Identify uniform please

[Steff Jacks]

Can anyone identify what this uniform is? And the cap badge?

 

It's not overly clear from the photo, sorry. 

The man is between 17 and 19. 

 

 

 

 

[Gunner 87]

Hello Steff.

That is a Royal Artillery cap badge. Difficult to tell whether it is Royal Garrison Artillery, Royal Field Artillery or Royal Horse Artillery without seeing the shoulder titles. 

The soldier is wearing a Pattern 1903 bandolier and holds what appears to be a riding crop which could indicate he is in a mounted role. That said, Royal Garrison Artillery soldiers often had their photograph taken whether mounted or not. 

Gunner 87

Edited 8 May , 2023 by Gunner 87

[max7474]

With the riding breeches and the crop and the bandolier he is either RFA or RHA.

[FROGSMILE]

5 hours ago, max7474 said:

With the riding breeches and the crop and the bandolier he is either RFA or RHA.

I used to believe exactly the same thing max and it’s certainly true in the great majority of cases but in the first two years of the war some of the RGA heavy guns were drawn by horses with their drivers dressed similarly to their RFA/RHA counterparts.  Ergo gunner87 is right with his concluding remarks and it’s not quite so black and white as it might seem.

Edited 10 May , 2023 by FROGSMILE

[Steff Jacks]

2 hours ago, FROGSMILE said:

I used to believe exactly the same thing max and it’s certainly true in the great majority of cases but in the first two years of the war some of the RGA heavy guns were drawn by horses with their drivers dressed similarly to their RFA/RHA counterparts.  Ergo gunner87 is right with his concluding remarks and it’s not quite so black and white as it might seem.

 

4 hours ago, max7474 said:

With the riding breeches and the crop and the bandolier he is either RFA or RHA.

 

On 08/05/2023 at 19:40, Gunner 87 said:

Hello Steff.

That is a Royal Artillery cap badge. Difficult to tell whether it is Royal Garrison Artillery, Royal Field Artillery or Royal Horse Artillery without seeing the shoulder titles. 

The soldier is wearing a Pattern 1903 bandolier and holds what appears to be a riding crop which could indicate he is in a mounted role. That said, Royal Garrison Artillery soldiers often had their photograph taken whether mounted or not. 

Gunner 87

Thanks for all this info everyone 

It has certainly helped! 

[MrEd]

On 10/05/2023 at 10:09, FROGSMILE said:

I used to believe exactly the same thing max and it’s certainly true in the great majority of cases but in the first two years of the war some of the RGA heavy guns were drawn by horses with their drivers dressed similarly to their RFA/RHA counterparts.  Ergo gunner87 is right with his concluding remarks and it’s not quite so black and white as it might seem.

Definitely. I discovered the same thing and there are some photos on the IWM that illustrate this