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14-11-13, 04:36 PM
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By the look of the kilt.......I'd say 73rd Bn....and why do you say 1918. This officer could be a former member of the 73rd still wearing his regimental kilt after disbandment.......
Jo
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14-11-13, 06:23 PM
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Here is close up, picture is quite faded had to enhance a few times not a very clear image. Picture taken by Elliot and Fry Baker St London. Written on portfolio cover it came in "Billy's latest photo taken the day he returned to the front 18".
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14-11-13, 06:30 PM
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Bill, the 73rd Highlanders did wear a "special"" tartan not worn by any other units in the CEF,it was "khaki" with a blue,red and khaki stripings. In Mike Chappell's Osprey "The Canadian Army at War" # 164 page C you will see a SGT. of the 73rd wearing the kahki tartan BUT with way way too dark stripings,he's also wearing the khaki Glengarry.One thing though is that the 73rd never wore,AFAIK, the 5 buttons jacket.......
I have included a link for the 73rd album showing all the officers,SGTs and ORs. http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=h...ed=0CDMQ9QEwBQ I have a friend who has an original 73rd kilt, if need be I can ask him to send me some photographs. BTW....I have tried matching the photo of this officer with one in the album and, the only one close is of Lt.John M. Morphy....... in D Coy...but I could be way out in left field....as there is no one with the first name William......except for Major William Gordon Peterson and Captain Henry William Morgan. Jo
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15-11-13, 06:44 PM
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Yes unusual but, the 73rd and, after seeing a photograph of the officers of the 41st Bn., it seems that both battalions bought the Mills Equipment holster, belt and strap after outfitting themselves ( I think privately...) with Colt 1911 cal.45 pistols.
Colt Commercial Model 1911 Pistol, Date of Manufacture 1914, Canadian Contract The 5,000 pistol procurement was s/n ranges: Sep 11, 1914 1,000 C3000-8400 Sep 24, 1914 300 C5400-C8700 Sep 29, 1914 300 C8000-C9500 Sep 30, 1914 100 C8500- C9700 Oct 1, 1914 180 C8500-C9700 Oct 2, 1914 120 C5700-C9700 Shipped to Gov't of Canada, dept. of Militia & Defense, c/o J. Wesley, Waddington, NY 3,000 more were shipped to HW Brown, Quebec, Canada for a total of 5,000. Oct 31, 1914 1,000 C7900-11400 Nov 7, 1914 1,000 C9800-C12700 Nov 14, 1914 1,000 C11100-C13500 ..and from John Cameron's MP Museum website,an example of the complete rigg. http://mpmuseum.org/ww1weapons.html Jo
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