Blantyre part time soldiers Steven Robertson and Michael McGuigan take the salute in this next picture from September 1977 and the awards of a good year’s soldiering from one of their officers. The lads were Cameronian Cadets and the pride of the Hamilton Platoon. Steven (centre) former pupil of John Ogilvie R.C High School was […]
Despite best endeavours, I’ve not been able to name this Cameronian Solider. Photographed by Blantyre photographer David Ritchie, sometime between 1905 and 1910, the man in this previously unseen photo is likely from Blantyre. I’d thought the backdrop was a sheet which the photographer sometimes used to mask stone or unattractive buildings providing a more […]