high wood Posted 3 March , 2013 Share Posted 3 March , 2013 It should be easy to identify this soldier as he has signed the postcard. However, I suspect that he may have been in a Scottish University O.T.C. when this photograph was taken. His shoulder title appears to have an E as the last letter. I have checked the medal index cards and his name doesn't appear. Any help gratefully received. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thGordons Posted 3 March , 2013 Share Posted 3 March , 2013 Looks like a simplified pattern jacket (but tailored skirts) and a webbing version of the 1903 Pattern belt that might help with dating as IIRC the latter was introduced mid war....off to karkee web to check! Chris edit list of changes 1917 for the belt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Upton Posted 4 March , 2013 Share Posted 4 March , 2013 Looks like a simplified pattern jacket (but tailored skirts) and a webbing version of the 1903 Pattern belt that might help with dating as IIRC the latter was introduced mid war....off to karkee web to check! Chris edit list of changes 1917 for the belt. It's actually the narrower version of the normal 1908 web belt, associated with the VTC/OTC - only 2 1/4 inches wide as opposed to the normal 3 inches. Pictured near the bottom of: http://www.karkeeweb.com/patterns/1908/1908_belts.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thGordons Posted 4 March , 2013 Share Posted 4 March , 2013 It's actually the narrower version of the normal 1908 web belt, associated with the VTC/OTC - only 2 1/4 inches wide as opposed to the normal 3 inches. Pictured near the bottom of: http://www.karkeeweb...1908_belts.html Quite right - I stand corrected. Additional evidence for OTC then. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high wood Posted 4 March , 2013 Author Share Posted 4 March , 2013 Thank you gentleman. I have been looking through Ray Westlake's Collecting metal shoulder titles and cannot find an OTC ST that ends with an E. The ST in the photograph seems to have a middle non letter section, rather like a fusiliers ST, followed by an E. Presumably there is a letter before the middle section. I am thinking perhaps that the E denotes Edinburgh or perhaps Elgin. Judging by the age of the chap in the photograph I would hazard a guess that it is a school rather than a university O.T.C.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 4 March , 2013 Share Posted 4 March , 2013 It should be easy to identify this soldier as he has signed the postcard. However, I suspect that he may have been in a Scottish University O.T.C. when this photograph was taken. His shoulder title appears to have an E as the last letter. I have checked the medal index cards and his name doesn't appear. Any help gratefully received. There are several OTC abbreviations ending in ' E ' listed in ' The Broad Arrow ' and I could only find one ending in ' SE ' :- CHE - Charterhouse School OTC HTE - Highgate School OTC WBE - Woodbridge School OTC PSE - Perse School OTC County Codes ending in ' E ' :- FE - Fife of Fifeshire ODE - Dundee BE - Buteshire Regards, LF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high wood Posted 4 March , 2013 Author Share Posted 4 March , 2013 (edited) LF thank you. I am not sure how these county codes fit in with the shoulder titles though. If there are what was worn we must be looking at Dundee as the most likely candidate. Having looked again Buteshire must be a strong contender. Simon Edited 4 March , 2013 by high wood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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