CorporalPunishment Posted 16 March , 2022 Share Posted 16 March , 2022 3 minutes ago, GWF1967 said: I had a look with a loupe in daylight, and now think you may be right with Wiltshire regiment. Thanks, I did wonder about it. I am in no doubt at all that the cap badge is that of the Wiltshire Regiment. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 16 March , 2022 Share Posted 16 March , 2022 13 minutes ago, GWF1967 said: I had a look with a loupe in daylight, and now think you may be right with Wiltshire regiment. It does seem a long scroll and it means he’s bent his badge into quite a pronounced curve. Where did you get the information that he was Labour Corps? 9 minutes ago, CorporalPunishment said: Thanks, I did wonder about it. I am in no doubt at all that the cap badge is that of the Wiltshire Regiment. Pete. Thanks Pete. Noted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 16 March , 2022 Share Posted 16 March , 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, FROGSMILE said: Where did you get the information that he was Labour Corps? Eyeball. Mk.1 Edited 16 March , 2022 by GWF1967 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 16 March , 2022 Share Posted 16 March , 2022 6 minutes ago, GWF1967 said: Ah yes I understand. Well it fooled me too. We can only see so much on a phone screen and it’s more difficult to use a linen tester, or loupe. It’s also more bent over than I’ve seen for some time now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 16 March , 2022 Share Posted 16 March , 2022 Wiltshire Regiment. From the same batch as "Fred". The last two photographs feature the same unnamed man; the man front left of the group appears to wear a Wilts shoulder title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 16 March , 2022 Share Posted 16 March , 2022 55 minutes ago, GWF1967 said: Wiltshire Regiment. From the same batch as "Fred". The last two photographs feature the same unnamed man; the man front left of the group appears to wear a Wilts shoulder title. Brilliant! That’s much better. The badges are indeed Wiltshire Regiment and we get a good example of dazzling reflected light from off the badge of our subject this time that shows how a slight change can cause distortion. They are really good quality glass plate images, thank you for posting them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 19 March , 2022 Share Posted 19 March , 2022 Pte. William Mason. 201159. 7th Seaforth Highlanders. K.I.A. 28th September 1918. Aged.19 Ypres Town Cemetery Extension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 21 March , 2022 Share Posted 21 March , 2022 "James Purser, My Husband. Royal Artillery 2nd Lieutenant (Subaltern). 1914. Joined Up = 22 1916 (Sic). In picture age 24. 1918 Lieutenant. (2nd in photo). Died 19th Oct. 1981." Alfred James Purser. 2/Lt. Royal Garrison Artillery. Enlisted. 16/11/1914. Leading Seaman LZ/871. Hawke Battalion. Commissioned 2/Lt. R.G.A. 9/6/1917. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 21 March , 2022 Share Posted 21 March , 2022 50 minutes ago, GWF1967 said: "James Purser, My Husband. Royal Artillery 2nd Lieutenant (Subaltern). 1914. Joined Up = 22 1916 (Sic). In picture age 24. 1918 Lieutenant. (2nd in photo). Died 19th Oct. 1981." Alfred James Purser. 2/Lt. Royal Garrison Artillery. Enlisted. 16/11/1914. Leading Seaman LZ/871. Hawke Battalion. Commissioned 2/Lt. R.G.A. 9/6/1917. Quite an intriguing photograph, he looks almost shell shocked in the way that he looks at the camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 21 March , 2022 Share Posted 21 March , 2022 28 minutes ago, FROGSMILE said: Quite an intriguing photograph, he looks almost shell shocked in the way that he looks at the camera. Possibly so. He'd served overseas with the R.N.D, being promoted Leading Seaman 7/8/15, before being commissioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 21 March , 2022 Share Posted 21 March , 2022 Poelcappelle post war. I believe the tank to be the remains of D29. Damon II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 21 March , 2022 Share Posted 21 March , 2022 54 minutes ago, GWF1967 said: Possibly so. He'd served overseas with the R.N.D, being promoted Leading Seaman 7/8/15, before being commissioned. Yes I was thinking that. He definitely looks haunted in his eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 23 March , 2022 Share Posted 23 March , 2022 Pte. Robert Henry Roberts 92111. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. B.1899. Newborough, Anglesey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 23 March , 2022 Share Posted 23 March , 2022 (edited) 10 hours ago, GWF1967 said: Pte. Robert Henry Roberts 92111. