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72nd SEAFORTH HLDRS OF CANADA DEPOT, 1914 - 1919

72e DÉPÔT DES HÔTELS DE LA MER DU CANADA, 1914-1919

Officers and civilians on Granville St at Georgia St on Armistice Day 1918


72nd Regiment, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Tug-o-War team, 1912

Officers and civilians on Granville Street at Georgia Street, Vancouver on Armistice Day 1918. Photograph shows Colonel Alfred Markham (in a New Brunswick Hussars uniform), Major "Reggie" Tupper (in kilt), Regimental Sergeant Major James Robinson, Major C.C. Owen and Mr. J.R. Grant (possibly the older gentleman wearing a bowler hat and sporting medals from the Crimean War). There is a street car (#217) on the left side of the road. Major Reginald H. Tupper was the Officer Commanding for the1st Depot Battalion, B.C. Regiment, CEF. Tupper was an original 72nd Regiment officer and then he went to the 16th Battalion CEF as the Machine Gun Officer. He was wounded and evacuated to England in April, 1915. He was invalided to Canada in November 1915. He was promoted Major and assumed command of 72nd Regiment Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, [the home unit] in 1916. Major Tupper was appointed second in Command 1st Depot Battalion, Vancouver 1917. VANCOUVER ARCHIVES ITEM DETAILS PAGES ATTACHED
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