Clipping - "Salmon Arm Commander is Seaforth Commander". Lt Col Syd Thomson, DSO, MC becomes the Commanding Officer of the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada taking over from Lt Col A.J. Creighton. He commanded the Battalion from 16 May 1944 to 4 October, 1944 when he was succeeded by Lt Col H.P. Bell-Irving. From the Album (Scrapbook) of Major W.D. Blackburn consisting of captioned photos and clippings from newspapers and magazines. The items are from Canada, England and Italy. He served in the Regiment from 13 August, 1940 to 12 February 1944. He commanded "C" Company in Italy.