Muerrisch Posted 26 September , 2013 Share Posted 26 September , 2013 Unknown soldiers Yorkshire Regiment and ? regards Ray photo taken after Jan 1918 for overseas chevrons to appear, by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bardess Posted 26 September , 2013 Share Posted 26 September , 2013 I have one of those too, Ray. My Great Aunt and Great Uncle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveE Posted 26 September , 2013 Share Posted 26 September , 2013 I thought Emma may have been wearing her sons uniform (Yorks), Looked like Yorks cap badge to my failing eyesight obviously not! Ray Nothing wrong with your eyesight, Emma is wearing the badge of the Yorkshire Regiment. Annie, for what it's worth, appears to me to be wearing a Machine Gun Corps badge. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris G Anderson Posted 30 September , 2013 Share Posted 30 September , 2013 This postcard was sent by Cpl James P Anderson, my grandfather. (4th from rt 2nd row). (On the back of the card, addressed to his sister-in-law, he refers to the death of his brother-in-law, Private John Pratt, Black Watch KIA, the subject of my post on this topic on 31 July 2013.) This is the same James P Anderson in the postcard of the Chinese Labour Squad posted 30 July 2013. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B Posted 3 October , 2013 Share Posted 3 October , 2013 The Welsh. Pembroke dock and Haverfordwest photographer. Appears to be dated 1910 on the reverse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thGordons Posted 3 October , 2013 Share Posted 3 October , 2013 The Welsh. Pembroke dock and Haverfordwest photographer. Appears to be dated 1910 on the reverse. Welsh pc obverse small.jpg If that is a Pattern 14 belt (as it appears to be) I suspect the date may be 1916? - after 1914 anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B Posted 3 October , 2013 Share Posted 3 October , 2013 If that is a Pattern 14 belt (as it appears to be) I suspect the date may be 1916? - after 1914 anyway! Thanks, it is probably just a photographers annotation on the reverse then. Here it is, as it did not really make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchtrotter Posted 31 December , 2013 Author Share Posted 31 December , 2013 I aquired this card and two others from ebay for pennies two years ago. Not quite a portrait but sentiments of the season..... Sent 28/12/16 from Neuif St Sepulchre? and reads as follows (or something close)...... My dear cousins, Recieve from me greetings for 1917 and wishing you much happiness and health for the new year. Also hoping that it brings the end of this terrible war. With my best wishes and warm embraces all the time, cousin ?????????? Happy New Year to one and all and a big thanks to all who have shared images on this wonderful thread. TT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john gregory Posted 31 December , 2013 Share Posted 31 December , 2013 Sherwood Foresters Normanton Barracks about 1914. Now a cinema complex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pykett Posted 31 December , 2013 Share Posted 31 December , 2013 Private Ellis Daniels, Nottingham and Derbyshire Regiment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pykett Posted 31 December , 2013 Share Posted 31 December , 2013 Sergeant Harry Pykett, Army Veterinary Corps (left). The Sergeant on the right is unknown, can anyone identify the badges? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wainfleet Posted 1 January , 2014 Share Posted 1 January , 2014 Ellis Daniels wearing private purchase boots - note speedlacers at top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pykett Posted 1 January , 2014 Share Posted 1 January , 2014 Ellis Daniels wearing private purchase boots - note speedlacers at top. Is this unusual? I believe Ellis was in the Territorial Forces prior to the war, could the boots be due to this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Eggs Posted 2 January , 2014 Share Posted 2 January , 2014 This Post Card of the Lads of the village/ 23rd London Regiment. In the main centre row 3rd from the left is my uncle Charlie , who was killed in action Sept 1916 .I would think all of his comrades were killed on the same day. /High Wood Private Charles Henry Eggs ,4992 1st/23rd Bn ., London Regiment. Remembered with honour. THIEPVAL MEMEORIAL Crimson Rambler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wainfleet Posted 2 January , 2014 Share Posted 2 January , 2014 Is this unusual? I believe Ellis was in the Territorial Forces prior to the war, could the boots be due to this? It's possible, but the two things may not be connected, as the wearing of private purchase boots was surprisingly common throughout the army during the war, if we are to judge from photographs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beestonboxer Posted 2 January , 2014 Share Posted 2 January , 2014 Captain Harry Kirwan umfreville 2nd Duke Of Wellingtons Regiment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pykett Posted 2 January , 2014 Share Posted 2 January , 2014 It's possible, but the two things may not be connected, as the wearing of private purchase boots was surprisingly common throughout the army during the war, if we are to judge from photographs. It has surprised me a little as in 1914 Ellis was a coal miner with 4 young children, I can imagine money would have been fairly thin on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Eggs Posted 3 January , 2014 Share Posted 3 January , 2014 A Tank Corps man's post card to an old comrade. Crimson rambler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron da Valli Posted 3 January , 2014 Share Posted 3 January , 2014 Driver William John Rawcliffe 16981 Royal Field Artillery & Royal Horse Artillery b Oswaldtwistle Lancashire 1889 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron da Valli Posted 3 January , 2014 Share Posted 3 January , 2014 Private Herbert Charles Rawcliffe 17936 11th East Lancashire Regiment b Church Lancashire 1894. Brother of William Rawcliffe KIA 1st July 1916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick Eggs Posted 3 January , 2014 Share Posted 3 January , 2014 This a Memorial card very common in Ireland , This one is for Gunner John Cotter 3578 ,31st Siege Bty., Royal Garrison Artillery. Died on 6th January 1916. aged 38. Remembered with honour / Boulogne Eastern Cemetery. (My Mother's Uncle) Crimson Rambler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wainfleet Posted 5 January , 2014 Share Posted 5 January , 2014 It has surprised me a little as in 1914 Ellis was a coal miner with 4 young children, I can imagine money would have been fairly thin on the ground. They aren't any regulation pattern, but early in the war there was a great shortage of boots and so he might have been issued with this type, or given a boot allowance to go out and buy them. All a bit speculative I'm afraid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0rris Posted 7 January , 2014 Share Posted 7 January , 2014 I would think that as the wreaths appear to have message cards on them, that they are 'fresh' and about to be laid on a grave or memorial.khaki Sad and odd - given the youthful appearance of both women (and the backdrop of the cemetery) are we to assume they're about to lay these memorials on behalf of other's or have they just been removed for preservation.Any indications on reverse ?Fascinating image.Tim Rather sad postcard. I came across this photo of the same two women tending the graves. More likely to be local ladies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchtrotter Posted 12 January , 2014 Author Share Posted 12 January , 2014 This image aquired earlier this week from EB. Only one other bidder. If anyone can tell me if he is Chasseur Alpin or Chasseur a Pied please do. Also is he wearing single breasted great coat or the Dolman jacket??? The unit citation is nice.TT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalyback Posted 12 January , 2014 Share Posted 12 January , 2014 WG_women.jpg I came across this photo of the same two women tending the graves. More likely to be local ladies? If my research is right and the photo is in the correct area. One of the ladies could be my Great grandmother. The one standing is a spitting image of my aunty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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