Retirement dinner for Lt Col T.S. Leslie, ED hosted by the Sergeants Mess of the XI Militia District on 17 August, 1943. The NCOS are from all branches with a few 2nd Battalion soldiers. The majority of the troops are wearing summer khaki tunics and trousers. On the rear of the photo is a full list of handwritten names on reverse. CONFIRM AND TRANSCRIBE NAMES Lt Col Thomas Soga Leslie, ED was veteran of the Great War and the inter-war year Seaforths. He was the Commanding Officer from 1 October, 1938 to 1 September, 1939. He was 56 years old and deemed too old to command the battalion in wartime. Thus, command of the overseas battalion fell to Lt-Col. J. B. Stevenson, ED. Leslie assumed command of the Regimental Depot.