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General => Armed Forces => Topic started by: cheekymole on Sunday 30 January 11 18:26 GMT (UK)
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Hi
Could somebody help identify this uniform please?
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Any more clues, please?
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He is Francis Crook from Bolton, Lancs but that's about all I know I'm afraid
He was my grandfather's best man in 1938
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Thanks
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Just a suggestion, have you taken the photo out of its frame and looked for a caption on the back of photo.
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Thank you, there is nothing on the back, it's just one of the old postcard type photos
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The only thing to go on is the badge, and it's too blurred to see the detail.
But just by general shape I'd say something like the Royal Signals
http://www.btinternet.com/~ian.a.paterson/Badges/Others/RSignalsBadge.jpg
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Thank you
I have found someone of the same name on the ww2 deaths - could this be a royal artillery cap badge?
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I have found someone of the same name on the ww2 deaths - could this be a royal artillery cap badge?
No sorry, wrong shape.
Have a browse here if you like
http://www.militarybadges.org.uk/badget11.htm
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Ah thank you
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Not Royal Signals. The Greatcoat does not look British. What is the Imprint in the breast pocket area ?
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Address looks like Lord
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Royal Corps Of Signals my guess!
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cheekymole. You see the imprint in the bottom corner, can you please read this out for us? does it say Lordoni
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Gosh, hadn't even noticed that!
BORDON
HANTS ???
RGWaller is the signature - the photographer
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Maybe he was at Longmoor Camp, if that was there in 1940. Possibly he was in an Armoured Regiment?
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If I have matched the name to the correct ww2 roll of honour he was a lance bombardier in 182 bty 65 HAA Rgt, Royal Artillery
HAA (?)
But, like I say I may have the wrong person!
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could it be Heavy Anti Aircraft
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You never mentioned before that he was a casualty, where does that info come from?
If I have matched the name to the correct ww2 roll of honour he was a lance bombardier in 182 bty 65 HAA Rgt, Royal Artillery
That person is Francis Gerrard Crook, buried in Aberdeen.
It's definitely not an RA badge in the photo though, that much is certain. :)
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Google GU35 9PD it is possible that he was at that camp. Go on to street view and you can scroll along the perimeter fence. Along the A3
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Could be but who am I to argue - haven't a clue!! ::)
Not even sure he was a casualty - just clutching at straws
I believe him to be a Francis Crook and just did a general search on a******y which came up with two casualties. I am assuming it could be Francis Gerrard Crook as he was born in Lancashire in 1910 the same year as my grandfather
Clutching at straws indeed!
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Hi Cheekymole. I have been searching for information on my father whom died on 18/05/1941 and is buried in Aberdeen (Trinity) Cemetery his name FRANCIS GERRARD CROOK his Regiment was the Royal Artillery Rank Lance Bombardier Unit 182 Bty., 65 H.A.A. Regt. I believe he was on The Troopship Archangel when it was bombed on 16/5/1941, he was picked out of the water and then died two days later. I was a very young boy then.
I do have a little more information but that can come later.
Regards Glenor.
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Have you looked at the "convoy" web site to find out more info on where the ship was going to?
www.convoy.web I think the address is or something similar.
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Good evening,
Looks like royal signals to me also, greatcoat is british just like the one I had in the 60s.
These are royal signals pre 1947, r/h one on 1st row, l/h one on 2nd row.
John915
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The attached photo may help somebody in their search for information. I think have the photo attached but am not sure if it is, there is a note saying that "you may need to reattach any files you attached"
so if there is no photo can somebody tell me how???.
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In my last post I forgot to say that my Dad is the one with the football between his knee's.
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They are Royal Artillerymen.A mix of uniforms so maybe early in WW2 or have a couple of Territorial soldiers on there.
Ady
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Hi mmm45
If you look close at the teapot it has 1940 written on it. It looks, from the clothes they are wearing to be in the winter so I would have been about 3 years old when it was taken and have no personal memories but do remember my late mother telling me dad was on his way home from the Orkney's when the ship was bombed. If you look at my posting a couple of days ago you will see the results of my research so far.
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I think they had Army gunners embarked on Merchant ships to defend them.
IIRC there was the term DEMS. Defensively equipped Merchant Ships.