hockeymum Posted 19 June , 2009 Share Posted 19 June , 2009 Hi I have found these phots of my relatives but unfortunately nobody knows who they are can anyone identify the regiments so we can start to try and figure out who they are. http://www3.snapfish.co.uk/slideshow/Album...AME=snapfishuk/ http://www3.snapfish.co.uk/slideshow/Album...AME=snapfishuk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
findabetterole Posted 19 June , 2009 Share Posted 19 June , 2009 Hello.. welcome to the forum! The Scottish regiment is the Royal Scots Fusiliers, and their headdress badge was a gilding metal impressed flaming grenade in brass. The other regiment is the Manchester Regiment, and their headdress badge for the WW1 period was a coat of arms, the scroll being brass, and the remainder in white metal. Both badges illustrated below. Seph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchtrotter Posted 19 June , 2009 Share Posted 19 June , 2009 Not convinced re manchester. Can the image be enhanced? TT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thGordons Posted 19 June , 2009 Share Posted 19 June , 2009 (edited) Not convinced re manchester. Can the image be enhanced? TT beat me to it! me either.... it is very small but I'd be tempted to say Scots Greys! Although..... under enlargement perhaps I will retract that.... Edited 19 June , 2009 by 4thGordons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Foster Posted 19 June , 2009 Share Posted 19 June , 2009 Did the Royal Scots Fusiliers wear the kilt, apart from the Pipers ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 19 June , 2009 Share Posted 19 June , 2009 Manchesters looks good to me although Scots Greys and Beds Yeomanry spring to mind and he's sporting Corporal stripes Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max7474 Posted 19 June , 2009 Share Posted 19 June , 2009 It is probably the GS Cap badge and is just the plain Coat of Arms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
findabetterole Posted 19 June , 2009 Share Posted 19 June , 2009 Did the Royal Scots Fusiliers wear the kilt, apart from the Pipers ? '4th Gordons' is your man for answering that question! Seph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 19 June , 2009 Share Posted 19 June , 2009 Mi thinks they wore trews, and we need a better look at those badges please hockeymum cheers, Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeymum Posted 19 June , 2009 Author Share Posted 19 June , 2009 Hi Thanks for all your replies. The family came from the Wirral Cheshire so I am surprised at Manchester link. As for the solider in the kilt he could be a distant cousin. Family members served in the Royal Artillery Josiah Heyes Newby , the Cheshire regiment Richard Newby MM and Edward Newby in the 13th Battalion and William Bulmer Studley the Kings Liverpool 1st Garrison in Egypt. I also believe Edward Newby saw action in the Boar war have a look at this badge I found with the photographs. http://www3.snapfish.co.uk/slideshow/Album...AME=snapfishuk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angular Posted 20 June , 2009 Share Posted 20 June , 2009 beat me to it! me either.... it is very small but I'd be tempted to say Scots Greys! Although..... under enlargement perhaps I will retract that.... Don't you think it looks like a Liver bird? If I was thinking heraldically (sp?) I would think it was a pelican, but it he's from the Wirral... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted 20 June , 2009 Share Posted 20 June , 2009 I`m with Max - the GS badge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thGordons Posted 20 June , 2009 Share Posted 20 June , 2009 QUOTE (Phil_B @ Jun 20 2009, 05:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I`m with Max - the GS badge. Agree (third time lucky?) - the centre is higher than on the Manchesters badge....although as a Red I like the Liverbird idea! I have a photo of my great grandad (also from Cheshire, Macc.) wearing a GS badge - he was in the 7th VB Cheshire Regt. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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