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General => Armed Forces => World War One => Topic started by: GEORGE SAINT on Thursday 29 December 11 19:44 GMT (UK)
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Could any one transcribe the writing on the back of the photo and any information of the people in it there regiment or any info on the people in the photo They are none related than k you
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Cpl MacRary, S.
L. Cpl Smith, P.
Sgt. Mchorton, A.
Sgt. Beaumont, R
or (Dick)
*Dick being the affectionate form of Richard (probably was once a European mainland name of Dieke)
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Taranto(Italy) Jan 23rd 1919....WW1 Veterans! few of them have wound badges
Ady
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thank you Rena and Aidy for you quick reply and happy newyear to you any idea of what battalion by the looks of it I thought kingsown yorkshire light infantry cap badge on two of them?
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I dont think they are KOYLI the rear Lance Cpl maybe a Scots Regiment??
The Cpl had 2 overseas Chevron stripes
Im sure there will be more inputs :)
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I wonder if this is the same gentleman on the lower left hand side of the above photo looks like diff badgers to me all though i know they where transfered to diff battalions
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Looks similar and both have wedding rings...The last photo is earlier as he is a Cpl a Sgt in the 1919 photo.
Ady
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i think we could do with a high res scan of the first one.... ;)
Difficult to ID much on a photo of a photo!!
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Could they be Worcesters? similar badge and they were at Taranto in Dec 1918/Jan 1919
Ady
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It doesn't say who the civilians are, but the two chaps seated centre and right look like brothers to me :)
Linda
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Hi...I'm trying to work out what it says on the left hand side. I think it's the name of the two Italians (probably the chaps in the centre). Pulpito seems to be quite a common surname in Taranto. As for the other two names there is a first name Cosimo (but with one one s not two). I suppose somebody could have written it wrongly. The other name is definitely Giovanna but that's a female name, the male version being Giovanni.
Susan
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I wonder what the connection was to the 2 italian civilians, no doubt Giovanni and Cosimo Pulpito?
Am a bit vague as to the history surrounding this aspect of WW1- can anyone enlighten me as to whatthe role played by the 2 men could have been?
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could the two Italians be proprietor and son because it does say holidays on the upper left hand side of the postcard, by the way i didnt buy one photo I bought a full album although the album is about 1950s 60s style all the photos are just before or during the 1WW or just after it I am sure that the album was a family album at one timeput in A 1950s-60s album and who is this stoutly gentleman below to big for the trenchs i think
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Good evening,
The portly gentleman is a Lt in the General Service Corps or is an officer on the general list. (officers with no regt). I say Lt but he could be a captain, i'm not sure when the rank insignia changed.
John915
He's definatly a Lt, the rank insignia changed in the 1880s.
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George, It says Italians not Holidays
James
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ooooooopppppppps lol specks need cleaning and thank you all for replying to my post
George
;D
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The third name could be that of 1817/200217 Lance Serjeant Arthur Whorton, 7th Bn Worcestershire Regiment, a brass worker from Dudley, son of John Thomas and Harriet Whorton of Kates Hill, Dudley. He served throught the war with 7th Bn in France and Italy, and was discharged in March 1919, but reenlisted for 4 years in March 1920, serving as full Serjeant 5243665.
His Medal Index Card (which shows his final rank as Corporal; L/Sjt was an appointment, not a rank) and his service record (one batch for wartime, another for post-war) are on Ancestry. In the wartime records, there are several pages before the one Ancestry takes you to, so you'll have to work backwards as well as forwards! Image #662 (a medical form dated Italy 29/12/18) is the first.
Adrian
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thank you Adrian for your info I have traced Sgt Beaumonts family Address in Thorne Yorkshire so I have a bit more to go on its getting more and more intresting.
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Good evening,
The portly gentleman is a Lt in the General Service Corps or is an officer on the general list. (officers with no regt). I say Lt but he could be a captain, i'm not sure when the rank insignia changed.
John915
He's definatly a Lt, the rank insignia changed in the 1880s.
Ahh...No...Sorry...he is neither! ;)
The GSC wasnt formed until WW2, and the general List would have brozed bades...He is in fact a member of the National Volunteer Corps .... The National Guard...A form of "Home Guard" formed in WW1
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cheers for the info