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Measurements H 16.2 W 24.1cm (H 6 3/8 W 9 1/2")
Description black and white group photograph showing the officers of the 9th Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in Keighley, March 1944. Officers formed in three rows; front row seated, middle and rear row standing. Some leafless trees in the background and the tops of some chimneys, grass underfoot. Reverse plain, but features title and names of officers shown, handwritten in black ink. Text reads:
9th Bn The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Keighley Mar '44
From left to right
Front Row
1 Capt (Peter) Clarke
2 Maj (Andrew) Leggatt
3 Maj (George) Twedle Holland [Tweeddale Hollond]
4 Maj (Edward) Walker (2i/c)
5 Lt Col (Dick) Villiers (o.c)
6 Maj Law
7 Maj (Tom) Scott
8 Capt Leggatt-Smith
9 Capt (John) McLair (Adjt)
Second Row
1 Self
2 Lieut (David) McWilliam Killed in action
3 Capt (Andri) Trombilli
4 Lieut (George) Alexander
5 Lieut (Jim) Parsons
6 Lieut Summer Smith
7 Lieut Campbell Shearer
8 Capt (Richard) Dunbar
9 Lieut Peter MacGregor Killed in action
10 Capt (Doc) Falkowski
11 USA attached officer
Back Row
1 Lieut (Jack) Sawbridge
2 Lieut (Jimmie) Mackay
3 Lieut (Alec) Quinn
4 Lieut Walsh
5 Lieut Bailey
6 Lieut (Pip) Fairhurst
7 Lieut (Bill) Menzies
8 Lieut (Bully) Wirth (Dutch attached officer)
Not on photograph Lieut. Durberry. K.in.a.
Capt (Wilf) Keenan killed in action, Capt (Ronnie) Alexander, Lieut (Walter) Hudson, Maj (Sandy) McCall, Capt (Jim) Sloan
Theme Written, Printed and Digital Collections --Photography Non Place Specific --Military Photography --Military Photography World War Two - Present
Accession No 2009.94

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