As Bermuda celebrated the 50th birthday of the Royal Bermuda Regiment at last month’s Tattoo, visitors caught a glimpse of another anniversary.

From 1915 to 1916, the 38th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force was stationed on the Island before travelling on to fight in the First World War with the Canadian Corps.

Before leaving Bermuda, the battalion was joined by several Bermudians who fought alongside the Canadian soldiers in Flanders, Belgium. Two of those Bermudian soldiers, AE Lamb and C Morton, died in action.

Historian George Cook said the battalion was made up largely of what are now known as the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa and the Governor-General’s Foot Guards, who performed at the Tattoo.

“While those men were here in these islands, three died of various causes, including one by drowning,” Dr Cook said.

“Two of those men are buried at the Prospect Military Cemetery, of whose location very few Bermudians seem now to know, and one is interred at the small military cemetery in Somerset, near the bus turnaround at Watford Bridge, by which many pass on a daily basis probably without even being aware of the site.”

During their visit for the Tattoo, the Commandant of the Camerons, Lt Col Robert Patchett, visited the soldiers’ graves and a brief remembrance service was held at the Prospect Military Cemetery.