Lynspain Posted 21 February , 2015 Share Posted 21 February , 2015 This picture was sent by a cousin, we think it is George Vizard who was killed in Varrenes in WW1. He was with The South Midlands Field Company, Royal Engineers. Does his uniform add up ? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headgardener Posted 21 February , 2015 Share Posted 21 February , 2015 No. According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission the man that was killed at Varennes was 19 years old at the time - this image probably predates his death by about 15 years. It can't possibly be the same man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynspain Posted 21 February , 2015 Author Share Posted 21 February , 2015 Thanks headgardener, I wonder who it can be then. if someone can identify the uniform I can find out as it is obviously a relative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted 21 February , 2015 Share Posted 21 February , 2015 Gloucestershire Hussars? - Grumpy will love this picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynspain Posted 21 February , 2015 Author Share Posted 21 February , 2015 Do you think ? the family were from Chipping Sodbury, hence the pic was from J Joyner Cheltenham, perhaps Grumpy will know for sure, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon2 Posted 21 February , 2015 Share Posted 21 February , 2015 I would second RGH. The Regimental Museum has an example around the turn of the century which looks very similar. Unless the Corps of Hussars had a generic uniform which each unit added their own unique identification. Grumpy will know for sure I second that as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynspain Posted 21 February , 2015 Author Share Posted 21 February , 2015 Thanks Simon, where is Grumpy when you need him ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 3 March , 2015 Share Posted 3 March , 2015 Troop Sergeant Major, Royal Gloucestershire Hussars and with various skill at arms proficiency prize badges, including musketry and swordsmanship on his left cuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 3 March , 2015 Share Posted 3 March , 2015 The exact definitions of his skill-at-arms badges are date-sensitive, but I see them as crossed rifles and crown, crossed swords and crown. If c. 1900, he is the top soldier of his regiment in both skills. I wonder what the pale circle is on his upper left arm? It looks too symmetrical to be a blemish. It seems unlikely to be the stretcher bearer badge [and certainly not the RAMC Red Cross], or Brigade Supply Detachment, or Special Service Section, all of which were more or less circular but none of which were to be worn as seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thGordons Posted 3 March , 2015 Share Posted 3 March , 2015 I wonder what the pale circle is on his upper left arm? It looks too symmetrical to be a blemish. It seems unlikely to be the stretcher bearer badge [and certainly not the RAMC Red Cross], or Brigade Supply Detachment, or Special Service Section, all of which were more or less circular but none of which were to be worn as seen. Is it my eyes or does the center look slightly darker? with a lighter outer ring? Here it is with the contrast tweaked No idea if that helps but it does look to me like the inner is darker with a lighter outer ring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 3 March , 2015 Share Posted 3 March , 2015 Thank you: that fits Stretcher Bearer but I cannot help thinking he would be much better employed killing the foes than succouring the friends! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 3 March , 2015 Share Posted 3 March , 2015 I understand that the stretcher bearer badge at that time was also a way of marking the men who had been trained in battlefield first aid. It did not necessarily mean that the wearer was to be employed as a stretcher bearer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 3 March , 2015 Share Posted 3 March , 2015 Yes, correct. If the badge is such, it is a fairly rarely spotting of it ............ pity the resolution is so poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted 3 March , 2015 Share Posted 3 March , 2015 Thanks for posting the photographs Frogsmile - shows the particular shade of blue, described as Badminton or Beaufort blue, worn by the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 3 March , 2015 Share Posted 3 March , 2015 Thanks for posting the photographs Frogsmile - shows the particular shade of blue, described as Badminton or Beaufort blue, worn by the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars.Always glad to help.I do love to see the Victorian and Edwardian uniforms and a colour picture always paints a thousand words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynspain Posted 5 March , 2015 Author Share Posted 5 March , 2015 Thanks so much all. Sorry not been around as I have been away. I now need to trawl through all the rellies and find someone who fits the bill. My husbands cousin has the original photo. So it was prob abt 1900 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 5 March , 2015 Share Posted 5 March , 2015 Thanks so much all. Sorry not been around as I have been away. I now need to trawl through all the rellies and find someone who fits the bill. My husbands cousin has the original photo. So it was prob abt 1900 ?Yes I believe that 1900 is about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynspain Posted 8 March , 2015 Author Share Posted 8 March , 2015 Thank you all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rghya Posted 27 July , 2015 Share Posted 27 July , 2015 Any of these ? Trooper VIZARD, page 224 or Sgt. VIZARD, page 252 of The Yeomanry Cavalry of Gloucestershire and Monmouth by W.H. Wyndham Quin MP [1898] Sgt. George Frank VIZARD of Marshfield, Gloucester.Number 5621 , RGH (Imperial Yeomanry), Queens South Africa Medal lists. Sergeant A. VIZARD Feb. 1905 THE IMPERIAL YEOMANRY LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL This medal was issued for the first time in 1905. It was awarded for 10 years’ service in the Yeomanry........ Vizard Leonard Edwin of Brook Street, Chipping Sodbury enlisted with second line RGHY 14th April 1915, transferred to 1/1RGHY at Alexandria December 1916 I will e-mail your picture to the committee for comment if you think this would be helpful? Regards, Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 27 July , 2015 Share Posted 27 July , 2015 Is it my eyes or does the center look slightly darker? with a lighter outer ring? Here it is with the contrast tweaked contrast.jpg No idea if that helps but it does look to me like the inner is darker with a lighter outer ring Seeing this again it has occurred to me that the badge might also be that of a wheelwright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGWP Posted 12 January , 2021 Share Posted 12 January , 2021 On 27/07/2015 at 23:07, rghya said: Any of these ? Trooper VIZARD, page 224 or Sgt. VIZARD, page 252 of The Yeomanry Cavalry of Gloucestershire and Monmouth by W.H. Wyndham Quin MP [1898] Sgt. George Frank VIZARD of Marshfield, Gloucester.Number 5621 , RGH (Imperial Yeomanry), Queens South Africa Medal lists. Sergeant A. VIZARD Feb. 1905 THE IMPERIAL YEOMANRY LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL This medal was issued for the first time in 1905. It was awarded for 10 years’ service in the Yeomanry........ Vizard Leonard Edwin of Brook Street, Chipping Sodbury enlisted with second line RGHY 14th April 1915, transferred to 1/1RGHY at Alexandria December 1916 I will e-mail your picture to the committee for comment if you think this would be helpful? Regards, Larry George Frank Vizard was a Freemason of the Bulawayo Lodge, Zimbabwe (Rhodesia at the time) and of Gihon Lodge in London. See more at : https://www.masonicgreatwarproject.org.uk/legend.php?id=4043 From the original question surrounding the image. Is the image of Sergeant Vizard, assuming that the "cousin" was a relative of his rather than of the submitter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 12 January , 2021 Share Posted 12 January , 2021 It seems the cousin was the relative of the submitter and the general agreement was that the man in the image was not Vizard, as neither his age nor unit matched. The auxiliary soldier shown was a sergeant major of Yeomanry cavalry, a type of unit that recruited locally, in his case around Gloucestershire, and to have reached that rank it seems likely that he was there quite some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGWP Posted 12 January , 2021 Share Posted 12 January , 2021 Thank you Frogsmile. The original comment was that because this might be Vizard (the younger) who perished in WW1, and then understood that this isn't him who died at Varennes. But, this image showing the uniform of the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars and that the image is posted by a relative, could this now be Sergeant George Francis Vizard of Chipping Sodbury who was born in 1857 and is the subject of the conversation deeper in the thread (the one that rghya mentions specifically?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 12 January , 2021 Share Posted 12 January , 2021 1 hour ago, MGWP said: Thank you Frogsmile. The original comment was that because this might be Vizard (the younger) who perished in WW1, and then understood that this isn't him who died at Varennes. But, this image showing the uniform of the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars and that the image is posted by a relative, could this now be Sergeant George Francis Vizard of Chipping Sodbury who was born in 1857 and is the subject of the conversation deeper in the thread (the one that rghya mentions specifically?) That date of birth and home town would certainly be entirely commensurate with his apparent age and the style of his uniform, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 13 January , 2021 Share Posted 13 January , 2021 Sadly, as the OP appears not to have visited the Forum for a little shy of six years, it may well all be a little academic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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