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Title: Help needed with the regiment please
Post by: Mr. MIGKY on Thursday 09 November 06 12:14 GMT (UK)

HI every one , can any of you help me please with these two . ALL we know about them ,is they came from Galway and Tipperary Ireland. we know the pictures are poor but are at this moment been worked on in photo Restoration.

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,195062.0.html

cheers
Migky

Title: Re: Help needed with the regiment please
Post by: djcrtoye on Thursday 09 November 06 12:31 GMT (UK)

Hi mig the bottom picture looks like going by the hat that it is a scottish regiment.  Have you picture of the cap badge.

cheers djc

Title: Re: Help needed with the regiment please
Post by: Mr. MIGKY on Thursday 09 November 06 12:43 GMT (UK)

HI dj, SORRY THEY ARE THE ONLY PICTURES I HAVE OF THEM.  :(

MIGKY

Title: Re: Help needed with the regiment please
Post by: manchester regt on Thursday 09 November 06 16:12 GMT (UK)

the man in photo No2 is a serjeant in the cameronians[scottish rifles]hes wearing battle dress,which means its after ww1,around the 1930s,mack

Title: Re: Help needed with the regiment please
Post by: Mr. MIGKY on Thursday 09 November 06 16:42 GMT (UK)

Thanks manchester, so looks like they might have been in scotland at some point then.   :)

migky

Title: Re: Help needed with the regiment please
Post by: manchester regt on Thursday 09 November 06 16:51 GMT (UK)

migky,do you know their names,mack

Title: Re: Help needed with the regiment please
Post by: Mr. MIGKY on Friday 10 November 06 17:31 GMT (UK)

His name was John Nelson