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Ceremony for Gordon Highlanders from Chievres on Liberation
Presentation of A Flag by the Gordon Highlanders to Chievres on Liberation
Ceremony for Gordon Highlanders from Chievres on Liberation
Ceremony for Gordon Highlanders from Chievres on Liberation

Presentation of A Flag by the Gordon Highlanders to Chievres on Liberation

Associated
Date1918
Object NamePostcard
MediumPaper
ClassificationsWartime
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS022244.15
About MeThe 5th Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders (mustered in Ellon) liberated the Belgium town of Chievres in 1918. Upon liberation they presented the town with a regimental flag which remained there until the Second World War when it was removed by invading Germans.
World War 1 Postcard Flag of Gordon Highlanders
World War One Regimental Flag of Gordon Highlanders Given to Chievres on Liberation
Gordon Highlanders Regiment
1914-1918
World War 1 Newspaper on Ceremony for Gordon Highlanders
World War 1 Newspaper on Ceremony for Gordon Highlanders
Gordon Highlanders Regiment
1918
Image Not Available for World War One Gordon Highlanders Wiring Course Documents
World War One Gordon Highlanders Wiring Course Documents
Gordon Highlanders Regiment
1914-1918
Image Not Available for Embroidered Postcard
Embroidered Postcard
World War 1
Sergeants 4th Gordon Territorial Highlanders
Sergeants 4th Gordon Territorial Highlanders
Gordon Highlanders Regiment
1914-1918
War Cemetery Cross to Corporal Morrison
War Cemetery Cross to Corporal Morrison
Gordon Highlanders Regiment
1917
Image Not Available for Railway Warrant
Railway Warrant
1917
Image Not Available for Embroidered Card, 1918
Embroidered Card, 1918
1918
Image Not Available for Embroidered Postcard, 1918
Embroidered Postcard, 1918
1918
1914-1915 Star, War Medal and Victory Medal
1914-1915 Star, War Medal and Victory Medal
Lieutenant W B Meff
1914-1919
World War One Gordon Highlanders Operation Orders 44A
World War One Gordon Highlanders Operation Orders 44A
Gordon Highlanders Regiment
October 1918
A Short record of the Services of the Regiment
A Short record of the Services of the Regiment
Gordon Highlanders Regiment
1921
Image Not Available for 33 Military Buttons and Cap Badges
33 Military Buttons and Cap Badges
1880-1945
World War 1 Postcard
World War 1 Postcard
1914-1918
Image Not Available for Showing Flags Of The Allies
Showing Flags Of The Allies
1914-18
Embroidered Wartime Card: "1916"
Embroidered Wartime Card: "1916"
1916
Image Not Available for Embroidered Postcard
Embroidered Postcard
World War 1
Image Not Available for Wartime Postcard
Wartime Postcard
World War 1
Unidentified Troops Marching
Unidentified Troops Marching
1914-1918
"Tom" Drum Horse
"Tom", Drum Horse, 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars
1917
The Time Gun
The Time Gun
1917
Unloading a 4.7 Gun
Unloading a 4.7 Gun
1914-1918
Image Not Available for Ancient Convent of the Holly Sacrament
Ancient Convent of the Holly Sacrament
Image Not Available for Ancient Convent of the Holly Sacrament
Ancient Convent of the Holly Sacrament
1914-1918