Field Marshal Viscount Slim and Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Lloyd-Craig inspecting a Guard of Honour prior to a formal Mess Dinner held in the Field Marshal's honour by The Royal Montreal Regiment on the Armoury floor.
Photograph Details
Subject Person or Organization
Lloyd-Craig, Peter, Slim, William Joseph, 1st Viscount Slim, Calder, James Allan
Made/Created
Date made
Apr 20, 1963
Research Notes
Notes
Narrative: Field Marshal Viscount Slim, a British Officer active during the First and Second World Wars. He served as 13th Governor-General of Australia, 1952-1959.
Field Marshal Viscount Slim held the appointment of "Colonel of the Regiment" of The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales' Own) from 1947 to 1956.
The West Yorkshire Regiment (14th Foot) traces it's history back to it's founding in 1685. In 1920 The King gave approval for the alliance of The West Yorkshire Regiment with The Royal Montreal Regiment, which had served with distinction as the 14th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, in the First World War.
Field Marshal Slim was visiting Montreal on April 20th, 1963 as a non-executive director of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. of Britain and The Royal Montreal Regiment took the occasion to entertain him at a formal Mess Dinner in his honour held on the Armoury floor.
