RAN Posted 1 November , 2013 Share Posted 1 November , 2013 I am trying to indentify a soldier in picture I have. I do not have any confirmed name etc. My great grandfather was in the Army Service Corp, could this be a ASC cap badge ? IMG.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierce09 Posted 1 November , 2013 Share Posted 1 November , 2013 Royal Engineers i believe. i could be wrong. i am quite often!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 1 November , 2013 Share Posted 1 November , 2013 Looks like Royal Engineers to my untrained eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebie9173 Posted 1 November , 2013 Share Posted 1 November , 2013 Royal Engineers for me too. The shoulder titles are not the standard "RE" titles, so it is possible that he was in a Territorial unit. And mounted judging by the spurs. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAN Posted 1 November , 2013 Author Share Posted 1 November , 2013 Thanks very much for the quick replies. Oh well it's not my GGF, but I now know the unit. RAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy Macpherson Posted 2 November , 2013 Share Posted 2 November , 2013 WoW... the expression on his face, those eyes say and saw it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchtrotter Posted 2 November , 2013 Share Posted 2 November , 2013 Definitely T / RE / ? shoulder title. So a territorial as stated. TT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverFox100 Posted 2 November , 2013 Share Posted 2 November , 2013 I don't really profess to know this but did the Royal Engineers have a mounted division? I am just looking through the various books I have and looking at the various badges that are the RE. On the photo shown of the soldier (although it obviously blurs more as you increase size) I can't really make out the letters in the centre of the badge. So, looking through my badge book again, is there any chance it could be The City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) which might explain the spurs on his boots. These spent time in Gallipoli , Egypt, Macedonia, Palestine and then France and Flanders in 1918(1/1st) ? Just a thought. Mikei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchtrotter Posted 3 November , 2013 Share Posted 3 November , 2013 No he is RE as shown by his shoulder titles and cap badge! There was no mounted division of engineers. The RE like other corps were attached to Divisions, Armies, Corps etc and did a multitude of tasks. Some would be mounted hence spurs. There were mounted soldiers in infantry units as part of the transport sections of battalions etc. Hope this clarifies. TT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 3 November , 2013 Share Posted 3 November , 2013 There were a number of specialist RE horse drawn vehicles which required mounted drivers - a bridging train for example would have a number of mounted men on the horses pulling the pontoon wagons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverFox100 Posted 3 November , 2013 Share Posted 3 November , 2013 You have clarified it for me TT. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAN Posted 4 November , 2013 Author Share Posted 4 November , 2013 Thanks for the most recent replies. So far I have not found any records to indentify this soldier in my family history......another puzzle to be solved. My GGF was a driver in the ASC MT. He enlisted at the age of 46 and two months in April 1918. Was posted to 665 Coy @ Blackheath in June 1918 as a private . Moved to dispersal unit @ Heaton Park (Manchester) February 1919. I have a an ASC postcard, sent to my grandmother, from the Soldiers Club, Strand dated September 1st 1918. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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