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[BoldHighlander]

The battalion marched for 50 minutes in every hour, and during the ten-minute break the NCO's inspected for foot blisters.

I wish my own NCO's had exhibited such care when I was at Benning. I ended up with a nasty blister from a road march, was sent to an aide station, and in the end nearly lost my leg from the knee down to the early stages of gangrene (the doc's believe an unsterilized instrument was used to treat me)!

Cost me a career in the military....

Okay, back to the topic at hand (vintage photos)

[BoldHighlander]

Officers Mess, the 1st Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders
in Mesopotamia (Iraq) - December 1915

[BoldHighlander]

B.C. Piper, Corporal Henry A. F. Pegram,
72nd Battalion (Seaforth Highlanders of Vancouver).
KIA April 09, 1917 at Vimy Ridge.

[BoldHighlander]

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[OC Richard]

B.C. Piper, Corporal Henry A. F. Pegram,
72nd Battalion (Seaforth Highlanders of Vancouver).
KIA April 09, 1917 at Vimy Ridge.

Very interesting that the Seaforth Highlanders of Vancouver should dress their pipers like those of the Cameron Highlanders. Note the crossbelt hardware and dirk, like those worn by Cameron pipers, and the sporran, like those worn by the ORs of the Camerons (save for the badge).

Here's some Cameron pipers. Here the Cameron style dirk, quite ornate, lacking knife and fork, can be seen. Note that the Cameron pipers normally wear a different sporran from that worn by the rest of the regiment. The piper's sporran is seen here:



Here you can see both the piper's sporran and the OR's sporran, the latter which is worn by the Canadian fellow above:



Here the distinctive Cameron crossbelt hardware and piper's sporran are clearly visible. This photo was taken during the short period 1946-1959 when the Cameron pipers wore Royal Stewart tartan:



In contrast to the dress of the Seaforth Highlanders' pipers, seen here worn both by the Pipe Major and by the dancers: