Canadian Highlanders in the Grande Place, Mons

Category

Library Item

Item no

30079

Title

Canadian Highlanders in the Grande Place, Mons; Canadian Foresters at Work

Description

A page from a World War One scrapbook (vol 2) showing images of Canadian Troops resting in the square at Mons in Belgium and at the bottom Canadian forestry specialists at work.

Artist / maker

Unknown

Date

1917

Size

27.5 x 22.0 cm

Type

Document

Location

Edinburgh and Scottish Collection

The forestry skills of the the Canadian troops were used to provide the materials for trench construction.

This image is taken from the 2nd of 2 scrapbooks compiled during World War One by the Thomson Family who were living at Glengyle Terrace in Edinburgh. Most of the items pasted into the scrapbooks are press cuttings, leaflets and ephemera but a couple of articles, such as letters and a ration book, give personal details and an indication of the impact of war on the family. Many of the letters of correspondence are sent to Thomas Thomson. Thomas Davidson Thomson was only 3 years old at the outbreak of war and so, his parents must have collated and maintained the scrapbooks, which span the full period of the war, on his behalf.

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