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Bought this one today. Do you think they are brothers? One was an artillery man, what about the other?

Written on reverse: 'Bingham P3770'

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Bought this one today. Do you think they are brothers? One was an artillery man, what about the other?

Written on reverse: 'Bingham P3770'

Great find Chris. There's a load of Artillery Binghams in relation to medal cards. Number doesn't match at the moment. I wonder what that cap badge is with the other chap - can you enlarge it at all?

Regards.

SPN

Maldon.

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There will not be a number match because he is an officer and because the number is probably the number of the negative. The second officer served in the Gloucestershire Regiment.

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One possibility:

Medal card of Bingham, Charles Frederick

Corps Regiment No Rank

6th Dragoons CON/3338 Staff Serjeant Major

7th Gloucestershire Regiment CON/3338 Lieutenant and Quarter Master

General List CON/3338 Lieutenant and Quarter Master

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Another:

Medal card of Bingham, Humphrey Francis

Corps Regiment No Rank

Royal Field Artillery Second Lieutenant

Royal Field Artillery Second Lieutenant

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One possibility:

Medal card of Bingham, Charles Frederick

Corps Regiment No Rank

6th Dragoons CON/3338 Staff Serjeant Major

7th Gloucestershire Regiment CON/3338 Lieutenant and Quarter Master

General List CON/3338 Lieutenant and Quarter Master

Was just about to post this one but you beat me to it!

Regards.

SPN

Maldon

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One hell of a knobkerrie the Glosters chap is holding.

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I could be wrong, but the Glosters chap looks a little young to have made it to Sergeant Major rank in a cavalry regiment and then become a QM in an inantry unit. The QM post was normally (I think) a post for a fairly long-serving ranker. Additionally he's a 2nd Lt, not a Lieutenant, so my guess is he's not the 6th Dragoons bloke. Looking at the medal card, my thoughts are that the chap mentioned is an old-ish ranker, commissioned as QM into a Service Battalion. I think the photo is of a younger man.

And is it an ashplant, rather than a knobkerrie?

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Another possibility for the 'Gunner' Bingham?

BINGHAM, HAROLD

Initials: H

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Second Lieutenant

Regiment/Service: Royal Field Artillery

Unit Text: "C" Bty. 78th Bde.

Age: 34

Date of Death: 15/09/1918

Additional information: Son of John and Alice Bingham; husband of Mabel Bingham. Born at Headcoln, Kent. Was for many years on the staff of the Temperance Building Society, Ludgate Hill, London.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: I. A. 5.

Cemetery: ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANAN

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