museumtom Posted 6 November , 2013 Share Posted 6 November , 2013 Would this photograph be from WW1 please?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Owl Posted 6 November , 2013 Share Posted 6 November , 2013 Looks more like WW2 to me, or at least 1930's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thGordons Posted 7 November , 2013 Share Posted 7 November , 2013 Agreed Late 20s to mid 30s -- but possibly as late as early WW2 although I think collar insignia had gone by then. Collar insignia and lanyards on right shoulder would suggest 20s to me. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oz Ubique Posted 7 November , 2013 Share Posted 7 November , 2013 Would they have bothered with gas masks between the wars? Oz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry B Posted 7 November , 2013 Share Posted 7 November , 2013 Could be very late 30's, just at the start of WWII is likely from the Gas masks as Oz mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverFox100 Posted 7 November , 2013 Share Posted 7 November , 2013 Nice photo. Is it Royal Artillery looking at cap badge (also gun might have something to do with it??) Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted 7 November , 2013 Share Posted 7 November , 2013 Mid 20's to mid 30's as has been mentioned. Their collars have not been "tweaked" to look smart, the one on the left has his undone, and the way chaps on the L and R are wearing their equipment looks a mess - the one on the left has his water bottle in a very strange place. The centre chap is wearing riding breeches and the other two trousers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
museumtom Posted 7 November , 2013 Author Share Posted 7 November , 2013 Well done and thank you all. It has been most enlightening. Kind regards. Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardenerbill Posted 8 November , 2013 Share Posted 8 November , 2013 Could they be early home guard with borrowed uniforms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Upton Posted 8 November , 2013 Share Posted 8 November , 2013 ...the one on the left has his water bottle in a very strange place... That's actually quite a common way to wear the bottle - when on a horse (or some other form of very "bumpy" transport) it stops the bottle flapping about and being a nuisance/danger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted 8 November , 2013 Share Posted 8 November , 2013 Point taken .Still looks an uncomfortable way to wear it, even when mounted, unless it was tucked behind the arm rather than under it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arvp Posted 12 November , 2013 Share Posted 12 November , 2013 I would venture early to mid1930s; the way of wearing the respirator modified for mounted troops, the carrying what appear to be elements of the battery staff equipment on the left hip, the style of the cap. As Andrew has said, the wearing of the water bottle under the arm is the correct method for mounted troops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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