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Title: army soldier
Post by: cricket2 on Wednesday 17 July 13 13:05 BST (UK)

Hi  All


Postcard of a soldier in uniform tidy please
would anyone help with date and rank or regement  think
he could be a motorcycle rider?
any help I would be grateful

Title: Re: army soldier
Post by: ausdixie on Friday 02 August 13 06:45 BST (UK)

 :)

Title: Re: army soldier
Post by: jim1 on Friday 02 August 13 11:38 BST (UK)

I'm afraid this image is too small to I.D. the cap badge.
If you have this you will need to give a high. res. scan of just his cap.

jim

Title: Re: army soldier
Post by: terry h on Friday 02 August 13 15:01 BST (UK)

Could he have been in the R.A.M.C. Looking at the photo on his left arm is what looks like a circular patch with what looks like a little bit of the red cross on it.  Also on the right sleeve you can just make out the edge of a patch.  Badge looks like right size and shape.....just a thought??

Terry

I blew the photo up to get a better look.

Title: Re: army soldier
Post by: terry h on Friday 02 August 13 15:58 BST (UK)

Hi,  A couple of cleans from me......and I'm sticking my neck out here and saying definately R.A.M.C. ::)

Terry

Title: Re: army soldier
Post by: trullwell on Thursday 08 August 13 23:19 BST (UK)

There are quite a number of circular army cap badges with a crown on the top. The RAMC central motif is a serpent which gives the whole badge an open look.  This one seems rather closed and it doesn't look as though it has the motto underneath that an RAMC badge would have. 

Title: Re: army soldier
Post by: stevew101 on Friday 09 August 13 06:59 BST (UK)

My attempt

Title: Re: army soldier
Post by: stevew101 on Friday 09 August 13 07:00 BST (UK)

And a colour version

Title: Re: army soldier
Post by: John915 on Friday 09 August 13 18:27 BST (UK)

Good evening,

I think trullwell is correct, not RAMC. See badges below, L to R 1902/47, 1947/53 and 1953/58

John915

Title: Re: army soldier
Post by: cricket2 on Friday 09 August 13 23:31 BST (UK)

Hi John,Steve,Trullwell,Ausdixie,Jim,Terry


Many thanks to you all great tidy all round
and the information
john

Title: Re: army soldier
Post by: terry h on Monday 12 August 13 12:42 BST (UK)

Quote from: John915 on Friday 09 August 13 18:27 BST (UK)

Good evening,

I think trullwell is correct, not RAMC. See badges below, L to R 1902/47, 1947/53 and 1953/58

John915

I still think it could be RAMC, the photo is not a good scan so it is hard to tell if the badge is more open than it looks certainly when blown up it could be.....what clinched it for me was the round patches on the arm with what look like the edge of the Red Cross. I have a few of the old RAMC badges myself so was aware of what they are like....also my son was in the RAMC.  :)

We probably will never know ::) 
Terry

Title: Re: army soldier
Post by: Treetotal on Monday 12 August 13 12:59 BST (UK)

I agree with Terry...The arm patch does look like a circular badge with a what looks like part of a cross...the cap badge has darker areas in places which indicates shade consistent with open work.
Carol