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Title: Help with identifying my grandfathers uniform please
Post by: grannypammy on Thursday 20 May 21 23:58 BST (UK)
Michael James O'Brien born 1898 in Northern Ireland ..Any help would be much appreciated thank you
Title: Re: Help with identifying my grandfathers uniform please
Post by: NSWP on Friday 21 May 21 01:09 BST (UK)
Hard to say, but perhaps mounted formation, perhaps Royal Horse Artillery, or Dragoons/Hussars?
Stripe = Lance Bombardier if Artillery or Lance Corporal in other units.
Title: Re: Help with identifying my grandfathers uniform please
Post by: grannypammy on Friday 21 May 21 05:36 BST (UK)
Thank you NSWP for your help. I want to write some details with this photo so your information is very valuable. I do have another photo of him again no details other than "Driver" pencilled on the back...He looks so young
Title: Re: Help with identifying my grandfathers uniform please
Post by: jim1 on Friday 21 May 21 10:39 BST (UK)
Driver would indicate RHA/RFA.
2nd. photo shows him in tropical kit so overseas.
Title: Re: Help with identifying my grandfathers uniform please
Post by: grannypammy on Friday 21 May 21 11:45 BST (UK)
Thank you Jim1 this is great information I can finally piece together what my grandfather did during WW1   ..I think it is  R.F.A that I found in some notes ..I think I remember my grandmother saying something about him serving in India but I can not be sure about that
Title: Re: Help with identifying my grandfathers uniform please
Post by: NSWP on Saturday 22 May 21 01:22 BST (UK)
Quote from: jim1 on Friday 21 May 21 10:39 BST (UK)
Driver would indicate RHA/RFA.
2nd. photo shows him in tropical kit so overseas.

Driver = Driving the horse carriages pulling the guns?
Title: Re: Help with identifying my grandfathers uniform please
Post by: NSWP on Saturday 22 May 21 01:24 BST (UK)
Quote from: grannypammy on Friday 21 May 21 11:45 BST (UK)
Thank you Jim1 this is great information I can finally piece together what my grandfather did during WW1   ..I think it is  R.F.A that I found in some notes ..I think I remember my grandmother saying something about him serving in India but I can not be sure about that

Good work, RFA = Royal Field Artillery, the gun carriages and all that.