David Seymour Posted 21 January , 2009 Share Posted 21 January , 2009 As you know the cover photo of J.P.Harris, Douglas Haig and the First World War shows the Field Marshal inspecting the Guard of Honour of C Company, 6th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Does anyone know who is the officer walking immediately behind Haig? Many thanks. With best wishes, David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Armstrong Custer Posted 21 January , 2009 Share Posted 21 January , 2009 David, it may be Lieut. Col. C.J.E. Cranstoun, though I don't have a photograph of Cranstoun to confirm this. Lieut. Col. J.G. Thom commanded the 6th Battalion up until its amalgamation with the 7th Battalion, which took place at midnight on October 5th 1918 at Frevent-Capelle. Thom then became the CO of the resultant 6/7th Battalion. However Thom was succeeded by Cranstoun on the 17th October. As the picture used for the Harris book is captioned 15 November 1918, it would in fact be the newly amalgamated 6/7th Battalion rather than the old 6th which is shown, and Lieut. Col. Cranstoun would have been its CO at that date. Source: The Life of a Regiment: The History of the Gordon Highlanders, volume IV 1914-1919, by Cyril Falls (1958), pp. 230 & 252. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Seymour Posted 21 January , 2009 Author Share Posted 21 January , 2009 GAC, Many thanks for checking that. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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