Bandmaster Slatter of the 72nd Regiment, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada standing on steps of the Vancouver Courthouse, 1913. Henry Arthur Slatter was the bandmaster of the 72nd Seaforth Highlanders from 1911-1914 and again from 1919-1925. The original brass band has 32 pieces. He was born in England in 1866 and arrived in Canada in 1911. He died in Vancouver in 1942. He served a total of 27 years in the British Grenadier Gurads and the 7th Royal Fusiliers. The brief obituary from the Ottawa Journal of July 18, 1942 reads: "VANCOUVER, July 17, Henry Arthur Slatter, 76, one of Canada's leading bandmasters, and brother of Capt. John Slatter of Toronto, died here Wednesday." VANCOUVER ARCHIVES ITEM DETAILS PAGES ATTACHED