dundeesown Posted 7 October , 2008 Share Posted 7 October , 2008 Hi Lads a pic of the Active Service Section 3rd V.B.R.H.-1901 Col-SgtInstr,D.Swan - Lce Corp Cyclist W.Blair -Cyclist W.S.Lumsden -W.H. Butchart ( a relation on the side of the Wife ?) D.T.Brown and R.K.Hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Robertson Posted 7 October , 2008 Share Posted 7 October , 2008 The pictures shown in 228 and 229 have been included in the thread regarding Tom Wilkie and were part of the pictures included in his album. They are more than likely the 1st battalion and date from before the war. The one with the post man is probably from the divisional training camp at Aldershot 1914 and the picture of Drill may be from some time before this (1911-1913) regards Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmarsden Posted 8 October , 2008 Author Share Posted 8 October , 2008 Ian, apologies for using your photos without crediting you.They were on my desktop and I had forgotten where they came from. I have a few unidentified studio portraits that I will be posting.Here is the first of them. Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Robertson Posted 8 October , 2008 Share Posted 8 October , 2008 Ron, Not any problem with you using the pictures. I had only wondered if you had unearthed copies from some place else. Tom McCluskey posted one which was a duplicate of a picture I had showing the 1st crossing a pontoon bridge while on exercise. His had been printed in France as a postcard and written on the back in French. I also added the info that they were more than likely of the 1st btn which I suppose was self evident as one of the pictures has a large 42 in it! regards Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmarsden Posted 8 October , 2008 Author Share Posted 8 October , 2008 Another studio picture. Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmarsden Posted 9 October , 2008 Author Share Posted 9 October , 2008 Young lad with his sweetheart. Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmarsden Posted 10 October , 2008 Author Share Posted 10 October , 2008 Written on the back of this card, Jock 9th BW. Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmarsden Posted 10 October , 2008 Author Share Posted 10 October , 2008 Have just posted wrong picture,well it is Friday afternoon. This is Jock 9th BW. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmarsden Posted 11 October , 2008 Author Share Posted 11 October , 2008 This postcard taken at Franco art studio Dublin. Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARMAGH Posted 11 October , 2008 Share Posted 11 October , 2008 This postcard taken at Franco art studio Dublin. Ron. Ron Any more details on the photo taken in Dublin? There was a training Bn at The Curragh during the war, again good photo,s, keep them coming. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmarsden Posted 12 October , 2008 Author Share Posted 12 October , 2008 Joe, The back of the card is blank like so many others. Here is another one a bit of barrack room fun,again a blank reverse unusually marked cartolina postale Italiana. Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dundeesown Posted 12 October , 2008 Share Posted 12 October , 2008 Hi ron that is the crack 4th B/W Bttn famous for mopping up after an attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnr.ktrha Posted 12 October , 2008 Share Posted 12 October , 2008 Hi ron that is the crack 4th B/W Bttn famous for mopping up after an attack. Yip, after sweeping the enemy back Stewart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnr.ktrha Posted 12 October , 2008 Share Posted 12 October , 2008 Just been looking at the Barrack Room photo again. Are you 100% sure they are Black Watch? It's just that the man at the back with Service dress tunic on seems to have curved shoulder titles. The Black Watch did not have these until post 1921. I am wondering if in fact this is a photo of members of the 2nd Bn Gordon Highlanders. They were sent to Italy in 1917. A relative of mine served in the Gordon's in the War, in the majority of the photo's we have of him, the Yellow stripe on his kilt is invisible in the B/W photo's, so appears to be Black Watch tartan. This could be the case with the kilt in your photo. Regards, Stewart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmarsden Posted 12 October , 2008 Author Share Posted 12 October , 2008 Stewart, You might be right under an eyeglass that title does look curved. Here is one from photographer G Petrie Main St Dundee but is that a Black Watch badge? Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnr.ktrha Posted 12 October , 2008 Share Posted 12 October , 2008 Hello Ron, Nice photo. His badge looks large and round, it could be the badge of the Gordon's as there appears to be a flat, proud bit to the top middle which would be where the Stag's forehead is. however, the Gordon's usually wore a Kilt Pin. His Flashes look like the Regimental pattern worn by the Gordon's. They have a single 'loop' above the 'V' cut. The Black Watch ones were plain. All in all, I would say he was a Gordon. Regards, Stewart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthergw Posted 12 October , 2008 Share Posted 12 October , 2008 Could he be an Argyll? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmarsden Posted 13 October , 2008 Author Share Posted 13 October , 2008 Another studio photo obviously pre-war,nice arm badges. Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmarsden Posted 14 October , 2008 Author Share Posted 14 October , 2008 Two sgts territorial battalion? again pre war. Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom A McCluskey Posted 14 October , 2008 Share Posted 14 October , 2008 Ron, The one in the trews looks like India. The 'frock' (tunic) is a pattern worn out there (no Inverness skirts, no piping, and only 6 buttons) and he is in trews . The two sergeants are possibly Glasgow Highlanders. It was unusual for a TF Black Watch sergeant to not wear a sergeant's sporran. Aye Tom McC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmarsden Posted 14 October , 2008 Author Share Posted 14 October , 2008 Thanks for that Tom,what do you make of these next two pics? Ron. The next one. Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmarsden Posted 16 October , 2008 Author Share Posted 16 October , 2008 Another view of the 1st Battalion April 1918. Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARMAGH Posted 16 October , 2008 Share Posted 16 October , 2008 Another view of the 1st Battalion April 1918. Ron Hello Ron Great photo,s again, I notice that they have the working parts of their rifle wrapped up in hessian? to keep it dry I suppose, with muskets yes but bolt action? or to keep from rusting? Yours Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mctaz Posted 18 October , 2008 Share Posted 18 October , 2008 I think these blokes were all one family. The man in civvies has a RH shoulder title on his lapel. Interesting photo nevertheless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmarsden Posted 21 October , 2008 Author Share Posted 21 October , 2008 Another two pictures,the first Scottish Horse Battalion I would think taken in Egypt then another lad and his lassie. Ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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