without wondering how many of them did not return home,or returned home broken.All too many, is of course, the answer.
"Lest we forget".
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I'm sure that the gent who did these is a member here as I've seen a few of them before. I do not think he has been here for a while though. Thank you so much for posting them again, especially as Jock says coming up to Remembrance Day.
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What tremendous photos. thanks.
I was reminded of how young real warriors always are. I sometimes forget just how young was I and my comrades when we were uniformed until I see pictures like these and then one of myself like the one JolySTNicholas posted, and I recall.
It is always both bittersweet and poignant.
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thanks for showing the images
my great grandfather fought in that war and i currently have a image sadly its not in colour but he was just a boy when he fought in that war he actually lied about his ageo join the army and get away from the caithness,thruso region and see the wor
from what i was told by my grandmother it was a lie he regretted for life
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These are great images to see. Thank you. I had family fight in this war.
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They must have taken a lot of patient colourising. :cool:
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Spectacular photographs! Thank you for posting them.
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Truly remarkable photographs - thank you for posting these haunting images.
Lest we forget.
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Marvelous! Thank you so much.
Matt H.
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Thanks. That is a remarkable job.
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Fantastic photos, thanks for sharing them with the rabble!
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Are there more that he has done or even other people?
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I didn't know pictures could be colorized so well. Thank you for posting them.
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Great photos, thanks for posting them.
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Amazing photos !
I really enjoyed these. Thank you for posting them.
Best,
Robert
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Echo all the comments....cool pictures. Added them to my personal collection. Thanks for sharing!!
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Great pictures. Thanks for sharing. I find the solid colored kilts of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders very interesting. Their sporrans look like they are "built-in" to the kilt like a pocket.
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Originally Posted by Woodsman
Great pictures. Thanks for sharing. I find the solid colored kilts of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders very interesting. Their sporrans look like they are "built-in" to the kilt like a pocket.
If you mean this photo
http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/d...SHmgcol_01.jpg
They are wearing kilt aprons similar to this one at he 48th Highlanders Museum here in Toronto post number 13.
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/4...66/index2.html
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These are amazing photographs, most interesting to see. My grandfather served with the Argylls through the first World War, he may indeed be in some of these images, my dad and I will be looking at them closely.
Does anyone know where copies could be obtained, there is a museum here in Oban, Argyll which would find them very interesting.
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Truly amazing photos of a (at least in America) forgotten war. But one which the after affects are still felt today.
Someone spent some real time and talent colorizing! Thank you for sharing.
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McMurdo thanks,
I didn't know about the kilt apron. Interesting.
I'll be up to Toronto on business in about a week and a half but I won't be available during the day to see the museum.
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Thanks for this wonderful post. Very well done.
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I'm not much for colorizing, but it does seem to give these pictures more of a three-dimensional, realistic quality to them.
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Originally Posted by kiltedpresbyterian
Truly amazing photos of a (at least in America) forgotten war. But one which the after affects are still felt today.
Someone spent some real time and talent colorizing! Thank you for sharing.
Not entirely forgotten. There is a large monument to the "Great War" on my street, which is the site for community events. Part of the street even has what used to be a very large park of trees, each of which was planted in the memory of a specific New Yorker who died in that conflict. :( There are many other such monuments throughout the Northeast.
A big reason for the low prominence this war has in our collective memories might be the subsequent large conflicts which followed it in the last century. :cry: Plus people have a tendency to ignore what does not directly impact on their lives.
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Originally Posted by Galician
Not entirely forgotten. There is a large monument to the "Great War" on my street, which is the site for community events. Part of the street even has what used to be a very large park of trees, each of which was planted in the memory of a specific New Yorker who died in that conflict. :( There are many other such monuments throughout the Northeast.
A big reason for the low prominence this war has in our collective memories might be the subsequent large conflicts which followed it in the last century. :cry: Plus people have a tendency to ignore what does not directly impact on their lives.
Yes and no. I would dare say that monument was erected years ago, and while the site may be used for a park, how many people take the time to contemplate the words on it? Or even know what the First World War was about?
People may be more aware of the conflict today because we are down to literaly just one or two veterans of the conflict. Frank Buckles, a native of Missouri, is a good example of this.
Yet when I attend Veteran's Day or Memorial Day services as a member of the descendants groups I belong to for Union and Spanish-American War soldiers, very little is mentioned about veterans of conflicts with no more survivors. That's why I am a member of such groups, to help provide a voice for those who have gone before.
Regards,
Todd
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Originally Posted by cajunscot
Yet when I attend Veteran's Day or Memorial Day services as a member of the descendants groups I belong to for Union and Spanish-American War soldiers, very little is mentioned about veterans of conflicts with no more survivors. That's why I am a member of such groups, to help provide a voice for those who have gone before.
I appreciate those thoughts, Todd and appreciate the efforts you make here and elsewhere to give a voice to the "forgotten".
regards
Ken
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Wonderful pictures, thank you so much for sharing them.
Sara
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This is a somewhat odd photo I ran across who's only descriptor was "Scottish POWs WWI". Not nearly as nice a job of colorization as those earlier in the thread. It was on a site entitled "StrangeMilitary.com".
http://www.strangemilitary.com/image...ent/150902.jpg
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I can't tell you the thrill I got looking at these! Thanks so much! :) I've been intrigued with this time period since I was a teenager. My interest developed over time to basically cover the history of the first part of the 20th Century (back to the Romanovs up through WWII).
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Originally Posted by McMurdo
I'd heard the apron served double duty: it kept your kilt clean, yes. But apparently the enemy would aim for the sporran! :O so it gave them less of a target. I'm no expert in history so please correct me if I'm wrong!
This may warrant another thread (I haven't looked through everything yet so forgive me if there already is a thread), but does any well read xmarker know how many Scottish Chiefs served in WWI? I know Sir Iain Colquhoun served with distinction with the Scot Guards in Ypres and the Somme.
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Originally Posted by MacBubba45
This may warrant another thread (I haven't looked through everything yet so forgive me if there already is a thread), but does any well read xmarker know how many Scottish Chiefs served in WWI? I know Sir Iain Colquhoun served with distinction with the Scot Guards in Ypres and the Somme.
Gosh, that would take quite a bit of research. One can almost (but not quite) assume that any male chief of a clan who was born prior to 1900 served in the Great War.
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Originally Posted by MacBubba45
I can't tell you the thrill I got looking at these! Thanks so much! :) I've been intrigued with this time period since I was a teenager. My interest developed over time to basically cover the history of the first part of the 20th Century (back to the Romanovs up through WWII).
I'd heard the apron served double duty: it kept your kilt clean, yes. But apparently the enemy would aim for the sporran! :O so it gave them less of a target. I'm no expert in history so please correct me if I'm wrong!
This may warrant another thread (I haven't looked through everything yet so forgive me if there already is a thread), but does any well read xmarker know how many Scottish Chiefs served in WWI? I know Sir Iain Colquhoun served with distinction with the Scot Guards in Ypres and the Somme.
Note the "Imperial Service"/Kitchner's Army Badge over their right breast pocket:
http://www.kinnethmont.co.uk/1914-19...alex-pirie.htm
T.
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Thank you for posting these remarkable photographs. I am not a fan of colourisation either, but here it has given the images a new freshness. the source material is obviously of a very high quality too.
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Oooo! The mere thoughts of a shot to the sporran has me crossing me legs.
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Absolutely magnificent pics. Just wondering if there are any colourised photos of the HLI from WWI available as a relative of mine was with them and died at Arras.
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