This NCO was a member of one of Canada's most famous regiments, The 48th Highlanders of Canada. The 15th battalion of the C.E.F. was recruited from the 48th which was a Toronto based militia regiment already in existence prior to WW1. The distinctive cap and collar badges of the 48th were incorporated into the 15th Battalion's badges.

The 15th was part of the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Division of the Canadian Expeditionary Force and arrived in France on 15 September 1915. Over the next three years the unit was engaged in many of the war's most famous battles such as Vimy, Passchendaele, Festubert, Mount Sorrel, The Somme, Hill 70, Arras, Amiens and many more.

An unsteady hand has written the name "Jimmy Bryce, 15th Can. Bn. 1918" on the reverse of this RPPC taken in The Wykenham Studios, 304 High Holborn.