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Michael O'Leary, Thank you for these articles. It does answer some of my questions, but I still wonder to whom the Commanding Officer of a District Depot would report, in other words what was the next higher level of command. Thanks Aad

Dan M I am still struggling with the concept of these District Depots: I assume that there was one Depot in each Military District. But they would surely not be independent units - how did they fit in the larger military organisation? Aad

In my research of Pipe Majors of military Pipes & Drums worldwide I fount that during WW2 there was in Canada the Veterans Guard of Canada, formed in 1940 and disbanded in 1947. I understand that at its peak it consisted of 37 Companies (or battalions?); is there a list available of the...

You mention the 'District Depot Pipe Band'. This seems to indicate that there were more District Depots. I am not familiar with these; do you know of which District Depot pipe band Hoggan was P/M and do you have a list of all District Depots , with or without a pipe band? Thanks

In the Canadian Government (Department of Defence) archives, there is a mention of Pipe-Major T Hoggan being congratulated for something by a Lieutenant-Colonel in 1946 in Lansdowne Park in Ottawa. In another document he is referred to as Pipe-Major S Hoggan. Has anyone got information for me...