tocemma Posted 3 March , 2010 Share Posted 3 March , 2010 Hello all, Came across this whilst going through some photographs. Using the 14 pattern waistbelt as a rough scale, it makes the Middlesex chap on the left 4' 10-11" and the Gunner on his left 6' 7"! I wonder if Joe Sweeney can come up with the tunic sizes.... Must make the Gunner one of the tallest men in the Army at the time, and makes our Middx. man under the minimum size. Anyone care to comment. Regards Tocemma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelS Posted 3 March , 2010 Share Posted 3 March , 2010 Nice photo; the faces in the window add interest. Looks like 'Bisley Camp' given at the bottom? Plenty of other contenders for the tallest (and shortest) though! Click NigelS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Sweeney Posted 3 March , 2010 Share Posted 3 March , 2010 Looks like a job for the unit tailors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Upton Posted 3 March , 2010 Share Posted 3 March , 2010 Looks like a job for the unit tailors. Might have been able to sort out the missing button on the little chaps jacket... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tocemma Posted 3 March , 2010 Author Share Posted 3 March , 2010 I can tell you who the Shortest British Soldier to serve in the Great War was...He was Corporal Henry Thridgould,from New York,who served in the 21st Battalion, Middlesex Regt...His Height was 4 feet 9 Inches. Nigel's link has the above. I suspect this might be Corp. Thridgould.... Tocemma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tocemma Posted 4 March , 2010 Author Share Posted 4 March , 2010 Looks like it might be Corporal Thridgould. anyone else have a picture of him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Upton Posted 4 March , 2010 Share Posted 4 March , 2010 I can tell you who the Shortest British Soldier to serve in the Great War was...He was Corporal Henry Thridgould,from New York,who served in the 21st Battalion, Middlesex Regt...His Height was 4 feet 9 Inches. Nigel's link has the above. I suspect this might be Corp. Thridgould.... Surely FC Wittman (albeit an Australian, but serving in the British Army) at only 3 foot 8 has to be the shortest? The same thread, post 30, has his picture: http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/i...69924&st=25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom W. Posted 4 March , 2010 Share Posted 4 March , 2010 The Germans allowed extremely short men into their army, too. The one on the left is in a tench-mortar company, and the one on the right is in some kind of explosive-ordnance disposal unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tocemma Posted 4 March , 2010 Author Share Posted 4 March , 2010 If it was Corporal Henry C Thridgould 16829 Middlesex Regiment, 119704 Labour Corps, then it seems he was born in March 1880 in Mile End Old Town. This would make the Middlesex his local Regiment. There is a Henry Thridgould shown on Ancestry as leaving New York in 1938 and arriving in Southampton. His birth is also shown as 1880. I guess they are one and the same man. Anyone know anything more about him? It certainly seems to be the same man as on the cover of the Bantams book. I don't have a copy of the book, so don't have a clearer image of him. His age would be about 35, if as I would guess, the photo was taken in 1915. I am intrigued by this. I have had this photo for years and have never looked into it. Regards Tocemma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinhat47 Posted 4 March , 2010 Share Posted 4 March , 2010 I remember this photo being described in Sidney Allinson's "The Bantams," but the photo was never included with the plates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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