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Larry Gladney

 

The caption reads: "Wash day. Sunday June 16,1940 Taymount Camp, Stanley, Perthshire. I never hung out my washing on the Siegfried Line, but I have hung it on a lot of other lines". (From " Lumberjack Larry"  the memoirs of Larry Gladney (1901), Clarenville)

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"Lumberjack Larry"

Larry Gladney, March 8th 1940  by John Herries McCulloch, a reporter for the Glasgow Sunday Express. Taken on the bank of Loch Long, at Ardentinny, Scotland when I was at Glenfinart camp.(Larry Gladney)

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Past President Larry Gladney and Vice President Bob Hamlyn laying a wreathe in memory of the men of the N.O.F.U that never returned, and are buried in Great Britain.(Larry Gladney)


 

 
Larry Gladney April 1940 
I was proud to have the honour to wear the badge of the Royal Black Watch on my cap, and to be a part time soldier of such a distinguished regiment, L.D.V. - Local Defence Volunteer, later the Home Guard 
 
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From: Newfoundland Overseas Forestry Unit - Larry Gladney Page

 

              
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