Caroline Kay Posted 9 March , 2023 Share Posted 9 March , 2023 Hello, any info on this soldier would be appreciated I was given this rather than it go in a skip. I have very little clue about militaries except he is possibly an officer and the Great War also I know the photographer was in Bridlington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 9 March , 2023 Admin Share Posted 9 March , 2023 It’s Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales Own) Yorkshire Regiment and his rank is Captain. Well done for rescuing him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Kay Posted 9 March , 2023 Author Share Posted 9 March , 2023 Thank you Michelle, I don’t know what to do with him tbf as it’s a such a large frame and although I live in a Victorian house it’s small! he might have to go in my loft, such a shame I have no personal info. I appreciate your help with the regiment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 9 March , 2023 Share Posted 9 March , 2023 Is that a Territorial T below the collar badge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 9 March , 2023 Admin Share Posted 9 March , 2023 Yes it looks like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 9 March , 2023 Share Posted 9 March , 2023 (edited) What a fantastic photo. As per usual Michelle has nailed it, and yes, the T below the collar badge indicates that the officer concerned was a member of the Territorial Force. Edited 9 March , 2023 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan1892 Posted 9 March , 2023 Share Posted 9 March , 2023 Caroline, if you can take the photograph carefully out of the frame, you might be lucky to find some details written on the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Kay Posted 9 March , 2023 Author Share Posted 9 March , 2023 Sadly there is no info on the back of the photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 9 March , 2023 Share Posted 9 March , 2023 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Caroline Kay said: Sadly there is no info on the back of the photo. He’s a typical TF Captain early in the war, in appearance. No medal ribbons and relatively mature (but not unexpectedly so) for his rank. Such men were often e.g. local branch bank managers, and various other types of middle management. He was in effect a civilian doing his bit for society and his country rather than a professional soldier. Edited 9 March , 2023 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted 9 March , 2023 Share Posted 9 March , 2023 His jacket is unusually Ill fitting for his rank. Maybe one he’s had since he was a teenage 2/Lt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Kay Posted 9 March , 2023 Author Share Posted 9 March , 2023 That’s really interesting info. It’s such a huge picture not sure what to do with it. All I know is it was going in the skip after being found when renovating a big old house in a village called Walkington East Yorkshire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted 9 March , 2023 Share Posted 9 March , 2023 No Yorkshire Regt officers on the Walkington war memorial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Kay Posted 9 March , 2023 Author Share Posted 9 March , 2023 Wow that’s amazing research! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Kay Posted 9 March , 2023 Author Share Posted 9 March , 2023 The only thing I do know is the photographer was from Bridlington. He was called Brigham. Maybe he was from Bridlington as Walkington is much nearer to Hull or Beverley for a photo shoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 9 March , 2023 Share Posted 9 March , 2023 Here is a candidate Captain Thomas Sowerby Rowlandson 4th Yorks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Kay Posted 9 March , 2023 Author Share Posted 9 March , 2023 Same moustache but my chap has a different chin and jaw I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 9 March , 2023 Share Posted 9 March , 2023 (edited) The fellow you’re looking for would have a visible cleft chin I think. Edited 9 March , 2023 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Kay Posted 9 March , 2023 Author Share Posted 9 March , 2023 24 minutes ago, FROGSMILE said: The fellow your looking for would have a visible cleft chin I think. Yes I agree and thanks for the correct terminology cleft chin I couldn’t think of it and could only think of the incorrect terminology bum 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 9 March , 2023 Share Posted 9 March , 2023 17 minutes ago, Caroline Kay said: Yes I agree and thanks for the correct terminology cleft chin I couldn’t think of it and could only think of the incorrect terminology bum 🤣 😂👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 10 March , 2023 Share Posted 10 March , 2023 As Michelle says he is a captain in the Yorkshire Regiment (a territorial) Which indicates when the photo was taken he was serving with either the 1/4 Battalion Yorkshire Regiment or the 1/5 Battalion of the Yorkshire Regiment again depending when the photo was taken, if he was still serving after war was declared he could have served during the war years in one of the training reserve battalions of the 1/4 Battalion the 2/4 Bn or the 3/4 Bn or one of the training reserve battalions of the 1/5 Battalion the 2/5 Bn or the 3/5 Bn Its possible due to his age he may not have served in a theatre of war (home service only) but his age would not have precluded him from doing so The Yorkshire Regiment, WW1 Remembrance Edward Nicholl the webmaster of the above has a large collection of soldiers of the Yorkshire Regiment on his website you may be able to match your photo up with one of his, failing that I am sure he would be happy to include a photo of the captain you have, on his website, which at some stage may result in a positive identification If you are really interested in identifying the captain in the photo I would have thought that the captain in question was a relative of one of the previous owners or occupiers of the property where it was found, tracing the previous owners /occupiers and their family may produce some leads to assist in the identification of the captain Then there is the local newspaper who may like to run a story on the photo you have saved from destruction Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie962 Posted 10 March , 2023 Share Posted 10 March , 2023 21 hours ago, Caroline Kay said: big old house in a village called Walkington East Yorkshire I would start by looking at directories and census for this house. I see there was a postwar Captain Stephenson of Walkington House who had a Green Howards connection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted 10 March , 2023 Share Posted 10 March , 2023 (edited) From “Walkington in the 1920s”:- The Hall was nicely secluded from public view. Before our time it had been the property of the ‘Major’- John Daniel Ferguson–Fawsitt, but it was Fawsitt property and after the ‘Major’s death, it passed to a Miss Fawsitt who, on her marriage, had combined her name with that of her husband hence Chater-Fawsitt.” I’ve been unable to find an officer of that name or just Fawsitt. There is a 2/Lt H T Fawcett, 5 Yorks in Sept 1914, Captain by Sept 1915. Edited 10 March , 2023 by PhilB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 10 March , 2023 Share Posted 10 March , 2023 26 minutes ago, PhilB said: ‘Major’- John Daniel Ferguson–Fawsitt, He was worth looking at but He is unlikely to be our man John Daniel Ferguson–Fawsitt, born 1816 died 1903 aged 86 Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Kay Posted 10 March , 2023 Author Share Posted 10 March , 2023 This is so interesting also the house you are talking about is a beautiful grand house still standing and interestingly the village pub is called the Ferguson and fawcett which is the spelling similar to in Phil’s post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted 11 March , 2023 Share Posted 11 March , 2023 14 hours ago, RaySearching said: He was worth looking at but He is unlikely to be our man John Daniel Ferguson–Fawsitt, born 1816 died 1903 aged 86 Here No, but he may well have had progeny of the same surname who would be likely to serve in one of the Yorkshire Regiments? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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