john gregory Posted 11 December , 2010 Share Posted 11 December , 2010 Unknown signaller, patch on sleeve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john gregory Posted 11 December , 2010 Share Posted 11 December , 2010 KOSB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john gregory Posted 11 December , 2010 Share Posted 11 December , 2010 RFA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 11 December , 2010 Share Posted 11 December , 2010 Unknown, battle patch to right sleeve Really unusual pic John and apart from a wound stripe I can't make out what he has on the cuff of his left sleeve. It looks like a narrow arm band and there is also some form of very deep V chevron that looks too wide to be a good conduct stripe, unless it's one of the generally wider criss-cross pattern stripes.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 11 December , 2010 Share Posted 11 December , 2010 Here is a group of RFA signallers. Does the presence of an airman tell us anything re unit or role...or just jumped into photo for fun?? Quite possibly related to Air Observation Parties, as until 1918 there were no reliable radio transmtters and corrections to fire were indicated by visual signal, or very latterly morse code, both of which required close cooperation between RFC and RFA signallers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 11 December , 2010 Share Posted 11 December , 2010 Or a battalion 'bomber' as I have seen on the rare occassion one with the flames painted red. Somewhere among my ACI's I have reference to 'grenadiers'(bombers) and 'rifle grenadiers' the latter wore crossed rifles with the plain brass bomb above. However there was some objection to the title 'grenadier' from the Grenadier Guards regarding the use of this specialist title and so 'battalion bomber' was used. Yes, funnily enough I did 'muse' on that possibility in post #847 and I think you are almost certainly right Graham. A bomber rather than a mortar man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchtrotter Posted 11 December , 2010 Author Share Posted 11 December , 2010 ASC with unusual arm bands MTP TT Hull Pals? 15th London Regt with battle patch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john gregory Posted 11 December , 2010 Share Posted 11 December , 2010 Really unusual pic John and apart from a wound stripe I can't make out what he has on the cuff of his left sleeve. It looks like a narrow arm band and there is also some form of very deep V chevron that looks too wide to be a good conduct stripe, unless it's one of the generally wider criss-cross pattern stripes.. According to the Men at Arms British Territorial Units, as a battalion sniper a green band is worn around the left cuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john gregory Posted 11 December , 2010 Share Posted 11 December , 2010 Brought this off ebay 15th London, Civil Service Rifles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john gregory Posted 11 December , 2010 Share Posted 11 December , 2010 John Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyneside Chinaman Posted 11 December , 2010 Share Posted 11 December , 2010 Standing Pte John Patrick Keeler enl 77th Overseas Battalion and ended up in the 42nd Battalion CEF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyneside Chinaman Posted 11 December , 2010 Share Posted 11 December , 2010 Unidentified Sergeant 72nd (Seaforth Highlanders) Battalion CEF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyneside Chinaman Posted 11 December , 2010 Share Posted 11 December , 2010 143rd (British Columbia Bantams)Battalion note the cockerel collar badge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyneside Chinaman Posted 11 December , 2010 Share Posted 11 December , 2010 Unidentified 75th Battalion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyneside Chinaman Posted 11 December , 2010 Share Posted 11 December , 2010 77486 Company Sergeant Major H V Littler 15th (48th Highlanders) Overseas Battalion commissioned into the 1st Central Ontario regiment 26/1/1918. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce Posted 11 December , 2010 Share Posted 11 December , 2010 What was CSM Littler doing in Southport? Bruce (apart from having his photo taken!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john gregory Posted 11 December , 2010 Share Posted 11 December , 2010 Cracking photos TC showing the flashes. JG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyneside Chinaman Posted 11 December , 2010 Share Posted 11 December , 2010 I believe that most soldiers on leave in Southport would be thinking of one thing, Going to church and praising the Lord! Or he maybe had sinful thoughts! who knows what CSM Littler was doing in Southport. Could start an iteresting fictional adventure "Hilary Vaughan Littler and his adventures in Southport" He was born in Selkirk Manitoba on 8 May 1892 and enlisted in Victoria BC on 10/11/14 a Bank Clerk by trade unmarried and had served in the Militia. Regards All Many thanks for the support and comments regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyneside Chinaman Posted 11 December , 2010 Share Posted 11 December , 2010 116th (Ontario County) Battalion CEF Note the green sniper or scout arm band and Blue over grey battle patch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyneside Chinaman Posted 11 December , 2010 Share Posted 11 December , 2010 the 5th Battalion was originally raised as the Western Cavalry here we have the C/5 collars and the red circle over the red rectangle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyneside Chinaman Posted 11 December , 2010 Share Posted 11 December , 2010 An unidentified Sergeant of the 8th Battalion (The Little Black Devils) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyneside Chinaman Posted 11 December , 2010 Share Posted 11 December , 2010 An unidentified man of the 11th Battalion, raised in Saskatchewan they became a reserve battalion in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyneside Chinaman Posted 11 December , 2010 Share Posted 11 December , 2010 22906 Private Edgar Oswald born 17 Jan 1895 in Bradford, a weaver by trade enlisted in Quebec into the Divisional Cyclists Company. He previously served with the 6th Lancashire Fusiliers before emigrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyneside Chinaman Posted 11 December , 2010 Share Posted 11 December , 2010 Another unidentified man this time from the 12th Battalion, raised in Quebec, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island they were redesignated the 12th (Reserve) Battalion. Note I think the girl on the left is his girl friend and wears a maple leaf sweet heart brooch. I think the girl on the right is his sister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Marshall Posted 11 December , 2010 Share Posted 11 December , 2010 Private George Ernest Rose, 2/6th West Yorkshire Regiment. A cutler from Sheffield. A survivor. The tunic looks a little crumpled, might it be brand new? Cheers, Nigel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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