Raster Scanning Posted 28 March , 2023 Share Posted 28 March , 2023 (edited) 101 Coy RGA Attock British India, now Pakistan Edited 28 March , 2023 by Raster Scanning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 28 March , 2023 Share Posted 28 March , 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Raster Scanning said: 101 Coy RGA Attack British India, now Pakistan Great photo. They’ve untilised the backstop of a 25-yard range so that the various rows of men can be banked up. You can see the ricochet curtain wall behind and on each flank. Such ranges were commonly used in barracks for check zeroing and elementary firing drill. Edited 28 March , 2023 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raster Scanning Posted 29 March , 2023 Share Posted 29 March , 2023 Very muddy RAMC Camp Post Office taken by a Middlesborough photographer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 29 March , 2023 Share Posted 29 March , 2023 On 27/03/2023 at 23:13, FROGSMILE said: I wonder if he was wounded, as a soldier below the rank of sergeant he wouldn’t otherwise get away with carrying that long stick, either in barracks, or in sight of military policemen. Here’s another. Gnr. Thomas Colley, 69485. 128th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. He obtained a few days leave to marry his sweetheart, Annie, May 1916. ( From. Great War Fashion. Tales From The History Wardrobe. - Lucy Adlington) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 29 March , 2023 Share Posted 29 March , 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, GWF1967 said: Here’s another. Gnr. Thomas Colley, 69485. 128th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. He obtained a few days leave to marry his sweetheart, Annie, May 1916. ( From. Great War Fashion. Tales From The History Wardrobe. - Lucy Adlington) Yes and with leather [?] gloves too by the look of it. Along with highly polished buttons on his mounted duty pattern greatcoat his given himself a quasi officer appearance to swank a bit with his sweetheart. The uppermost buttons have even been stitched on out of alignment just so they can fasten back the lapels and form a feature at the top. Edited 29 March , 2023 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raster Scanning Posted 29 March , 2023 Share Posted 29 March , 2023 Men of the 1/4th Territorial Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Marching along Dunstable Road Luton, at the junction with Ivy Street. From a card dated 10th October 1914. The Officer on the white horse is identified as Major Martin who by 1917 was a Lt Col and the CO of the Battalion. The card was sent by 617 Pte Charles W Calcraft to a Miss James of Nottingham. Calcraft later transferred to the Royal Engineers and survived the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyH Posted 29 March , 2023 Share Posted 29 March , 2023 Great photo, it looks like a warm day. Here's a screen shot from Google Earth, this looks like the same location. Although now known as Ivy Road. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 29 March , 2023 Share Posted 29 March , 2023 48 minutes ago, Raster Scanning said: Men of the 1/4th Territorial Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Marching along Dunstable Road Luton, at the junction with Ivy Street. From a card dated 10th October 1914. The Officer on the white horse is identified as Major Martin who by 1917 was a Lt Col and the CO of the Battalion. The card was sent by 617 Pte Charles W Calcraft to a Miss James of Nottingham. Calcraft later transferred to the Royal Engineers and survived the war. A very young looking battalion and it’s interesting that they’re marching In shirtsleeves order with a variety of issue shirts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raster Scanning Posted 29 March , 2023 Share Posted 29 March , 2023 16 minutes ago, FROGSMILE said: A very young looking battalion and it’s interesting that they’re marching In shirtsleeves order with a variety of issue shirts. Given the height and location I always wondered if this was taken from the top of a tram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 29 March , 2023 Share Posted 29 March , 2023 19 minutes ago, Raster Scanning said: Given the height and location I always wondered if this was taken from the top of a tram. Yes, I think you’re almost certainly correct when one considers the angle of the frame. That’s a good spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B Posted 29 March , 2023 Share Posted 29 March , 2023 1st bn welsh guards, early post war? with a few interesting things to see, in particular the use of both cloth shoulder titles as well as metal titles on the shoulder straps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorporalPunishment Posted 29 March , 2023 Share Posted 29 March , 2023 2 hours ago, Raster Scanning said: Men of the 1/4th Territorial Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Marching along Dunstable Road Luton, at the junction with Ivy Street. From a card dated 10th October 1914. The Officer on the white horse is identified as Major Martin who by 1917 was a Lt Col and the CO of the Battalion. The card was sent by 617 Pte Charles W Calcraft to a Miss James of Nottingham. Calcraft later transferred to the Royal Engineers and survived the war. They are heading towards Beech Hill so it was just as well they were in shirt sleeve order. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorporalPunishment Posted 29 March , 2023 Share Posted 29 March , 2023 1 hour ago, MikeyH said: Great photo, it looks like a warm day. Here's a screen shot from Google Earth, this looks like the same location. Although now known as Ivy Road. Mike Mike, it has always been Ivy Road. A very grim and unsavoury area these days. