Margosh Posted 27 January , 2018 Share Posted 27 January , 2018 This photo shows my Gt Uncle in the centre. It is the only clue we have to his war service. Can anyone help ID the regiment please so I have a starting point! I have tried close-ups of the cap badges but they are not very clear. The postmark on the back is dated 1916. He was from the Selby area so I am guessing a regiment with Yorkshire connections, possibly? Any help appreciated, thank you. Margaret Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 27 January , 2018 Admin Share Posted 27 January , 2018 I would say Army Service Corps. Michelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margosh Posted 27 January , 2018 Author Share Posted 27 January , 2018 11 minutes ago, Michelle Young said: I would say Army Service Corps. Michelle Thanks. I just had a quick gander on search sites but nothing obvious upfront and with a surname of Smith there will be a lot of searching to do. Not that I expected it to be easy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark1959 Posted 27 January , 2018 Share Posted 27 January , 2018 Breeches on all but the right hand man suggest something to do with horses. Wonder what the significance of the number on the chalk board is? Personal info on your great uncle may help to locate the relevant records if any exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StonehengeMaid Posted 27 January , 2018 Share Posted 27 January , 2018 Wearing spurs and breeches so perhaps a Driver (of horses). A.S.C. were delivering goods in the divisional horse trains. My other half's Gt Uncle was killed with one of his drivers in Arras going to the railhead to collect supplies, both in the ASC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margosh Posted 27 January , 2018 Author Share Posted 27 January , 2018 28 minutes ago, Mark1959 said: Breeches on all but the right hand man suggest something to do with horses. Wonder what the significance of the number on the chalk board is? Personal info on your great uncle may help to locate the relevant records if any exist. I wondered about that. As a Farmer's son a horse connection would make sense (although in all my researching I don't often come across sense, more surprises!). Frank Smith, born Carlton near Selby around 1898. He married into our family in 1919, I have researched most of my direct family during the Great War and thought it was about time I set-to on Uncle Frank (spurred on by a recent family funeral where memories were exchanged. So far we have 2 copies of this photo but no other clues turned up yet). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margosh Posted 27 January , 2018 Author Share Posted 27 January , 2018 2 minutes ago, StonehengeMaid said: Wearing spurs and breeches so perhaps a Driver (of horses). A.S.C. were delivering goods in the divisional horse trains. My other half's Gt Uncle was killed with one of his drivers in Arras going to the railhead to collect supplies, both in the ASC. Is that the ASC badge in your profile picture? It does look similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StonehengeMaid Posted 27 January , 2018 Share Posted 27 January , 2018 No my profile badge is the Devonshire Regiment the regiment of my late father. There is a booklet of information regarding the great uncle on the web though. If you look at this link you will find a document relating to the war service and death of Frederick Guest. It may help you get a picture of the working life and times. It is written by my son who is a military historian. https://spitfiresofthesea.com/research-blog/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetrenchrat22 Posted 27 January , 2018 Share Posted 27 January , 2018 58 minutes ago, Mark1959 said: Wonder what the significance of the number on the chalk board is? I believe it’s the photographer number to identify the people in the photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margosh Posted 27 January , 2018 Author Share Posted 27 January , 2018 5 hours ago, StonehengeMaid said: No my profile badge is the Devonshire Regiment the regiment of my late father. There is a booklet of information regarding the great uncle on the web though. If you look at this link you will find a document relating to the war service and death of Frederick Guest. It may help you get a picture of the working life and times. It is written by my son who is a military historian. https://spitfiresofthesea.com/research-blog/ That looks really interesting, I will read it through in full. I am doing something similar ( but not as professional) for My Family in The Great War with maps, extracts from War Diaries etc. 11of them so far, Uncle Frank will make 12 if I can find more information. 5 hours ago, thetrenchrat22 said: I believe it’s the photographer number to identify the people in the photo I think so. I have a number of postcard photos with similar numbers shown at the bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 3 March , 2018 Share Posted 3 March , 2018 (edited) As StonehengeMaid identified, the cap badges in your photo are definitely ASC. I too have a WW1 family connection with that Corps (and the Wilts Regt). Edited 3 March , 2018 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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