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World War One / Re: Got some info but more required please
« on: Monday 28 May 12 08:20 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: hugatree on Friday 25 May 12 19:23 BST (UK)
Am I right in thinking the sergeant has no hand  below that wound stripe?

Well spotted - i have had a close look at the original photo and yes his hand is missing - there seems to be some sort of prosthetic extention attached but its not that clear to see.
No doubt that's why he has the wound stripe.

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World War One / Re: The Royal Artillery - groups with-in
« on: Sunday 27 May 12 07:03 BST (UK)  »
Were the metal shoulder titles only applicable to soldiers that were in the Royal Artillery? or did other regiments have metal shoulder titles?

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World War One / The Royal Artillery - groups with-in
« on: Saturday 26 May 12 08:30 BST (UK)  »
Am I right to understand that with-in The Royal Artillery there would have been '3' groups:

RFA
RHA
RGA

Thanks in advance.

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World War One / Re: Explanation help of Enlistment
« on: Saturday 26 May 12 08:26 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: apwright on Thursday 24 May 12 12:46 BST (UK)
Your relative would have been at home pursuing his normal civilian occupation from 4/12/15 to 8/5/18, but liable to be called up at any moment!

Adrian

Would this have been the same for most recruits?

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World War One / Re: Got some info but more required please
« on: Saturday 26 May 12 08:25 BST (UK)  »
Can nobody help on the shoulder markings or would you need to have the colours?

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World War One / Re: Got some info but more required please
« on: Friday 25 May 12 08:54 BST (UK)  »
What are the crossed stripes on the left fore arm on the Sergeant and the 1st man from right sat down mean?

They don't to me look like rifles which would mean Marksman, but I could be wrong?

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World War One / Got some info but more required please
« on: Thursday 24 May 12 11:50 BST (UK)  »
Help please:

Here are 2 photos of a group of lads (one of which is a relation but I don’t know which - yet)  – the first photo is the earliest I think as in the second photo the group is virtually the same chaps but they look older and more ‘worn’.

I know the regiment is the Prince of Wales Own West Yorkshire Regiment, but can anyone tell me any more detail about them i.e. what battalion etc as I know you can see the shoulder side cloth emblem but I am not that knowledgeable?

Also notice the Horse shoes wrong way up on the hut – all the luck falls out, you would have thought they would have altered that.


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World War One / Explanation help of Enlistment
« on: Thursday 24 May 12 11:35 BST (UK)  »
I have got the service record of a WW1 relation but I need a bit of an explanation as to understanding his enlistment, it says:

Attested – 4/12/1915 to 4/12/1915
Army Res – 5/12/1915 to 7/5/1918
Mobilized – 8/5/1918 to 11/9/1918
Posted France – 12/9/1918 to 29/9/1918 deceased 

My question is:

From his attested date will he have been in the army actually serving as a full time soldier away from home?
Why I ask, is that when he attested he was living at one address in Bradford and the during the next couple of years it shows the family has moved and living at another address in Bradford, I can understand the family ‘move’ if he was at home in that time but I cant imagine the family would have moved while he was in service?

While a soldier is in the Army Reserve are they at home doing a regular job waiting to be called up or are they stationed away?

Thank you.

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World War One / Re: Regiment ID info help
« on: Friday 18 May 12 19:26 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: mmm45 on Friday 18 May 12 19:07 BST (UK)
The lower of the two looks like a Driver RFA/RA

Ady

So the man with the spurs - would he have actually ridden a horse then? and am I correct in saying he would be in the RHA?

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