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During the First World War my grandfather, Harry Finch Reynolds, of St Albans was a vet who went to Canada to purchase remounts to replace the horses that were needed to provide transport at the front. I posted details last year (Buying First World War Remounts - Pictures from Hammond, Indiana, USA) and have had several inquiries about the pictures.
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| At Calumet Depot, 1916 |
William has just written to say, about this picture: The second horse probably is part Percheron, as is the dapple grey about to be
loaded onto the train. It was this type of part bred Percheron that coped so
well with the appalling conditions on the Western Front that led to the
Government to import purebred Percherons and establish a breeding base here,
largely to breed part bred horses especially for the light artillery.
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