William Arthur 'Art' Liddicoat

Seaforths, It's our sad duty to report that on March 17th, 2020, Private William Arthur 'Art' Liddicoat of Keremeos passed away, aged 101. Born in Hedley on October 22, 1918 Art fought with the Seaforths from the landings in Sicily in July 1943 to the Liberation of the Netherlands in May 1945. He is survived by his wife May and daughter Joan to whom the Seaforths offer our most sincere condolences.

Art Liddicoat (middle) with Seaforths at the Vancouver CPR station. Seaforth Highlanders of Canada Museum & Archive 2018.326.021.

Under normal circumstances the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada would have sent a piper and a contingent of soldiers to Art’s funeral to pay our respects to Art and his family. In these times of physical distancing, that tradition has been put on hold. Instead Sgt (Ret.) Paul Peacock made the film tribute below with Pipe Major Bell honouring Art . Cabar Feidh.