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"Going Home for Christmas"
December 1918
Lt. Duncan MacDonald of the 42nd Highland Regiment (Black Watch) is going home for Christmas. Wounded in France, he has spent the last few months at a military hospital in England. He is dressed in the “Hospital Blues” worn by recuperating British military patients. These consisted of a blue suit with white lapels, white shirt and red tie. He is accompanied by his two sisters: Rose, a member of Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service (distinguished by their red capes) and Margaret, a member of Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (wearing a grey cape with red trim). They are about to be picked up for transport to King’s Cross Station where they will catch a train to Edinburgh for a joyous family holiday reunion.
December 1918
Lt. Duncan MacDonald of the 42nd Highland Regiment (Black Watch) is going home for Christmas. Wounded in France, he has spent the last few months at a military hospital in England. He is dressed in the “Hospital Blues” worn by recuperating British military patients. These consisted of a blue suit with white lapels, white shirt and red tie. He is accompanied by his two sisters: Rose, a member of Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service (distinguished by their red capes) and Margaret, a member of Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (wearing a grey cape with red trim). They are about to be picked up for transport to King’s Cross Station where they will catch a train to Edinburgh for a joyous family holiday reunion.
