Coastguard Fred Warnes prepares to fire the cannon marking the end of the autumn meeting, the Old Course, St Andrews.

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Coastguard Fred Warnes prepares to fire the cannon marking the end of the autumn meeting, the Old Course, St Andrews.
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ID
GMC-9-11-5
Title
Coastguard Fred Warnes prepares to fire the cannon marking the end of the autumn meeting, the Old Course, St Andrews.
Descriptive titles
  • The autumn meeting when Lord Balfour of Burleigh played in as the new captain of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, St Andrews.
Description
The cannon is from the Crimean War supply ship HMS Sutlej which was wrecked in St Andrews Bay in about 1856 while she was on peace-time duties.
Collection
George M Cowie St Andrews Photojournalism Collection
Parent record
Lord Balfour of Burleigh. Parent record level Series
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Date
September 1949
Department
Special Collections - Photographic Collections
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Acknowledgement
© The University of St Andrews
Conditions
CC BY-NC Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Public License
Credit line
Courtesy of the University of St Andrews Libraries and Museums, ID: GMC-9-11-5

Location

Coordinates
56 20 38 N, 002 48 14 W
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Location
  1. World
  2. Europe
  3. United Kingdom
  4. Scotland
  5. Fife
  6. St Andrews

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