7th Battalion Cameronians on Guard Duty at Balmoral Castle

7th Cameronians on Guard Duty at Balmoral, October 1942.

My father, Douglas Haig McCreath, back row, seventh from left, formed part of a detachment charged with guarding the Queen Mother and her daughters, Princess Elisabeth (the future Queen) and Princess Margaret. The Battalion’s main station at this time was Comrie.