uncle bill Posted 13 August , 2006 Share Posted 13 August , 2006 I found this in a french fair last week, any thoughts ? They look very young, especially the front row and there seems to be a scout in there as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 13 August , 2006 Share Posted 13 August , 2006 Hi Pre War T.F. unit 1912-1914 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle bill Posted 13 August , 2006 Author Share Posted 13 August , 2006 thanks, any ideas on regiment ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle bill Posted 13 August , 2006 Author Share Posted 13 August , 2006 a close up of cap badge. Royal Warwicks ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark holden Posted 13 August , 2006 Share Posted 13 August , 2006 90% sure its ROYAL WARWICKS a close up of cap badge. Royal Warwicks ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted 13 August , 2006 Share Posted 13 August , 2006 Hi Pre War T.F. unit 1912-1914 I always admire people who can be as specific as this; I have trouble identifying most things - vehicles, uniforms, rifles - as what I'm checking never seems to compare exactly with images in reference books. Could you give me (and perhaps one or two others) a short lesson by explaining how you deduced this, please? Thanks in advance. Moonraker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom A McCluskey Posted 13 August , 2006 Share Posted 13 August , 2006 Moonraker, An Antelope on ground, then a 'Royal Warwickshire' scroll is the badge of the Royal Warwicks Tom McC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBI Posted 13 August , 2006 Share Posted 13 August , 2006 How did these BOYS get past the Recruiting Sgt ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBI Posted 14 August , 2006 Share Posted 14 August , 2006 Those Souts get everywhere !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle bill Posted 14 August , 2006 Author Share Posted 14 August , 2006 nice pics, PBI. How about some more photos like these folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBI Posted 14 August , 2006 Share Posted 14 August , 2006 Ok Uncle Bill,when i get back from shoping i will post some more Pictures,sad story about the above Man CSM A.E.Broughton DCM...survived Somme,Passchendaele,Cambrai,captured and repatriated..then killed in an industrial accident at vickers in Sheffield !!!!!!..was reputed to have been at one time the youngest CSM in the BEF,he served in The R.B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crunchy Posted 14 August , 2006 Share Posted 14 August , 2006 It would be interesting to know the statistics of those who were under 18 when they enlisted - it would make sober reading. Officially, the youngest Australian soldier to die on active service was John Martin who died of illness on Gallipoli aged 14. Thank goodness we have better recruiting controls these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle bill Posted 14 August , 2006 Author Share Posted 14 August , 2006 Richard Van Emden's book 'Boy Soldiers' deals very well with this subject. I believe there is a thread on this book in the book section of the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBI Posted 14 August , 2006 Share Posted 14 August , 2006 For Uncle Bill ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBI Posted 14 August , 2006 Share Posted 14 August , 2006 More for Uncle Bill,Private James Frederick Nicholls,G/60992,KIA France 07.03.1918,Interred 9 Elms Cemetery.a native of Carshalton in Surrey.Front Row 3rd Right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncle bill Posted 14 August , 2006 Author Share Posted 14 August , 2006 great photos, thanks PBI ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harribobs Posted 14 August , 2006 Share Posted 14 August , 2006 it happened on both sides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBI Posted 14 August , 2006 Share Posted 14 August , 2006 Talk about Olivers Army !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBI Posted 14 August , 2006 Share Posted 14 August , 2006 it happened on both sides Excellent Photo..any i.d ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted 15 August , 2006 Share Posted 15 August , 2006 Moonraker, An Antelope on ground, then a 'Royal Warwickshire' scroll is the badge of the Royal Warwicks Tom McC Tom, I meant your first deduction: pre-war T.F. unit 1912-14. If I had come across this photo in a Wiltshire context, I - in my ignorance - would have vaguely sensed it was taken between 1910 and 1918.To my untutored eye the soldiers look like just some of the Kitchener men in my postcards. Moonraker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 15 August , 2006 Share Posted 15 August , 2006 The answer could be interesting ....... I am crouched here like a coiled spring ........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harribobs Posted 15 August , 2006 Share Posted 15 August , 2006 Tom, I meant your first deduction: pre-war T.F. unit 1912-14. If I had come across this photo in a Wiltshire context, I - in my ignorance - would have vaguely sensed it was taken between 1910 and 1918.To my untutored eye the soldiers look like just some of the Kitchener men in my postcards. Moonraker i think you'll find it was roy's deduction, (themonsstar) two things spring to my mind (neither of them grumpy TG) , all of them still have the stiffners in their caps, and the large brass T shoulder titles grumpy...why are you crouched like a coiled spring? it can't be good for you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 15 August , 2006 Share Posted 15 August , 2006 I have my doubts, not that I have an alternative. I am unable to discern any 'T' titles, large, yes, but Warwickshires had a fairly big title, and Pals an even bigger. A recognisable blow-up would help. I find absolutely no Imperial Service tablets .... one I thought turns out to be probably a watch chain bar. Stiffeners ............. hardly a TF speciality! What do I see? Post 1902. No ranking soldiers, so an intake? Mostly young, so possibly 1914/15. Possibly R Warwicks. Writing on huts may suggest Huts or Scouts, But evidence thin to be so positive. TF 1912-1914? We shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harribobs Posted 15 August , 2006 Share Posted 15 August , 2006 I have my doubts, not that I have an alternative. anything else you didn't manage to see? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 15 August , 2006 Share Posted 15 August , 2006 Go on, tempt me! I know they are not RWF, 2nd battalion, after that I go a bit dull! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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