Muerrisch Posted 27 April , 2017 Share Posted 27 April , 2017 Marvellous! Among other delights: a very well qualified MG section with many MG badges [one man wears two badges, either both MG or possibly MG and Rangetaker.] A Stretcher Bearer TF, S scarlet B blue intertwined. Note how ortho film renders the blue virtually in visible. This is the latest wearing of the badge that I have ever seen, given the wound badge [1916]. One of the few badges I have never owned. Men of a transport section wearing, I believe, Driving prize badges. Thank you very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 27 April , 2017 Share Posted 27 April , 2017 On 21/04/2017 at 18:34, Dai Bach y Sowldiwr said: "Hope's of Peace". The Grocer's Apostrophe is not a new phenomenon then! The 20th Rifle Brigade was a Pal's Battalion, raised from Grocer's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 27 April , 2017 Share Posted 27 April , 2017 nice one Broomer's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 28 April , 2017 Share Posted 28 April , 2017 Thank you all the information. No14 & No15 19th Bn Postcards Tim on the Manchester Regt site posted this " 21 TMB, Mainly 19th Bttn menGroup in June 1917. Back Row from left – Jim Wilson, Nat Burgess, and John Carr. Middle W Hughes, W Mawdsley & F Lane. Front with Dog – J Lolley I have a copy of this photo from David Carr - John's GrandsonYou can see a few of these men in the main photo, which I suggest may be 21/TMB with the other Bttns." Cheers for any research as it's all helpful Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyH Posted 28 April , 2017 Share Posted 28 April , 2017 On 17/04/2017 at 09:09, FROGSMILE said: Too small for a competition photo. It is most likely a musketry training course run by the Brigade of Guards Depot, where instructional facilities, ranges, etc. were greatly concentrated, for units located within London , or perhaps Southern (Aldershot) Command/District (these latter two terms for a specific area alternated over the years). The instructor of the 'squad' (the term invariably used) is seated centrally. Course photos like this are prolific and invariably similar in appearance. They became popular with the advent of cheaper, glass plate photography that made a commercial photography business viable and studios located close to barracks soon realised the potential for lucrative repeat orders recording men going through various forms of training. Relationships with training schools became cordial and regular and frequently marked by a mutually beneficial arrangement, usually in the form of free prints for the establishment records. Many thanks for the very informative reply. Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 28 April , 2017 Share Posted 28 April , 2017 "Officers,Nco's and men, 3rd Anti Air Craft Section. 224 Albert Rd, Plumstead, Woolwich. May 26th 1916. Left for France May 27th 1916". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 28 April , 2017 Share Posted 28 April , 2017 (edited) R.A. Brass and cloth badges. 20th Hussars, 2nd Dragoons and R.A. hanging round the kitchen door. Does the man with the R.A. badge wear an MM ribbon? Edited 28 April , 2017 by GWF1967 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 29 April , 2017 Share Posted 29 April , 2017 The RA group may be a trumpet course. Two versions of the appointed trumpeter badge can be seen. My eyes cannot be sure if the trumpets are in fact bugles. Either way, both were used ...... the latter for mounted duty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 29 April , 2017 Share Posted 29 April , 2017 23 minutes ago, Muerrisch said: The RA group may be a trumpet course. Two versions of the appointed trumpeter badge can be seen. My eyes cannot be sure if the trumpets are in fact bugles. Either way, both were used ...... the latter for mounted duty. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Black Posted 29 April , 2017 Share Posted 29 April , 2017 1 hour ago, Muerrisch said: The RA group may be a trumpet course. Two versions of the appointed trumpeter badge can be seen. My eyes cannot be sure if the trumpets are in fact bugles. Either way, both were used ...... the latter for mounted duty. No valves, so not trumpets, all bugles. Derek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Barton Posted 30 April , 2017 Share Posted 30 April , 2017 Sorry , all trumpets in the photo. They are longer overall, and no, they don't have valves any more than bugles do. Duty trumpets in Eb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 30 April , 2017 Share Posted 30 April , 2017 (edited) I too see only standard British Army trumpets, as issued to mounted duty units. Edited 30 April , 2017 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerchantOldSalt Posted 30 April , 2017 Share Posted 30 April , 2017 Not of great pith and moment but one bugle I'm sure, chap in the centre of the front row with the "tache" you can see the bell is not as rounded out as the trumpets and the instrument is shorter, bugle. TH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 30 April , 2017 Share Posted 30 April , 2017 2 hours ago, MerchantOldSalt said: Not of great pith and moment but one bugle I'm sure, chap in the centre of the front row with the "tache" you can see the bell