INTERESTING PHOTO WW1

[Surpmil]

My grandfather did a stint as a censor whilst recovering from wounds the second time he was wounded. My sister has, and is selfishly hoarding boxes of the photos he set aside for his personal collection. All of them have his initials and censor stamp stating that they may be released for publication. Not one of them has cap badges or formation insignia blacked out or covered.

Looking at the picture in question, one can just see the shape of a metal tab on the epaulets of some of the troops. It appears as a small rectangle. I believe it may be a 'CANADA'. I recently read that some Canadian 'Scottish' battalions wore Khaki Balmoral bonnets. Hazarding a guess based upon that, I wonder if they are Canadians, circa 1916.

That's interesting, but what army did he serve in? If he was able to stamp photos as passed it would make sense to "pass" those he kept for his personal collection, for obvious reasons.

My guess is these fellows are "Imperials" and I suspect one of the battalions of the Black Watch.

...You guys understand the hatbadge is over the left ear on this headress? You can't see them from here anyway, they aren't blacked out or deleted. You can't see them.

If the cap badges are not obscured deliberately, then why can we not see a single glint from any of them, even though the angle of the balmorals on some of the men clearly indicate that we should? Blackened badges? I haven't seen any for WWI Scottish regiments myself.