Carcof Posted 30 November , 2020 Share Posted 30 November , 2020 Hi all please can I ask the 3 lads sitting down we’re in the York’s and Lancs regiment. My ancestor Pte Samuel Smith died in the Somme battle aged 21. He was born in Sheffield Yorkshire and moved to Barnsley at time of death. The only photo we have is the 2 nd pic, he is first on left with rifle standing upright, do you think these are the same lads? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Atkins Posted 30 November , 2020 Share Posted 30 November , 2020 The cap badges don't look like Y&L - more like Green Howards? The signaller in the middle doesn't have a cap badge, of course, which makes things a little harder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polar Bear Posted 30 November , 2020 Share Posted 30 November , 2020 (edited) Hello, I'm afraid I don't think they are the same. Picture 1 is WW1 but they look to me to be Alexrandra Princess of Wale's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) Picture 2 troubles me. I could easily be wrong but I think it is post WW1. Sorry. Jus saying it how I see it and I am willing to be corrected by others. Yours, P EDIT in light of Pat Atkins response: Green Howard's and APOWO (Yorkshire Regiment) are one and the same. Edited 30 November , 2020 by Polar Bear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Atkins Posted 30 November , 2020 Share Posted 30 November , 2020 I'm not sure, but the two sitting (on our) left and centre look like Yorkshire Regt (Green Howards, though not sure they were called that in WW1); the chap on our right could be Y&L. Ditto the man behind him. Realise I was a row out before, so whether the signaller has a cap badge is neither here nor there! Cheers, Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorporalPunishment Posted 2 December , 2020 Share Posted 2 December , 2020 I think all the lads in the first photo are Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards). The two on the far right are, I believe, wearing the pre-1908 pattern badges, probably due to a shortage of the then current type as worn by some of the others. It would also explain why some are wearing no cap badges at all. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Atkins Posted 3 December , 2020 Share Posted 3 December , 2020 Good thinking, Pete, that would explain it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmeg Posted 28 December , 2020 Share Posted 28 December , 2020 The boys in the second picture are obviously much younger than those in the first- I know ****** all about uniforms but is that an earlier pattern- with the stripe down the baggy trouser leg and the forage caps? Would that fit with them being cadets or yeomanry of some sort prior to joining up? I've popped both photos into a photo editing programme and taken the early images out as layers and dropped them onto the later picture. With a little proportional (ie no squeezing or squashing) resize and adjustment for different angles I would have to say that the features of the earlier group do match very well the features of the second (allbeit a little older) group- that is the eyes, nose and mouths all line up . They do not line up with other men in the image. Overlayed image is at 49% opacity. On balance I think these are very possibly the same three people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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