is not as rounded out as the trumpets and the instrument is shorter, bugle. TH Yes, I see it now. Ironically he is almost certainly the instructor, seated centrally, with an air of authority and holding a riding whip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 30 April , 2017 Share Posted 30 April , 2017 (edited) 2 cards featuring R.N.D. recruits. Card 1. R.N.D. shoulder titles worn by some men in place of cap badges. " Erney is on the outside it is the inside of his hut". Card 2. All recruits wear R.N.D, cap badges except the man right hand end of front row who wears a "Royal Naval Division" cat tally. Edited 30 April , 2017 by GWF1967 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 30 April , 2017 Share Posted 30 April , 2017 (edited) Nurses and men at Norton Hall Red Cross Hospital, Norton Hall, Cipping Campden, Gloucestershire. "Convalesance during 1915. Campton Hall Glouster" " Norton Hall, Campden Glouster, Convalesant Home" the cards are numbered A7 and A8. The Chipping Campden History Society website has a section "Norton Hall Red Cross Hospital in WW1" and shows image No. A9. Edited 30 April , 2017 by GWF1967 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Black Posted 1 May , 2017 Share Posted 1 May , 2017 19 hours ago, Tony Barton said: Sorry , all trumpets in the photo. They are longer overall, and no, they don't have valves any more than bugles do. Duty trumpets in Eb. No apologies necessary. That'll be "natural trumpets", not modern "trumpets" then. Derek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 1 May , 2017 Share Posted 1 May , 2017 (edited) 7 hours ago, Derek Black said: No apologies necessary. That'll be "natural trumpets", not modern "trumpets" then. Derek. Outside of a band the military have always used trumpets without valves, Derek. You might find this link of interest: http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=11778 Edited 1 May , 2017 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 1 May , 2017 Share Posted 1 May , 2017 10 hours ago, GWF1967 said: 2 cards featuring R.N.D. recruits. Card 1. R.N.D. shoulder titles worn by some men in place of cap badges. " Erney is on the outside it is the inside of his hut". Card 2. All recruits wear R.N.D, cap badges except the man right hand end of front row who wears a "Royal Naval Division" cat tally. Great images. Probably of the RND depot at Blandford, in Dorset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 1 May , 2017 Share Posted 1 May , 2017 1 hour ago, FROGSMILE said: Great images. Probably of the RND depot at Blandford, in Dorset. Thanks. I was having trouble with the badge, until I spotted the broom under the table was R.N.D marked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 1 May , 2017 Share Posted 1 May , 2017 Norfolk Regiment recruits. 3 Postcards of the same Norfolk Private. 2 from a Harlesden photographer, the other from Folkstone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin GWF TEAM Posted 2 May , 2017 Admin Share Posted 2 May , 2017 Dear All You may have seen this thread on Copyright in the About This Forum area. To ensure GWF does not inadvertently fall foul of copyright laws, we are starting to establish a Fair Dealing policy which will permit limited posting of images that are in copyright. To do this properly we will require sources to be included when posting a postcard, image or photo. If it the image is a link to Flickr or similar hosting site you can refer to that fact. If the post card is in your own collection simply say “From my own collection”. If it is a photograph from a book, please include page number and book title. If the image comes from a commercial site like BNA, FMP or Ancestry or a museum/library please give the name, website and collection it was obtained from. We are not looking for lengthy citations but just a note along the lines of the BNA citation in this announcement. Further information about Fair Dealing will be provided when we are in a position to tell everyone. The GWF Team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 3 May , 2017 Share Posted 3 May , 2017 From my own collection; " Henry Percy Keen. Bombardier No (L/) 44291, 33 DIv. Artillery, C/162 Bde. R.F.A, Lawrence Keen. Youngest brother. Elizabeth Keen. Oldest sister + first born" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Atkins Posted 5 May , 2017 Share Posted 5 May , 2017 From my own collection: My grandfather, AB George Sinclair RNVR, and crewmates during operations against the Bolsheviks in the Baltic. A Coatbridge man, he enlisted in November 1915 (Clyde Division), then trained as a signaller and served in HMS Cordelia and HMS Caradoc. I knew him well in his later years. His brother John, to whom these postcards were sent, fought with the Lanarkshire Yeomanry at Gallipoli before being commissioned into the RFA. Cheers, Pat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark holden Posted 5 May , 2017 Share Posted 5 May , 2017 Pictured Private later 2/Lt TS Shackleton 1/6th commissioned 2/6th Bn Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment. Thomas Smith Shackleton was killed in action by enemy shellfire exactly 100 years ago today near Bullecourt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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