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Messages - Patricia Houghton

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Armed Forces / Re: identification of the grooms uniform
« on: Thursday 30 October 25 14:05 GMT (UK)  »
I just wanted to thank everyone who have replied to me about the grooms uniform.
It has been very helpful and now I can narrow down the person to Infantry.

I have already garnered all the marriages of soldiers from 1942 to 1955 from St.Lukes, Redcliffe Gardens Kensington where this couple were married and now it should be a matter of elimination.
Once again a very big thanyou

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Armed Forces / identification of the grooms uniform
« on: Saturday 25 October 25 16:13 BST (UK)  »
I have been trying to identify the groom in this picture for many many years now and have so far failed.

So now I am trying to crack this nut by identifying his uniform. I know he has a wound stripe on his left forearm and they were issued in WW2 from Feb 1944, so I know about that.

He seems to have 2 pockets on his trousers of differing sizes and in different placements on each leg - but for what purpose they were there for is unknown.
Also the inside lining of his tunic collar looks to be a very light colour and I am hoping that might just indicate something important
Can anyone give me anymore clues (no matter how small they may be) about the uniform he is wearing and if it was specific to a particular regiment of the Army.

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Who is this person & when was it taken
« on: Monday 10 February 25 11:58 GMT (UK)  »
I do wonder if the lining of the hat is just pleated inside and it suggests there to be an image when there is none ?

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Who is this person & when was it taken
« on: Monday 10 February 25 10:21 GMT (UK)  »
I had not seen the pointer in his hand - well spotted.

Could it possibly be a little paintbrush, it looks to be about 7 or 8 inches long

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Who is this person & when was it taken
« on: Sunday 09 February 25 16:22 GMT (UK)  »
Yes, it is lovely and much clearer than mine. Someone had stuck paper all over the back with some awful glue to keep the 2 parts of the picture together and it had lost quite a bit of the imagery from the back image because of it.
The front of the picture was also equally in 2 parts but my husband had managed to do a "clean stitching" process using photo editing across his middle well above the pocket watch chain and well below the tie where the crack was, to make it a complete picture for me to upload

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Who is this person & when was it taken
« on: Sunday 09 February 25 16:07 GMT (UK)  »
So if we are agreed that it is on the 4th finger, could it just be the wedding ring for his future wife that he has placed there for safekeeping before the marriage  ?

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Who is this person & when was it taken
« on: Sunday 09 February 25 15:38 GMT (UK)  »
I saw that ring too, it looks to me to be on his 4th finger as I thought I could just see his third finger, using the knuckles as a guide.
So I am assuming the ring is some sort of signet ring

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Who is this person & when was it taken
« on: Sunday 09 February 25 12:57 GMT (UK)  »
Here is the reverse as requested.

Thank you for giving what you have so far, t has been really enlightening

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Family History Beginners Board / Who is this person & when was it taken
« on: Sunday 09 February 25 11:38 GMT (UK)  »
I have just received a box of photographs and as usual no names are written on them.
This one intrigues me so much and I know next to nothing about the sitter

What I do know is that the photograph was taken at Hinchcliffe & Co, 273 Scotland Road, Liverpool.
It is mounted onto card and is around 6 1/2 inches by 4 1/4 inches in total size. There is a lovely advertising picture in beige and red on the reverse of the premises

Around what year was it taken
What is the thing he has dangling on his watch chain, is it important
Any other clues anyone can extract from this picture would be great to hear about, no matter how small

Thank you in advance

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