FROGSMILE Posted 28 August , 2019 Share Posted 28 August , 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, MikeyH said: Frogsmile, Many thanks for your i.d. Mike. Glad to help. I forgot to mention that the difference with RE drivers is that they also received special training in load handling using basic means such as lever and fulcrum, block and tackle and rudimentary tripod cranes, so as to assist with loading and unloading heavyweight stores. Edited 28 August , 2019 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 31 August , 2019 Share Posted 31 August , 2019 Hi all Pick up a few post cards the other day. The name on the back is Leslie Church. He started in the Queens Regt 72607. Labour Corps 657986. ASC EMT/44517 RASC M/19502 Medals BWM & VM, GSM bar Iraq. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimberley John Lindsay Posted 31 August , 2019 Share Posted 31 August , 2019 Dear All, More for Gunner Aficionados: D-119 Bde RFA Dec 1915, Officers and NCOs. The Cmdt got the DSO (Major ap Pryce)... Kindest regards, Kim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 31 August , 2019 Share Posted 31 August , 2019 A Sgt with what looks like a Royal Fusiliers cap badge. The photo was taken by GR.Mackay's Studios 25 North Bridge, Edinburgh, and 70 Leith Walk, Leith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 31 August , 2019 Share Posted 31 August , 2019 Two solders, a Sgt & Pte from The Middlesex Regt wearing Great Coats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 31 August , 2019 Share Posted 31 August , 2019 15 minutes ago, Kimberley John Lindsay said: More for Gunner Aficionados: ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 31 August , 2019 Share Posted 31 August , 2019 Group photo of solders of The Middlesex Regt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 31 August , 2019 Share Posted 31 August , 2019 Looks like a soldier from the Army Cycling Corps. Army Service Corps soldier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 31 August , 2019 Share Posted 31 August , 2019 Post War photo of a group of WO & Sgt from the RA unit with the CO in the centre of the group front rank. Lots of medal's. One of the WO1 is wearing the (craftsman's badge). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 31 August , 2019 Share Posted 31 August , 2019 Royal Engineers soldiers mounting guard. A group of Royal Engineer drivers of mixed rank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 31 August , 2019 Share Posted 31 August , 2019 Three drivers of the Royal Field Artillery / Royal Garrison Artillery. Soldier's of a RAMC unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 31 August , 2019 Share Posted 31 August , 2019 Soldiers from The Royal West Kent Regt (The Buffs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 31 August , 2019 Share Posted 31 August , 2019 Group of mix cap badges from a Ordnance Corps Troops unit. Coln, Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 31 August , 2019 Share Posted 31 August , 2019 Soldiers getting their respirators (Gas Masks) checked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fen Posted 31 August , 2019 Share Posted 31 August , 2019 (edited) A postcard of my great grandfather, Thomas Walton Martin (centre), of 72nd Siege Battery (South African) with 'two chums' McKenzie (left) and Adams/McAdams (right). The postcard is dated [illegible/5/17], maybe someone can make it out on the bottom right corner? The other side reads - ‘My dear Mother, Father & Sis This is just a wee snap of myself and two chums. You must please excuse our appearing so dirty as we just finished pulling guns to [illegible, maybe apart?] and putting them together. Hope everybody is quite well at home. Your loving son & brother’ Edited 31 August , 2019 by Fen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 31 August , 2019 Share Posted 31 August , 2019 8 minutes ago, Fen said: pulling guns to [illegible, maybe apart? to pieces. Great photo, have you also posted it on your 72 thread ? Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fen Posted 31 August , 2019 Share Posted 31 August , 2019 1 minute ago, charlie962 said: to pieces. Great photo, have you also posted it on your 72 thread ? Charlie Not yet, Charlie. I will do so now. I'm still typing up his account in full, I will post that asap too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 31 August , 2019 Share Posted 31 August , 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, themonsstar said: Post War photo of a group of WO & Sgt from the RA unit with the CO in the centre of the group front rank. Lots of medal's. One of the WO1 is wearing the (craftsman's badge). WOI armaments artificer I think. Edited 31 August , 2019 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted 31 August , 2019 Share Posted 31 August , 2019 2 hours ago, Fen said: pulling guns to [illegible, maybe apart?] The missing word is "pieces". GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 31 August , 2019 Share Posted 31 August , 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, themonsstar said: Group of mix cap badges from a Ordnance Corps Troops unit. Coln, Germany. Coln (Cologne) was the location of the British HQ for the post armistice occupation force, which once established became titled the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR). Britain was allocated the Cologne Bridgehead, a key strategic and tactical location to maintain control. These men seem to be members of the initial occupation force. Edited 31 August , 2019 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorporalPunishment Posted 31 August , 2019 Share Posted 31 August , 2019 8 hours ago, themonsstar said: Soldiers from The Royal West Kent Regt (The Buffs) They are not Royal West Kent Regiment, they are members of the Kent Cyclist Battalion. That pattern of cap badge was also worn by the West Kent Yeomanry but they look more like infantry to me. Sorry to be a pain but the Buffs were East Kents not West Kents. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 1 September , 2019 Share Posted 1 September , 2019 8 hours ago, CorporalPunishment said: They are not Royal West Kent Regiment, they are members of the Kent Cyclist Battalion. That pattern of cap badge was also worn by the West Kent Yeomanry but they look more like infantry to me. Sorry to be a pain but the Buffs were East Kents not West Kents. Pete. Excellent spot, Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 1 September , 2019 Share Posted 1 September , 2019 It's ok Peter the Kent Regt's are not my specialist research I just new they were from Kent somewhere. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction as ignorance sometimes isn't bliss. Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardsman Posted 1 September , 2019 Share Posted 1 September , 2019 (edited) my own personal contribution to the forum.... My Uncle, Walter G. Stacey enlisted Nov 25th 1914 24th Battalion (Victoria Rifles), CEF - Discharged Jun 12th 1919 The 24th Battalion (Victoria Rifles), CEF, was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Great Britain on 11 May 1915, arriving in France on 16 September 1915, where it fought as part of the 5th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war. The 24th Battalion was disbanded on 15 September 1920 MOTTO: PRO ARIS ET FOCIS (For the altars and for the hearths) BATTLE HONOURS Ypres, 1915 1917; Festubert, 1915; Mount Sorrel; Somme, 1916, '18; Flers-Courcelette; Thiepval; Ancre Heights; Arras, 1917, 1918; Vimy, 1917; Arleux; Scarpe, 1917, '18; HILL 70; Passchendaele; Amiens; Hindenburg Line; Canal du Nord; Cambrai, 1918; Pursuit to Mons; FRANCE AND FLANDERS, 1915 - 1918. postcard of Walter G. Stacey taken in Montreal before departing for England. postcard of regimental mascot "Squidge" 2nd Canadian expeditionary force 24th battalion assembled in Montreal - taken Feb 22th 1915 Edited 1 September , 2019 by Guardsman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted 1 September , 2019 Share Posted 1 September , 2019 Squidge is a real winner ;-) GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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