5TH SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS PIPE BAND - Pipers of the 5th Bn Seaforth Highlanders 152 Bde., who have piped their Battalion into action from El Alamein (Egypt) across two continents now, out of the line for a short rest, practice by the side of the swift flowing river L'Ourthe, in the little town of Hotton. , British Army, 21st Army Group

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