One for Jon Skagfeld ......

[Mark W. Tonner]

Jon;

I knew Dave Lowry had been with the Royal Regiment a long time, but I didn't think it had been since .................


Jon; When I first saw this photo, it struck me how much this Corporal looks like a very, very young Dave Lowry

Source: LAC - PA-000450

Caption: The Mascot (3rd Canadian Infantry Battalion). August, 1916

[Jon Skagfeld]

Good one, Mark!

The initials on the mascot stand for "Toronto Regiment", right?

Dave, now RSM of the Royal Regiment of Canada, has nowhere near the amount of hair that is shown.

A nick name that we always used for him was "Yah, yah".

Whenever he could, he would interrupt anyone's conversation by saying..."Yah, yah, but while I was on my mortar course..."

Of course, don't we all have our idiocyncransies?

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally posted by Jon Skagfeld
The initials on the mascot stand for "Toronto Regiment", right?

Yes they do Jon ....

Originally posted by Jon Skagfeld
Dave, now RSM of the Royal Regiment of Canada, has nowhere near the amount of hair that is shown

..... yes that is true, but you have to remember that the photo was taken in 1916 ...... and I think if the forage cap were removed, his bald spot would be just starting to show......

Originally posted by Jon Skagfeld
A nick name that we always used for him was "Yah, yah".

.......and I use to refer to Dave as Warrant or Sergeant-Major 'Yah Yah' ..... he can talk the ear off a dead horse .......

Originally posted by Mark W. Tonner
..... he can talk the ear off a dead horse .......

So can YOU!