RootsChat.Com

General => Armed Forces => Topic started by: scot1 on Sunday 11 March 12 11:21 GMT (UK)

Title: uniform plz(the experts love this pic!)
Post by: scot1 on Sunday 11 March 12 11:21 GMT (UK)

Hi can you help  ???

Title: Re: uniform plz
Post by: mmm45 on Sunday 11 March 12 11:44 GMT (UK)

http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/james-moncrieff-grierson/records-of-the-scottish-volunteer-force-1859-1908-hci/page-12-records-of-the-scottish-volunteer-force-1859-1908-hci.shtml

Link above may help?
 1st Volunteer Battery Royal Garrison(maybe) Artillery pre 1908.

Ady

Title: Re: uniform plz
Post by: neil1821 on Sunday 11 March 12 11:57 GMT (UK)

Can I first say what a fabulously detailed scan of a photo. I might suggest to the mods (ie scrimnet) that this one is held as a model example of the type of scan we like to work with. You should see some of the ones we get on here, size of a postage stamp and barely showing the man let alone uniform details.

Anyhow, I digress....  :)
Battery sergeant major
Medal some version of long service and good conduct medal I'd say, regular army/volunteers.

Title: Re: uniform plz
Post by: TomRees on Sunday 11 March 12 12:30 GMT (UK)

shoulder badge / epaulette - IV BANFF (Volunteers Artillery ? )

Title: Re: uniform plz
Post by: scot1 on Sunday 11 March 12 12:43 GMT (UK)

this photo came from my husband gran stuff when she died so we are trying to find out about it so we can place him in out family tree

Title: Re: uniform plz
Post by: scot1 on Sunday 11 March 12 19:57 GMT (UK)

thanks mmm45,neil1821 and tomrees for your input and help on the photo i can now narrow it down to a time period and area  :D i now think its one of two John Stewarts in the area at the time

Title: Re: uniform plz
Post by: mmm45 on Sunday 11 March 12 20:15 GMT (UK)

There MAY be a record on Find My Past Military records.

Ady

Title: Re: uniform plz
Post by: scot1 on Sunday 11 March 12 20:33 GMT (UK)

thanks for that but not on find my past do you have to pay for that site?

Title: Re: uniform plz
Post by: mmm45 on Sunday 11 March 12 20:48 GMT (UK)

Yes you can buy credits but theres a number of matches for John Stewarts was he born Aberdeenshire?
Someone with a full subs may have a look if they see this(i havent)

Ady

Title: Re: uniform plz
Post by: scot1 on Sunday 11 March 12 21:50 GMT (UK)

john stewart born 1862 pitsligo or john stewart born 1836 tyrie both aberdeen

Title: Re: uniform plz
Post by: scrimnet on Monday 12 March 12 14:35 GMT (UK)

Quote from: neil1821 on Sunday 11 March 12 11:57 GMT (UK)

Can I first say what a fabulously detailed scan of a photo. I might suggest to the mods (ie scrimnet) that this one is held as a model example of the type of scan we like to work with. You should see some of the ones we get on here, size of a postage stamp and barely showing the man let alone uniform details.

Anyhow, I digress....  :)
Battery sergeant major
Medal some version of long service and good conduct medal I'd say, regular army/volunteers.

Duly noted in new title... :)

1st Banffshire Volunteer Regt of Artillery