Anthony Pigott Posted 7 October , 2019 Share Posted 7 October , 2019 (edited) Hello I wonder if anyone can identify this uniform. I'm not sure when this was taken but he fought in South West Africa in 1914, eventually got back to SA and finally joined the RAF just before the end of the war. Thanks. Edited 13 October , 2019 by Anthony Pigott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 7 October , 2019 Share Posted 7 October , 2019 RFC Officer cadet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackblue Posted 10 October , 2019 Share Posted 10 October , 2019 (edited) It's a Royal Flying Corps cap badge. Looks to be standard Other Ranks service dress jacket and cap, but the white band may well indicate Cadet as Jools says. Rgds Tim Edited 10 October , 2019 by Blackblue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 10 October , 2019 Share Posted 10 October , 2019 (edited) I think Tim’s bang on the money, the photo shows a typical RFC cadet. Edited 12 October , 2019 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Pigott Posted 11 October , 2019 Author Share Posted 11 October , 2019 Thanks everyone. That makes sense as the first entry on his RAF service record is dated 11/6/18. I didn't recognise the cap band and had assumed it must be some SA thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 11 October , 2019 Share Posted 11 October , 2019 (edited) 23 hours ago, Anthony Pigott said: Thanks everyone. That makes sense as the first entry on his RAF service record is dated 11/6/18. I didn't recognise the cap band and had assumed it must be some SA thing. Just for reference, at that time a great many officer cadet schools (most in fact) used white cap bands to distinguish their cadets under training. Edited 12 October , 2019 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Pigott Posted 11 October , 2019 Author Share Posted 11 October , 2019 I've just posted his service record here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackblue Posted 12 October , 2019 Share Posted 12 October , 2019 There are a couple of versions of his records on Findmypast which may give some more detail. What did he do in German West Africa? Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Pigott Posted 13 October , 2019 Author Share Posted 13 October , 2019 On 12/10/2019 at 05:06, Blackblue said: What did he do in German West Africa? Good question. He was involved in the 14/15 campaign where he was apparently wounded, captured and released. He made some tapes in his later years which recount his experiences but mostly from his personal perspective without much context. I'm going to go through them again to see what I can glean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackblue Posted 14 October , 2019 Share Posted 14 October , 2019 I managed to get my Great Uncle's full Service Papers from South Africa - he served with the South African Constabulary during the Boer War and in WW1 in East Africa twice...no less than 9 x different Corps/Units, but predominantly 2nd South African Horse and Army Service Corps. I used Audrey Portman from Rhino Research - fantastic service. rhino.research@icon.co.za Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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