Can you help with this uniform

[madbat63]

This is my great granddad, I have no idea which regiment he was in. On the back of this photo it says Kingsbridge Camp, Anglesey 1915. He was a bandsman but that is all I know. Can any one recognise this uniform or have you any information about this camp. any help would be great. Thank You

[Old Owl]

Welcome to the Forum.

Any chance of a larger image? He appears to have a bugle? but the image is too small to be certain. An enlargement of his cap badge would possibly help too.

Robert

[asanewt]

It's a saxophone. Camp possibly Beaumaris ?? Badge looks a bit Royal Engineers to me.

Can you give a name and date/place of birth/residence?

[HERITAGE PLUS]

I agree the badge looks like RE. Here is a photo of an RE band taken at Deganway, Conwy where there was an RE Training Centre.

Dave

[centurion]

Odd to see a double base in a military band - was it played on the march?

[HERITAGE PLUS]

Not unusual many military bands used the double bass when 'in concert'. The player generally played another instrument on the march.

[HERITAGE PLUS]

Some details and photos of Kingsbridge Camp here:

http://www.penmon.org/page78.htm

Dave

[madbat63]

Thanks for the replies, I've tried to enlarge the cap badge but it is no clearer, and as the photo is not very good quality the more I enlarge it the worse it gets. His name was William Lawton Glover born 1881 in Stone Staffordshire. His father also William Lawton Glover ( B.1856) and all his brothers were in the Stone military band both before and after the war. The camp he was at was in Beaumaris, but unfortunately that's all the information I have. He played several different instruments.

[HERITAGE PLUS]

Here is an old photo of Stone Military Band:

[madbat63]

Thanks for the photo- suspect one of the Glovers is there, but difficult to tell as the father was a rather stern man with a handle bar moustache of which there appear to be several in that photo. I think I may have tracked down my great granddad';s service number now I had a clue to which regiment he was in, I think it is 398746,8746, if you can help me understand that I would greatly appreciate it.

[HERITAGE PLUS]

If you download his Medal Index Card (MIC) via the link below and post a copy here more info may be gleaned.

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D2353801

Dave

[Stebie9173]

I believe the number "belongs" to the Royal Anglesey Engineers (shocking revelation!) - they were one of the units that just added numbers ("39" in this case) to the start of their old number when a renumbering exercise was done e.g. 8746 became 398746, 8764 became 398764 etc.

I can't see any records for William Glover, but there are records of other men with similar numbers - for example 398759 Sapper John Stanley, discharged in August 1917 from Kingsbridge Camp, Beaumaris.....

Steve.

[asanewt]

madbat63 if you have a scanner try scanning the original on max.resolution. Good luck.