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 29 March , 2023 Share Posted 29 March , 2023 (edited) On 29/03/2023 at 17:12, Jerry B said: 1st bn welsh guards, early post war? with a few interesting things to see, in particular the use of both cloth shoulder titles as well as metal titles on the shoulder straps That’s a super photo Jerry, thank you for posting it. There’s a Guardsman front right with a wound stripe, but no one has any medal ribbons and yet some men look quite mature. They’re still all wearing the 1905 pattern SD forage cap too. It’s interesting to see both types of shoulder title, not something I think I’ve seen before. Several men have the 1st Battlalion cloth patch on their upper arm. Overall then I’d reckon the date to be 1917-18 and the photo probably taken at the Guards Depot with men from a reserve company. There’d surely be at least a few medal ribbons if into 1919. Edited 2 April , 2023 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 30 March , 2023 Share Posted 30 March , 2023 "Dad" / "Alf" - Royal Field Artillery. The group shot is identified as being taken at summer camp, Pembrey, South Wales, July 914. Portmadog photographer. The shoulder title appears to be T-R.F.A. London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 30 March , 2023 Share Posted 30 March , 2023 9 minutes ago, GWF1967 said: "Dad" / "Alf" - Royal Field Artillery. The group shot is identified as being taken at summer camp, Pembrey, South Wales, July 914. Portmadog photographer. The shoulder title appears to be T-R.F.A. London. Fantastically evocative group photo. Lots of quite young lads in the frame. Two appear to have been on fatigues of some kind. They’re wearing the trousers of the canvas working suit with white shirts and vest/waistcoat. Notice the leather belt holding up the very high waists that fitted to just below the rib-cage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GROBBY Posted 31 March , 2023 Share Posted 31 March , 2023 Damm theres a lot of young ones there .Its worrrying to think in a very short while they would have been in France and fighting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Bob Davies Posted 1 April , 2023 Admin Share Posted 1 April , 2023 On 29/03/2023 at 14:58, Raster Scanning said: Men of the 1/4th Territorial Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Marching along Dunstable Road Luton, at the junction with Ivy Street. From a card dated 10th October 1914. The Officer on the white horse is identified as Major Martin who by 1917 was a Lt Col and the CO of the Battalion. The card was sent by 617 Pte Charles W Calcraft to a Miss James of Nottingham. Calcraft later transferred to the Royal Engineers and survived the war. That is a fantastic picture Raster Scanning, thanks for sharing it. Major Martin was a very competent Officer who was well respected by his men. He stayed with them during the attack on the Hohenzolleren Redoubt 13th Oct 1915, despite being hit in the knee. I will endeavor to find pictures of the other Officers to see if they are on this one too. While I do not doubt your saying that this is the 1/4th Leicesters, Major Martin was with the 1/5th Leicesters at the time the photo was taken. I will get back to you with my findings. Regards, Bob. Link to the '1/5th Leicestershire Regiment' by Captain Hills https://archive.org/details/leicestershire00hilluoft/mode/2up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raster Scanning Posted 2 April , 2023 Share Posted 2 April , 2023 7 hours ago, Bob Davies said: That is a fantastic picture Raster Scanning, thanks for sharing it. Major Martin was a very competent Officer who was well respected by his men. He stayed with them during the attack on the Hohenzolleren Redoubt 13th Oct 1915, despite being hit in the knee. I will endeavor to find pictures of the other Officers to see if they are on this one too. While I do not doubt your saying that this is the 1/4th Leicesters, Major Martin was with the 1/5th Leicesters at the time the photo was taken. I will get back to you with my findings. Regards, Bob. Link to the '1/5th Leicestershire Regiment' by Captain Hills https://archive.org/details/leicestershire00hilluoft/mode/2up Hi Bob. I am not quite sure how I attributed this to the 1/4th. Given the amount of detail I think it may have been recorded as 1/4th by Calcraft on the back. I am not in UK at moment so cannot check the original. Interesting additional detail regarding Martin. Any other information you may find will be of interest. Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raster Scanning Posted 7 April , 2023 Share Posted 7 April , 2023 (edited) Some nice posed shots of 1914 patt equipment. The second man appears to be 19th Hussars? Edited 7 April , 2023 by Raster Scanning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raster Scanning Posted 7 April , 2023 Share Posted 7 April , 2023 The caption says it all MGC in the Middle East. No further information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raster Scanning Posted 7 April , 2023 Share Posted 7 April , 2023 Interesting group, that I have no idea about. There appears to be an instructor from the School of Musketry in the front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raster Scanning Posted 7 April , 2023 Share Posted 7 April , 2023 (edited) Interesting group of Sgts with horses behind. Also hanging in the background someone's 1914 Patt equipment, the snake buckle just visible. The men have a mixture of patches. One man the Patt 08 web equipment the rest Patt 14. Edited 7 April , 2023 by Raster Scanning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6RRF Posted 7 April , 2023 Share Posted 7 April , 2023 Interesting that the Guardsmen in 1917 have long Lee Enfields. Was this because they were tall ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raster Scanning Posted 7 April , 2023 Share Posted 7 April , 2023 1 minute ago, 6RRF said: Interesting that the Guardsmen in 1917 have long Lee Enfields. Was this because they were tall ? I always assumed they were under training and so were not issued the SMLE yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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