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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: chempat on Sunday 27 October 24 08:20 GMT (UK)
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The groom was born in Keighley but married in Portsmouth in 1918 - was he a captain in the Royal Garrison Artillery? Don't think he would be a captain....does the RGA stand for anything else?
Thanks for any help.
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Corporal :-\
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I did wonder corporal but kept seeing that final letter as an i.
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Corporal, Royal Garrison Artillery, I think.
The Royal Garrison Artillery was part of the British Army's Royal Regiment of Artillery serving alongside the Royal Field Artillery & the Royal Horse Artillery.
Regards
GS
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Just looked up RGA and they also used the term Bombardier, doesn't help though.
So we are going with a really badly written corporal, I think.
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Definitely Corporal, you only have to compare the o with the a in bachelor.
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I did wonder corporal but kept seeing that final letter as an i.
What you're seeing as a letter i is actually a colon : (indicating an abbreviated word).
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I did wonder corporal but kept seeing that final letter as an i.
What you're seeing as a letter i is actually a colon : (indicating an abbreviated word).
Thank-you. (Why bother for 3 or so letters...)
Added: But the abbreviation is of the 'ora' so strictly should come before the l - or am I still mis-reading it?