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Canadian Expeditionary
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73rd Battalion, Royal Highlanders of Canada |
| Location of War Diaries: |
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| CEFSG War Diary Transcription
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Background:
| Information on the 73rd
Battalion was provided by CEF Study Group members via postings
to the Forum:
Chris Wight Forum posting: 73rd
Battalion, Royal Highlanders of Canada
came across this site, link
from a chance glance through the Black Watch's
(Montreal) Forum.
This book of photos, probably done in 1916, is comprised
of photos of the original enlistees of the Battalion.
Photos of Officers are listed by Company while those of
N.C.O.s are done by Company and Platoon.
There is also a platoon photo, link
which I believe is of No. 13 Platoon.
An additional bonus is the personal war diary, link,
of Pte. Clarence John Ross who was killed at Vimy, link.
The webmaster, Don Ross (his grandfather was Pte. Ross'
brother), deserves a pat on the back for making this
rare book available via the internet |
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Chris Wight reported to the Forum
that the 73rd was a Quebec Battalions that was dropped from the
order of battle because Quebec simply could not recruit enough
men to fill the ranks of their existing Battalions. The 73rd
suffered heavy casualties during Vimy and were replaced by Nova
Scotia's 85th Battalion.
Dropping a battle tested unit was not popular so when several
other Provinces hit the wall when it came to recruiting
replacements, the Battalion was retained but its affiliated
Province was changed. These Battalions were Manitoba's 44th
which became affiliated with New Brunswick (August 1918) and the
following British Columbia Battalions: 47th became affiliated
with Western Ontario (February 1918); 54th and 102nd became
affiliated with Central Ontario (August 1917).
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Battery: 73rd Battalion - Royal Highlanders of Canada ---
Jan 2006
Book contains photos of all the members of this World War I
regiment including the following: Introduction, Lieut.-Col.
Peers Davidson, O.C., Regimental Staff Officers, Officers of
Companies "A-D" Company, Band, Staff Sergeants, A
Company: Platoons: 1-4, B Company: Platoons 5-8, C Company:
Platoons 9-12, D Company: Platoons 13-16 and E Company. There is
also a nice personal diary of John Clarence Ross who died at
Vimy Ridge, April 9, 1917, just short of his 18th birthday,
having lied about his age to enlist.
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