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Default 72nd Regiment, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada annual inspection

City of Vancouver Archives,[ca. 1913].AM54-S4-: Mil P225

Group portrait showing (front row): Lieutenant C. Tweedale, Major Hart-McHarg, Lieutenant Colonel J.A. Macdonnell, Colonel A. Roy, Lieutenant Colonel R.G. Edwards Leckie, Captain F.W.L. Moore, Captain G. Godson-Godson; (middle row): Captain R.F. Markham, Captain C.M. Merritt, Captain E.W. Hamber, Captain J.A. Clark, Captain E.M. Picton-Ward, Major John Tait, Major H.S. Tobin, Lieutenant A.L.G. Reid, Captain John E. Leckie, Captain Guy H. Kirkpatrick, Captain W. Rae, Captain H.M. Fleming; (back row): Lieutenant Richard Bell-Irving, Lieutenant R.H. Tupper, Lieutenant Williams, Lieutenant Roderick Bell-Irving, Lieutenant John A. Hope, Lieutenant W.F. Kemp, Lieutenant S.H. Goodhall, Lieutenant Gavin H. Davis, Captain C.J. Marshall, Lieutenant Alex D. Wilson, Lieutenant F.M. Oliphant



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This photo was recently colourized and then blown up to aprox 12 feet x 5 feet and placed on the wall as you enter the back door of the newly renovated Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Armoury. It is stunning, the Regimental Archivist spent a significant amount of time with the producer to get all the colouring right for uniforms and accoutrements. It is part of the new Museum displays which have been installed throughout the Armoury, a must see for those interested.
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Thank you for posting so many wonderful pictures.
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Thank you for your comment,it's appreciated.I wonder who is the cavalry officer on the left front row....
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Hello all, after having another look at the above picture and, noticing the name of Captain C.M. Merritt, I wondered if the name was of someone else with the same monicker and of 2nd Wold War renown.....
Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt VC, ED (10 November 1908 – 12 July 2000),
was born in Vancouver, British Columbia on 10 November 1908, the son of Captain Cecil Mack Merritt, who was killed in the Second Battle of Ypres, on 23 April 1915.


....too good to be true.....

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Found another one, in the above picture there is seated in the first row, a Major Hart-McHarg of the 6th D.C.O.R. .....so after a little research....

http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.c...l.asp?Id=29989

https://sites.google.com/site/williamhartmcharg/
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In the above picture, in the last row, Lieutenant Roderick Bell-Irving.

http://www.biographi.ca/fr/bio/bell_..._ogle_14E.html
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I wonder who is the cavalry officer on the left front row....
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Jo,

Let me echo the appreciation you've received from others for this labour of love you're performing. Keep it up.

I can confirm that the officer sitting on left front is actually a member of the Corps of Guides assigned to Military District 11. Lt. Tweedale had seniority in rank from August 16, 1912.

The Corps of Guides were not organized into units per se, but were found throughout every Military District. I would surmise that Lt. Tweedale was a member of the 72nd Regiment officers mess, and performed his duties for Vancouver based units.

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Hello Dan,thank you for your comment,it is really appreciated. As for Lt.Tweedale I thought that he was either cavalry or as you wrote perhaps Corps of Guides but, since I don't have any informations on that unit I could not do any research.
As for Lt.Tweedale,here is enlistment card.

http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca:80/fra/deco...6id%3d645459a&

http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?...&id=B9854-S045

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As for Lt. Tweedale . . .
Since Mr. Tweedale didn't limit himself to posing with the Seaforths' officers for their annual inspection (he is also in the photo you posted here) it is possible that he was part of the "inspecting party".

And a little more background about this officer.

https://westendvancouver.wordpress.c...ken-1881-1938/

https://archive.org/stream/britishco...earch/tweedale
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. . . He is well known in military circles and is a qualified officer in the infantry, cavalry and corps of guides, holding four certificates. While in London he served three years with the Civil Service Rifles and after coming to Canada was officer of the Brittania Rifles of Saskatchewan for the same period of time. He is at present officer commanding the Vancouver Troop, Corps of Guides, of Canada. . . .
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Since Mr. Tweedale didn't limit himself to posing with the Seaforths' officers for their annual inspection (he is also in the photo you posted here) it is possible that he was part of the "inspecting party".

And a little more background about this officer.

https://westendvancouver.wordpress.c...ken-1881-1938/

https://archive.org/stream/britishco...earch/tweedale
Thank you Blackadder for the additional informations,quite interesting.
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I can't seem to get enough of this photograph. The more I look at it, the more I find. For example, the Captain fourth from the right in the middle row.

John Edwards Leckie (1872-1950)


Jack Leckie graduated from RMC in 1893. He served as a Lieutenant with Strachcona's Horse in South Africa where he was awarded a DSO on April 19, 1901. He returned to South Africa as a Captain with the 2nd Regiment, Canadian Mounted Rifles, finishing his service with a mention in despatches and a Queen's Medal with five clasps.

In 1910 he helped his brother, Lt Col Robert Gilmour Edward Leckie, organize the 72nd Regiment in Vancouver. Jack was promoted to Major on Sept 30, 1913.

In August, 1914, he joined the CEF as a Major in the 16th Battalion. His brother was its CO. During August 1916 his brother was promoted and took over the 3rd Brigade. Jack assumed command of the 16th Bn. During November 1916 he was promoted, returned to England and took command of the 14th Brigade, 5th Division. He remained in England until he was sent to Murmansk in 1918. He returned to Canada in 1919.

During the Second World War he served as a press censor.

Quite the remarkable career.

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Hello Dan,also quite a unit with so many members with glorious careers.
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I don't know why, but I'm still researching the soldiers in the photograph.

After a little more digging on Jack Leckie, I found one, possibly two, photographs of him serving with Strathcona's Horse. In the first one, taken in Ottawa presumably prior to sailing to South Africa, he's fourth from the right in the middle row. Above him are the initials "JEL." In the second, taken in London on the way back to Canada, I believe he's the officer last on the right, again in the middle row. (Both photos are from the RCMP Veteran's Association website and have been made larger.)

In the January 1, 1916, edition of the Militia Quarterly List, Jack Leckie is one of seven RMC graduates shown having resigned commissions in the British Army with honorary ranks after serving in "Lord Strathcona's Corps." Another one of the seven is Major H.S. Tobin, who is also in the opening photograph as a member of the 72nd Regiment. (I think he's sixth from the left in the middle row in the Ottawa photo.) Both were honorary Lieutenants.

Jack finished his military career as a Colonel. His brother, RGE Leckie, who was badly wounded in the Great War, finished as a Major General. He died shortly after in 1923 at the age of 54.

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Nice research.Congrats.
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