A photograph of the Commanding Officer and Company Commanders of The Royal Montreal Regiment awaiting the visit by a delegation of American officers and dignitaries. They are wearing full battledress with gas respirators across their chests. On their backs, they are wearing back-packs with rolled ponchos on top, steel helmets on their heads, and binocular cases and holstered pistols on their waist belts.
Photograph Details
Subject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Epsom, Surrey, England
Country
United Kingdom
Continent
Europe
Made/Created
Date made
Aug 23, 1940
Place
* Untyped Place
Epsom, Surrey, England
Country
United Kingdom
Continent
Europe
Inscription/Signature/Marks
Location
On the reverse of the photo.
Notes
"Location 6 - Officers of R.M.R. awaiting arrival of American Delegation during inspection Sept.1940. L- R : Lt. T.C. Trenholme (Training Adjt.); Major P. Barre (O.C. "C" Coy.); Major J. McBride (O.C. "A" Coy.); Lt-Col. G.V. Whitehead, VD, (O.C. R.M.R.); Major D. McCrae (O.C. "D" Coy.); Capt. D.H. Campbell (O.C. "B" Coy.); Major H. Russell-Murray (O.C. H.Q. Coy.) - Location 6. Epsom"
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Trenholme, Thomas Creighton, Barre, Paul Herbert, McBride, John Harding, Whitehead, George Victor, MacRae, Donald, Campbell, Donald Henderson, Russell-Murray, Hugh
Research Notes
Notes
Despite the fact that the inscription on the back of the photograph indicated the event took place in "Sept. 1940," the Regimental history states that this inspection took place at Epsom Downs on "the afternoon of August 23rd." [pg.54]
