Lorne Scots – BD Jacket and Tam O’ Shanter ‘S.R. Holoday’

Original WWII Lorne Scots , 1st Canadian Corps, Battle Dress jacket and Tam O’Shanter named to Private Stephen R. Holoday.
Private Stephen R. Holoday began his service in 1942, initially training with the RCAMC and later serving with them as a stretcher bearer and subsequently as a medical orderly. After two years and four months, he was transferred to the 1st Canadian Corps, where he served as a rifleman until the end of the war. He passed away in 2006 at the age of 84. The Lorne Scots provided defence and employment platoons to higher formations, with components attached to most brigades and major headquarters.
The jacket and Tam are in worn, service-used condition with normal signs of age. The Battle Dress jacket is manufactured by Tip Top Tailors, dated January 1945, size 5, The jacket bears an ‘A.V. January 1945’ stamp, signifying that it was issued to Holoday in January 1945 and was treated with an anti-gas preparation. All insignia are original, period applied, and nicely sunken into the fabric, including a pair of English-made embroidered Lorne Scots shoulder titles and printed red formation patches for the 1st Canadian Corps. Holoday’s name, “S.R. Holoday,” is written on the inside pocket.

The Tam O’Shanter is English-made by A & J Gelfer of Glasgow, dated 1941, size 7 1/8. It retains its original tartan and original cap badge, though the toorie is no longer present.

A stunning, named Lorne Scots Battle Dress jacket complete with its Tam O’Shanter.

Pircture information: 9 July 1945. Photo of Guard of Honour from the Lornes drawn up in front of the Hotel de Wereld, Wageningen,
where General Blaskowitz agreed to surrender terms offered by General Foulkes. Officer of the guard is Lt. J.E.R. Bingeman.
A plaque was unveiled and Prince Bernhard given a Royal Salute.