CarrickRab Posted 7 May , 2017 Share Posted 7 May , 2017 Hello all I have been trying to id the soldiers regiment in the enclosed photo - I thought it might have been the Machine Gun Corps but I'm probably wrong! Can anyone help please? Thanks in advance Rab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandererpaul Posted 7 May , 2017 Share Posted 7 May , 2017 It is the Machine Gun Corps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolt968 Posted 7 May , 2017 Share Posted 7 May , 2017 I would agree that they are Machine Gun Corps. RM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandererpaul Posted 7 May , 2017 Share Posted 7 May , 2017 Is it; Charles Gregory Regiment or Corps: Machine Gun Corps Regimental Number: 55706 ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wandererpaul Posted 7 May , 2017 Share Posted 7 May , 2017 (edited) Seems he has a service record on ancestry too..... http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=WgR13&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&indiv=1&db=britisharmyservice&gss=angs-d&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=Charles&gsfn_x=1&gsln=Gregory&gsln_x=1&gskw=55706&gskw_x=1&cpxt=1&cp=11&MSAV=1&uidh=ea7&MSV=1&pcat=39&fh=1&h=798735&recoff=&ml_rpos=2 Edited 7 May , 2017 by wandererpaul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarrickRab Posted 7 May , 2017 Author Share Posted 7 May , 2017 Thanks Guys Wanderpaul - I don't have a name for the chap but it does look like 55706 CPRL on the back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 7 May , 2017 Share Posted 7 May , 2017 The spurs seem to suggest he is pictured in the transport section of his unit, as there is no insignia to indicate that he was MGC (Cavalry). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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