Guest Posted 7 November , 2011 Share Posted 7 November , 2011 Ron a very good photo,where is Carlingnose Camp? or is it Carlingford across the water from Warrenpoint Co Down? Joe Hi Joe. It's somewhere in the hills about North Queensferry, not sure of exact location. Some info Here " The site of the camp is the rising ground behind the Forth bridge midway between Inverkeithing and North Queensferry " Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 7 November , 2011 Share Posted 7 November , 2011 Have just found This Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmarsden Posted 7 November , 2011 Author Share Posted 7 November , 2011 Another from Carlingnose Camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmarsden Posted 10 November , 2011 Author Share Posted 10 November , 2011 Another from Carlingnose Camp. The drum major on the left is a Gordon Highlander. No doubt he was an instructor for those drummer boys, they look very young to me. What was the age limits for boy entrants in the T.F? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmarsden Posted 12 November , 2011 Author Share Posted 12 November , 2011 Piper 6th R.H. wearing the old 4th V.B.R.H. belt buckle.He is wearing a wristwatch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmarsden Posted 14 November , 2011 Author Share Posted 14 November , 2011 Jack Lindsay M.C. 6th R.H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
margaretdufay Posted 19 November , 2011 Share Posted 19 November , 2011 Hello does anyone know why a soldier would have two numbers written on his medal card. my great uncle William Mcandrew of the 7th batallion black watch and killed in action 21st march 1918 has two numbers written on his medal card 4397 and 40020 thanks in advance for any info mags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmackie Posted 19 November , 2011 Share Posted 19 November , 2011 Hi His second number is S/40020 (from his MIC) and this link to a previous post may help you. Dental Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ander11 Posted 19 November , 2011 Share Posted 19 November , 2011 Hello does anyone know why a soldier would have two numbers written on his medal card. my great uncle William Mcandrew of the 7th batallion black watch and killed in action 21st march 1918 has two numbers written on his medal card 4397 and 40020 thanks in advance for any info mags Hello Mags, I have just looked at The History of The Black Watch in the great war 1914-1918( VOL 2 ) page 330 it has Pte McAndrews W,S/40020 KIA 26-3 1918 but only one number regards Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
margaretdufay Posted 19 November , 2011 Share Posted 19 November , 2011 hello ian is this the book by wauchope? does it have any other info thanks in advance mags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ander11 Posted 19 November , 2011 Share Posted 19 November , 2011 hello ian is this the book by wauchope? does it have any other info thanks in advance mags mags send me a PM Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARMAGH Posted 19 November , 2011 Share Posted 19 November , 2011 Hi Joe. It's somewhere in the hills about North Queensferry, not sure of exact location. Some info Here " The site of the camp is the rising ground behind the Forth bridge midway between Inverkeithing and North Queensferry " Mike Thanks Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmarsden Posted 6 December , 2011 Author Share Posted 6 December , 2011 Is this a Perthshire Volunteers piper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 6 December , 2011 Share Posted 6 December , 2011 Not sure, but my first thought was Cameronian. You may well be right though? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmarsden Posted 16 December , 2011 Author Share Posted 16 December , 2011 What collar badges is the officer wearing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARMAGH Posted 16 December , 2011 Share Posted 16 December , 2011 Transport Section 6 Bn Black Watch,attached MTO from the Army Service Corp? Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom A McCluskey Posted 16 December , 2011 Share Posted 16 December , 2011 Joe, Is he no fae the Scottish Horse (by this time absorbed into The Black Watch)? Look at the three vertical cuff buttons particular to the Yeomanry. Aye, Tom McC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmarsden Posted 22 December , 2011 Author Share Posted 22 December , 2011 1st Btn Aldershot 1913. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalky179 Posted 22 December , 2011 Share Posted 22 December , 2011 Carlingnose Camp was to the right of the rail line as you travel north. Canmore Mapping Bing Maps today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronmarsden Posted 23 December , 2011 Author Share Posted 23 December , 2011 Anonymous Sgt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom A McCluskey Posted 8 January , 2012 Share Posted 8 January , 2012 Ron, I was browsing through this thread today and, I am surprised none of us picked up on Major-General George Montague Harper of Highland Division fame [post No. 198. He was the GOC 51st Highland Division and he's the one wearing an SD cap paying some attention to the woolly-looking dog. Aye, Tom McC [Copy of your photo is attached] PS - Follow the link below to a mini-Biog' of G M Harper on Lieutenant Colonal Edward De Santis' site: http://www.reubique.com/harper.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kallag Posted 12 February , 2012 Share Posted 12 February , 2012 Some assistance please friends. This chap, Gerard Hudson, hails from Brighton but left the UK permantly for a job in South Africa in 1904. He served in East Africa during WW1 but as a member of the South African forces. As the uniform appears to (my untrained eye) be Black Watch, would this picture have been taken pre 1904 whilst he was still living in the UK or were there at the time units in South Africa wearing this uniform? Could he therefore have been a member of a local unit with a Black Watch uniform and the picture taken in South Africa or would dating the picture to pre 1904 seem more accurate. The closest match to Gerard's uniform was the one posted by Ron #244 on page 10 showing Harry Walker? Any comment on the uniform worn by Gerard would be appreciated. Please refer to post #638. I have now established that the picture of Gerard Hudson was taken in the UK (and not in South Africa) either whilst doing his Engineering apprenticeship and training in Glasgow (1891- 1898) or working in London (1898-1902). Could any of the Black Watch experts on the forum suggest where I should be seeking assistance in establishing which unit of the Black Watch Gerard could possibly have been a member of at the time when the picture was taken, ie during the period 1891-1902? Any advice will be appreciated. Kallag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom A McCluskey Posted 14 February , 2012 Share Posted 14 February , 2012 Hello Kallag, Gerard Hudson is not recorded as having been an officer in The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders); either serving as a: regular, militia/SR, or Volunteer/TF. May I suggest that the gentleman in the picture is possibly Glasgow Highlanders? The chap in the photo is in Review Order, so I would expect to see him in a feather bonnet – bearing in mind he is dressed as an officer. Has the cap badge been coloured over with a black felt pen? Aye, Tom McC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseM88 Posted 21 February , 2012 Share Posted 21 February , 2012 My Great-Grandfather Sgt. John MacLeod, middle row 4th from left in top photo, seated 2nd from right in bottom photo. Officers and NCO's of the 9th (Scottish) Division, or is that too broad? He was in the 8th Battalion Black Watch. I think the photo is just labelled as 'Sergeants of the Black Watch', which tells us pretty much nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truthergw Posted 21 February , 2012 Share Posted 21 February , 2012 8th Battalion Black Watch were 26th Brigade, 9th Division. New Army, first of the Kitchener Men to go to France, July 1915, fought at Loos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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