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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: angelan on Wednesday 07 May 08 20:18 BST (UK)
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Please can you work your magic on this photo please? This young man in the Worcestershire Regiment had added 2 years onto his age so was only 18 when this was taken.
This is the only photo of him in uniform. He is now in his 80s and would be delighted to have a photo good enough to frame.
Angela
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Sorry to spoil things... :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\
He's not a Woofer...He's in the Royal Artillery!! :D
The shoulder titles say RA, and the collar dogs are flaming grenades/bombs with "Ubique" below...
From 1939/early 1940!
Also has a 1908 ptn belt on...
Was he TA?
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A quick try.
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Hi Angela
A Restore From me Hope its Okay for you
Regards
Iria
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my one
Irene
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ONE FROM ME
DAVE
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Thank you Scrimnet your help is appreciated. I have seen other posts you have written and your military knowledge is amazing.
I have spoken to the subject of the photograph again. He says when he joined the TA he added 2 years onto his age. He was in the 10th Worcestershire regiment. He was born in Feb 1922. He is sure that this photo was taken in late 1939 or early 1940 when he was around 18, which is what you say.
His travels abroad began on D day and he spent time in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. Unfortunately he has no photographic record of these later years when he had transferred to the 12th Corps Assault Troops 93rd LAA (hope I have got this right)
Thank you for your expert help
Angela
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Thank you Charles, Iria, Irene and Dave for your work on my 2nd World War photograph. He will be pleased to see these. It's the only photograph of him with a complete head of hair. He blames the hair loss on the helmet he had to wear during the war!
Angela
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. He blames the hair loss on the helmet he had to wear during the war!
Angela
My Dad used to say the same thing :o :o ::) ;D
Irene
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Hi Angela,
Best regards George.
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Well spotted Scrimnet ;) ;)
I recently questioned your intervention, thinking you should have PMed the person concerned, rather than be head on :-\ :-\ This was because of the extreme effort put in by the restorer concerned ::) ::) On reflection I was wrong :( :(
Your contribution is invaluable, and I applaud your experience / knowledge in this specialized area ;) ;)
Mudge
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Thank you all! I'm blushing!....
93rd Light Anti Aircraft (Royal Artillery) Were part of 21st Army Group, and they landed in Europe on 01 Sept 1944 and were committed there until 08 May 1945.
12 Corps' LAA was 112th LAA...
This type of uniform was not worn after 1940 as all were issued battledress by then. This is a bit odd as he is most assuredly badged as RA...
10th Woofers were formed in 1939 and were a hostilities only unit...It was not unusual for some members / bns to be re rolled in some way...
93rd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, R.A. (T.A.) - came from a Welsh Area, and were part of Western Command
Mudge...Poll and I have "history" ;) ;) We regularly email each other and have a lot of banter...she always asks for a contribution from me to "tweak" pictures!! But thank you!
BTW I tried to post tis last night but the computer have to re programmed...with a large hammer! ::)
I'll keep digging on this one...
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. He blames the hair loss on the helmet he had to wear during the war!
Angela
My Dad used to say the same thing :o :o ::) ;D
Irene
Most of the "gentlemen of a certain age" (ie over 35) in my unit are "follically challenged" ::) :o
I have raised the issued of fiscal compensation with my boss, but I was verbally slapped down! So much for Help for Heroes ::) ::) ::)
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Just found this...
Mr R. Haig – Brown served with 93rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, which was equipped with Crusader tanks fitted with 20mm anti-aircraft guns. His unit landed on Juno Beach early on D-Day.
“ Our job was to get eventually to two bridges, one over the Orne canal at Benouville, and the other 100 yards to the east, over the Orne river. We were to protect them from air attack as they were the only road link between the beach and the 6th Airborne Division who had landed to the east of the river. The bridges lay on the other side of a minefield. As I had been on the course, I was told to organise a way through for the tanks. I knew exactly what to do until I came across the first mine. I had never seen one like it before. Even if I knew all about German mines I was not prepared for this and all the others to be British, captured at Dunkirk in 1940 and used against us now. I had no idea how to handle any of them. When eventually I did clear a way through, no-one would volunteer to drive the first tank down my taped path. ‘You cleared the way, Sir’ said the troop sergeant major, ‘and if you don’t mind’, he added with a huge grin, ‘perhaps you would prove it is all right by taking No.1 tank down there yourself.’”
[Warren Tute Collection, D-Day Museum]
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And more...
Mr R. Haig – Brown, 93rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, crossed the Channel in an LST (Landing Ship, Tank). He describes the crossing on the night of 5-6 June:
“ Much the most memorable impression I had that night was, seasickness apart, the terrific morale of the troops. Such was their training and briefing, and so muddle-free the assembly, that none of us thought it possible that anything could go wrong or that we were on anything but a rather super exercise where live bullets would not actually be aimed at us, but so as to miss, and death never really happened. At 2am on 6th June, I was sent for and given an envelope by the ship’s captain. In it was the key to the code on the maps I had seen at briefing; for the first time did I know that Nan Beach in Juno Sector was at the village of Bernieres-sur-Mer, just west of Ouistreham, and that the river was in fact the Orne. We had already been told we were to land at H-Hour plus a half; now we knew that H-Hour was 7.30am, just a few hours hence. I spent the rest of the night pouring over my maps, translating the codes on them, telling the men all about it and issuing them with a couple of hundred francs each in new notes.”
[Warren Tute Collection, D-Day Museum]
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One battery of the 93rd landed with the 50th Northumbrian Div on D-Day...The rest appear to have landed with 3rd Canadian Inf div on Juno Beach....
Still digging through an enormous pile of books...Will have to take some into work now!!
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Hi Angela...........Heres another colour version, I hope it makes the gents day !
Carolyn :)
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My attempt at colour.
Bob
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Can I just point out peeps.... :-\
Excellent colourisations...
But the collar dog is being lost on his right side! They are a pair and should be visible both sides...it's not actually a smudge! ;) ;)
;D ;D
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This look about right Scrimmers, ? :)
George
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Nice one matey!!!
You've even got the early war pea green blanco on the belt spot on!!
Nice oil painting look!
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Thank you Bob, Carolyn and George for the latest additions to the collection. I see you did a black & white and a colour too George. My thanks to you all for your time and expertise. I have a framed copy of the damaged original which will soon be replaced by a restored version!
Great work everyone!
Angela