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Armed Forces / Re: Uniform Identification
« on: Sunday 04 November 07 19:45 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Dixie, nice to meet you and thanks for that, much appreciated

The photo restoration team have already done a makeover on this and very good it was too.

I'm starting to narrow it down. The type of badge he's wearing is a helmet
plate type and the centre was detachable.

I'm looking through these types rather than the later cap badge.

He could be Devonshire, Dorsetshire, or Cambridgeshire as they all had
a castle in the badge.

Does any one have a refence book on Helmet badges?

Thanks again Dixie
John :)

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Armed Forces / Re: Uniform Identification
« on: Thursday 01 November 07 21:40 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Ken, unfortunately the postcard does not belong to me.
I was helping someone who found this amongst a relatives
 personel effects. So I cannot do a pre scan.

John

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Uniform Identification
« on: Wednesday 31 October 07 19:17 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Irene, sorry for the delay in thanking you very much for your
skilful touch up on this photo, it's amazing what you have done.

I didn't know this was possible unless you sent off for it.

I searched through the categories to find your reply but ended up having to find it in my email inbox  :-[ :-[

Where is your section on roots ?

Thanks again
John :) ;)

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Armed Forces / Re: Uniform Identification
« on: Wednesday 31 October 07 18:51 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you very much for that Ken it was most helpful in eliminating the
Royal Berks, you spotted something a lot of us missed,
you are right about there being a Sphinx  on top of their castle in the Essex
cap badge, but the Berks badge of this type differed from their cap badge, we had the china dragon on regular badges and a stag beneath a tree on the helmet plate. I wonder did the Essex boys badge change at all.

Yes i think the gun is the first bolt action .303 Lee Metford and probably took the shorter socket bayonet ( which he looks to be wearing).

Good luck in tracking one of those down Ken, I myself have a WW2
.303 Lee Enfield ( SMLE) dectivated.

Thanks again for your help
John 


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Armed Forces / Uniform Identification
« on: Tuesday 30 October 07 21:42 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Everyone, can anyone help me identify this mans Regiment,
my feeling was that it may have been my lot the Royal Berkshire Regt,
but now I think it may be Essex ( is that a castle in the centre plate)
but maybe not, on the Berks version of this type of badge they had a
stag next to a tree but their later cap badge was the China Dragon.
So I feel sure he's not Berkshire regt but I'm lost as to which Regt
he belongs to. Any suggestions would be welcome

Thanks John :)


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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Uniform Identification
« on: Tuesday 30 October 07 21:28 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks Rog, will do that and thanks for advice.

John

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Uniform Identification
« on: Tuesday 30 October 07 20:35 GMT (UK)  »
Hello everyone, can anyone help me identify the
regiment this man served in. Thanks in advance
John :) My long shot Guess is Essex ???




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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Hello all
« on: Monday 29 October 07 20:41 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Rosemary, nice to meet you, love the boney man.
Thats quite a lot of posts. I'm here in Berkshire,
the lion depicts 1 of my interests ( The Royal Berkshire Regt)

Will post my name interests soon

I intend to look in everyday so if you're about say hi :)

John

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Family History Beginners Board / Hello all
« on: Monday 29 October 07 20:27 GMT (UK)  »
Hello all, very new to this site so thought I'd just say hi to start with. ;)
I do know one member on here who lives in Spain.
Rosemary if you're reading, hi, hows things.

John :)

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