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. B.1899. Newborough, Anglesey. A superb quality image, thank you for posting it. He has a palpably sad look in his eyes I think. The view of his insignia and 1916 soft trench cap is especially clear. Edited 24 March , 2022 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B Posted 24 March , 2022 Share Posted 24 March , 2022 10 hours ago, GWF1967 said: Pte. Robert Henry Roberts 92111. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. B.1899. Newborough, Anglesey. A great image and named as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 24 March , 2022 Share Posted 24 March , 2022 4 minutes ago, Jerry B said: A great image and named as well Yes, I wonder if he survived… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B Posted 24 March , 2022 Share Posted 24 March , 2022 3 minutes ago, FROGSMILE said: Yes, I wonder if he survived… he does not seem to appear on the commonwealth war graves search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 24 March , 2022 Share Posted 24 March , 2022 1 minute ago, Jerry B said: he does not seem to appear on the commonwealth war graves search Seems like the portents are good then. I’d like to think that such a sad looking man made it through in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 24 March , 2022 Share Posted 24 March , 2022 4 minutes ago, FROGSMILE said: Yes, I wonder if he survived… I don’t think he served overseas. He has a MIC with a date he applied for medals, but no medal roll that I can find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B Posted 24 March , 2022 Share Posted 24 March , 2022 Just now, GWF1967 said: I don’t think he served overseas. He has a MIC with a date he applied for medals, but no medal roll that I can find. indeed, I just looked, but if he applied for medals after the war he must have assumed he was entitled to some? But at least it shows he survived wherever he served Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 24 March , 2022 Share Posted 24 March , 2022 A mixed picture of, Warrant officers, Senior NCO's & JNCO's from the Machine Gun Corps. All but the WOI have wound Stipe's, The the notice board in front says Special pack saddlery course. You can see a Vickers Machine Gun packed onto a saddle on the dummy horse in the background. Not sure where this photograph was taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 24 March , 2022 Share Posted 24 March , 2022 A mixed bag of pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNCVR Posted 24 March , 2022 Share Posted 24 March , 2022 3 hours ago, FROGSMILE said: Yes, I wonder if he survived… Another, barely out of his teens, soooo young with his whole life ahead of him..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 24 March , 2022 Share Posted 24 March , 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, themonsstar said: A mixed bag of pictures Several of the photos seem to relate to the Wadi Fara in what was then Palestine, where there was a famous RFC action involving aircraft shooting up a Turkish supply column moving up a deep gorge. I’m not sure if it is the same Wadi Fara that today lies within the United Arab Emirates (UAE). There’s a previous thread touching on the locale here: https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/76910-the-air-attacks-at-wadi-fara/ It appears to have been a place involving some sustained British Army effort. @michaeldrmight be able to comment further as I think it’s a theatre of operations that falls within his purview. Edited 24 March , 2022 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 24 March , 2022 Share Posted 24 March , 2022 (edited) On 24/03/2022 at 10:19, themonsstar said: A mixed picture of, Warrant officers, Senior NCO's & JNCO's from the Machine Gun Corps. All but the WOI have wound Stipe's, The the notice board in front says Special pack saddlery course. You can see a Vickers Machine Gun packed onto a saddle on the dummy horse in the background. Not sure where this photograph was taken. The MGC warrant officer I is wearing the brassard of a Corps Machine Gun School. Half red and half dark blue with a brass badge of crossed machine guns superimposed. I can’t imagine that pack saddles were required in France & Flanders so it probably relates to somewhere with some mountainous terrain, perhaps Salonika, which although extremely hot in Summer could be equally very cold in Winter. It was common for troops to be issued with both KD and SD there, and also in Mesopotamia, with mixed dress (usually SD jacket with KD shorts as seen during the capture of Jerusalem) not uncommon in the winter months. Edited 25 March , 2022 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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