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10 hours ago, GWF1967 said:

R.W.F.

T-RAMC-WELSH.

Welsh Guards.

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Very young and diminutive RWF lad, the rifle is almost as big as him and yet does not seem to be a long Lee?

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Aussie with Rising sun collars and on his slouch hat.  I notice he has football buttons and a cover on his watch.  Anyone know the colour patch? This is a lovely sharp image from Pontypridd in Wales, which came as part of a "family" lot from west Wales

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Welsh Horse, another great image from the same group

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Pembroke Yeomanry, there is another to the Pembs from pre war which I have shown elsewhere.

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Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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A member of the Welsh, which interestingly has the same photo backdrop as one I already owned, with two Welshmen in it.  Possibly the same man in both?

 

 

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16 hours ago, Drew-1918 said:

 

Does anyone know what the cloth patches with numbers indicate? Also, I think the two chaps on the right may have different numbers. 

They are wearing No10 patches. Perhaps 10th Training Reserve Battalion. There are a couple of different colour combinations on show. 

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I see, interesting. Thanks very much for that. 

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Pre war Yorkshire Reg

maybe useful for comparison purposes

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Ray 

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1+2. Unnamed  R.A. recruits.

3.Gnr. H. Allcock. R.F.A. November 1916.

4+5.Opinions welcomed please.

 

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It looks as if the last one on his horse is also RA.

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3 minutes ago, Jerry B said:

It looks as if the last one on his horse is also RA.

Thank you Jerry.

That was my thought too, I was willing to be wrong though!

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A.S.C. Drivers.  at Broadway Studios. Aldershot.

J. Parkinson.

F. Simson?

G. Lawrence?

  Tom.

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Possibly Torrance for one.

 

Derek

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40 minutes ago, Derek Black said:

Possibly Torrance for one.

 

Derek

Yes, although looks like Torrence.

Can't find a G.Torrence in the Medal Index cards for the ASC, could have been on Home Duty I suppose.

There is a G .Torrance though, he finally went to France in 1918.

 

Second one could be F. Timpson, although again, none in ASC MIC lists.

Plenty of F.Simpsons though.

And plenty of J.Parkinsons

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5 hours ago, IPT said:

There's a Frank Timson

Ah yes of course -Timson.

Why did I put Timpson?

Was that a rhetorical question?

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On 3 June 2017 at 16:23, Derek Black said:

Possibly Torrance for one.

 

Derek

 

On 3 June 2017 at 17:00, Dai Bach y Sowldiwr said:

Yes, although looks like Torrence.

Can't find a G.Torrence in the Medal Index cards for the ASC, could have been on Home Duty I suppose.

There is a G .Torrance though, he finally went to France in 1918.

 

Second one could be F. Timpson, although again, none in ASC MIC lists.

Plenty of F.Simpsons though.

And plenty of J.Parkinsons

 

On 3 June 2017 at 17:24, IPT said:

There's a Frank Timson

Thanks for looking and for the suggestions. 

 

On 3 June 2017 at 22:29, Dai Bach y Sowldiwr said:

Ah yes of course -Timson.

Why did I put Timpson?

Was that a rhetorical question?

Busting for a P?

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Frederick Barter VC MC

 

He was born in Cardiff. He was 24 years old, and a Company Sergeant Major in the Special Reserve,The Royal Welch Fusiliers, attached to the 1st Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers during the WW1 when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 16 May 1915 at Festubert,France, Company Sergeant-Major Barter, when in the first line of German trenches, called for volunteers to enable him to extend our line, and with the eight men who responded, he attacked the German position with bombs, capturing three German officers, 102 men and 500 yards of their trenches. He subsequently found and cut 11 of the enemy's mine leads situated about 20 yards apart.

 

William Charles Fuller VC

 

On 14 September 1914 near Chivy-sur-Aisne,France, Lance-Corporal Fuller advanced under very heavy enemy rifle and machine gun fire to extract an officer who was mortally wounded, and carried him back to cover. Fuller won his Victoria Cross for saving Captain Mark Haggard, who had fallen wounded. He carried him a distance estimated at 100 yards to a ridge where he managed to dress the officer's wounds. Captain Haggard asked Lance Corporal Fuller to fetch his rifle from where he had fallen. He did not want the enemy to get it, Fuller managed to do.

With the help of two others, Private Snooks and Lieutenant Melvin, Officer in charge of the machine-gun section of the Welsh Regiment, they managed to get Haggard to the safety of a barn that was being used as a first-aid dressing station.

Lance-Corporal Fuller remained with Captain Haggard trying to help him until the officer died later on that evening. His last words to Fuller were "Stick it, Welsh." Afterwards, he died. Lance-Corporal Fuller attended to two other officers who had also been brought to the barn wounded (Lieutenant The Honorable Fitzroy Somerset and Lieutenant Richards). The barn came under heavy fire, and the wounded men and officers were evacuated. Afterwards, the barn was razed to the ground via German shell-fire.

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38th Division MGC Private and friend

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East Lancashire Officer and WO. Tie with the hospital Blues looks bought privately? I'm sure not service issue.

 

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4 hours ago, ATNOMIS said:

"With the compliments of Pte Ernest Catley 8050., 1st East Lance Regt."

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What a superb photo!

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1 hour ago, mark holden said:

What a superb photo!

 

 

Mark Thank you.

 

Here is the rear of the picture. I forgot to post this morning.

 

Simon

 

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