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World War Two / Re: Help with regiment and possible date of photo
« on: Monday 16 March 26 16:41 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Andy J2022 on Friday 06 March 26 00:00 GMT (UK)
If the man on the horse is Reginald Charles John Smart, then it seems likely the photograph may date back to his time with the 3rd Hussars in the period June 1897 - May 1898. However from other photographs (eg the one in the link below)  of 3rd Hussars soldiers on horseback from around that time  it would appear that they wore a white lanyard on the left should, and that their horse's tack included a white martingale, neither of which appear in the photo. I'm not sure what we should conclude from this.
https://www.alamy.com/the-3rd-the-kings-own-hussars-during-the-first-world-war-image621170575.html

It cannot be pre 1905 as that was the year that the peaked cap came into use for cavalry troopers.  Prior to that they would have been wearing the 1903 Brodrick peakless cap or the side cap worn from the late 1890s.  The photo is not from his brief time with the 3rd Hussars in the 1890s.

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Armed Forces Resources / Re: Advice on insignia/badges/shoulder titles etc.
« on: Thursday 05 March 26 11:15 GMT (UK)  »
In terms of cap badges you would need the Royal Engineers with the George Vth cypher.  The Labour Corps recruits were issued the large General Service Coat of Arms cap badge.  They got their own cap badge in Oct 1918 so not applicable for your ancestor.

However judging by photos from 1917-18 it was common practice for infantry men (often downgraded due to wounds) to wear their old infantry cap badge so the groups photos of labour corps units often have a mixture.

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Armed Forces / Re: Joseph Edwards army record
« on: Thursday 26 February 26 10:40 GMT (UK)  »
The vast majority of the Machine Gun Corps were drawn from the Infantry and Cavalry so were Privates or Troopers.  Very few were from the RHA so that may be a bit of a red herring.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Haverfordwest location
« on: Friday 13 February 26 09:00 GMT (UK)  »
120 m from Cross Square according to Google Maps which ties in nicely with her half brother's home.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Haverfordwest location
« on: Friday 13 February 26 08:54 GMT (UK)  »
Many thanks.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Haverfordwest location
« on: Friday 13 February 26 08:39 GMT (UK)  »
This is my GG grandmother who died in Haverfordwest in 1906.  The witness is her half brother of Cross Square Haverfordwest.  What is the address though?  Hun Street Hunstreeet Hun steel?

Thoughts greatly appreciated.

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Armed Forces / Re: Unknown Uniform Assistance Please
« on: Monday 09 February 26 21:13 GMT (UK)  »
He is not a soldier nor an ARP warden.

The shoulder cords were of the type briefly worn on Army tunic in the fist years of the C20th but were obsolete by 1910.  His age suggests a much later date.  Tunics like that were worn by bands and organisations like the Salvation Army.  The collar badges are unusual and again not military.  Could he have been a volunteer fireman?

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The Common Room / Re: A major new AI capability
« on: Saturday 07 February 26 14:17 GMT (UK)  »
In a previous job in the NHS Primary care, there was an initiative to replace all paper patient records.  The ides was to pay a company millions of pounds to scan and transcribe them all onto the NHS network.  Having seen what AI does to will transcripts where is makes things up or fits the closest thing it thinks to be right, the idea the NHS will do that to very faded writing by a profession known for their bad handwriting in medical jargon and bespoke abbreviations (NFB mean anything to anyone in Somerset?) fills me with angst.

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World War Two / Re: Decifer Attestation Papers
« on: Wednesday 04 February 26 19:40 GMT (UK)  »
Indeed so he went on the 22 nd May but came off on the 24th so was lucky to get out of the town at all.

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