Muerrisch Posted 2 January , 2011 Share Posted 2 January , 2011 Very nice: Leading Seaman I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Marshall Posted 3 January , 2011 Share Posted 3 January , 2011 This is Charles Walter Ellis, 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment and presumably his wife. From Willougbhy Grove in Leeds he was captured and spent time as a PoW. Nothing startling in the photo as far as I can see but he does have the bar of his watch chain protruding through one of his breast pocket buttonholes. Cheers, Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wainfleet Posted 3 January , 2011 Share Posted 3 January , 2011 This is Charles Walter Ellis, 2nd Bn West Yorkshire Regiment and presumably his wife. From Willougbhy Grove in Leeds he was captured and spent time as a PoW. Nothing startling in the photo as far as I can see but he does ahve the bar of his watch chain protruding through one of his breast pocket buttonholes. Cheers, Nigel This photo nicely illustrates the great colour variation in the khaki worn by the BEF. It is rare to find two surviving pieces that match. Those trousers Do Not match that tunic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebie9173 Posted 3 January , 2011 Share Posted 3 January , 2011 I think he has a scout badge on his right sleeve? Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 3 January , 2011 Share Posted 3 January , 2011 I think he has a scout badge on his right sleeve? Steve. Possibly: needs a blowup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATNOMIS Posted 3 January , 2011 Share Posted 3 January , 2011 Nigel Got rid of th scratches hope this is ok? Cheers Atnomis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATNOMIS Posted 3 January , 2011 Share Posted 3 January , 2011 On close in my soft ware. It does look like i Scout badge. I took a close up but the res was poor sorry. Atnomis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john gregory Posted 3 January , 2011 Share Posted 3 January , 2011 ASC, what is the flash on his left sleeve, 47th Div ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Marshall Posted 3 January , 2011 Share Posted 3 January , 2011 Atnomis's clean up job is tremendous. Thank you very much. I have scanned the image again and can now get a better view of the 'badge' than is possible through a loupe. I'm afraid that I have to conclude that it is a patch of discolouration, probably foxing. Due to where it is it appears to resemble a scout badge, but it most probably isn't. Cheers, Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATNOMIS Posted 3 January , 2011 Share Posted 3 January , 2011 E mail sent. Enjoy Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted 3 January , 2011 Share Posted 3 January , 2011 ASC, what is the flash on his left sleeve, 47th Div ? Ceertainly looks like a 47th Divison patch - Taff Gillingham has said that these patches were not worn in the Division so this one might be the exception that proves the rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 3 January , 2011 Share Posted 3 January , 2011 Ceertainly looks like a 47th Divison patch - Taff Gillingham has said that these patches were not worn in the Division so this one might be the exception that proves the rule. Do I detect a note of gentle heh! heh! heh! Be sure to draw ChiefChum's attention to your post, it will make his year .......... and yours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 3 January , 2011 Share Posted 3 January , 2011 Thanks Graham and Frogsmile. The original is quite good quality, so I've tried attaching a crop from the second man's upper arm. I conclude that as it's only the 2 men who appear to be wearing the upper arm badge that it might be some kind of qualification badge used internally within that battalion, which is not unheard of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted 3 January , 2011 Share Posted 3 January , 2011 Do I detect a note of gentle heh! heh! heh! Be sure to draw ChiefChum's attention to your post, it will make his year .......... and yours! The exception might just be because the picture is post war? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATNOMIS Posted 4 January , 2011 Share Posted 4 January , 2011 link 243 pqge 10 Scots Guards Pre War-a favorite despite its condition. Cleaned up. Hope you dont mind. Cheers Atnomis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 4 January , 2011 Share Posted 4 January , 2011 Scots Guards Pre War-a favorite despite its condition. Cleaned up. Hope you dont mind. Cheers Atnomis VERY interesting. A good conduct chevron [minimum 2 or 3 years depending on date] Best shot battalion Cpls and below. Shooting medals? [surely not Temperance] and a white/scarlet 2SG title without thistle Fine photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamRev Posted 4 January , 2011 Share Posted 4 January , 2011 A photo of a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Scots Fusiliers in December 1916 or Jan 1917 which I hope people might find of interest (he is my grandad, 2nd Lieut. S. Revels, 1st RSF). He is wearing a Scottish pattern cut-away jacket with khaki trousers/breeches rather than the trews which are sometimes shown in uniform books for Lowland regiments, and he has a small moustache (he told me that in his battalion officers and NCOs were expected to grow moustaches if they could, but 2nd Lieuts weren't supposed to have them wider than the mouth). He has a handkerchief poking out from his left sleeve, he holds gloves and his hands are resting on a walking stick (although you can hardly see this) and his tie is flambouyantly spread. He already has two of the three wound stripes he was to get. William Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 4 January , 2011 Share Posted 4 January , 2011 VERY interesting. A good conduct chevron [minimum 2 or 3 years depending on date] Best shot battalion Cpls and below. Shooting medals? [surely not Temperance] and a white/scarlet 2SG title without thistle Fine photo. Agreed a cracking photo Grumpy and interestingly (for me) it shows the same kind of battalion number that Joe Sweeney mentioned and that I believe appears in your CG group photo earlier in the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 4 January , 2011 Share Posted 4 January , 2011 Could very well be ...... oh! for better res. on my original! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wainfleet Posted 5 January , 2011 Share Posted 5 January , 2011 VERY interesting. A good conduct chevron [minimum 2 or 3 years depending on date] Best shot battalion Cpls and below. Shooting medals? [surely not Temperance] and a white/scarlet 2SG title without thistle Fine photo. ...and regimental buttons. A superb photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john gregory Posted 7 January , 2011 Share Posted 7 January , 2011 Come on chaps lets keep this thread going. Unknown ASC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tocemma Posted 7 January , 2011 Share Posted 7 January , 2011 (edited) Tocemma Edited 22 August , 2023 by tocemma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 7 January , 2011 Share Posted 7 January , 2011 Piper R Taylor from Poplar. 1/18th London Irish, 1918. Note the dark green cuffs, dark green diamond battalion sign and TOS with dark green badge backing. Note the way the overseas service have been applied to the bandsman's inverted 4 chevrons surmounted by the bugle badge. Dark green cords with a loop worn around the neck. Dark green hose worn with full length puttees and saffron kilt. Dark green bagpipe cords. The hose flashes were also saffron coloured. The jacket is a normal SD issue, complete with London Irish black buttons, with the front skirts roughly tacked back to simulate a highland 'cut away' look. This was very common in kilted units and it avoided permanent alteration to the jacket, which had been prohibited by a GRO earlier in the war. Regards Tocemma Weird .... he is badged as the bugle major, I think ...... but was the battalion Light Infy ...... a puzzle! Either way, I think the bugle is in fact a pair, intertwined? Any chance of a close-up please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tocemma Posted 7 January , 2011 Share Posted 7 January , 2011 (edited) Tocemma Edited 22 August , 2023 by tocemma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tocemma Posted 7 January , 2011 Share Posted 7 January , 2011 (edited) Tocemma Edited 22 August , 2023 by tocemma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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