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yet another uniform to identify!
« on: Friday 13 April 07 23:39 BST (UK) »
can anyone help me identify my uncles uniform,i dont know if im looking at it wrong but i think hes a bit scruffy!! muddy boots,wonky belt :o
sorry i dont know how to remove his sisters from the pic,3 for the price of 1  :-X
sharon x
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Re: yet another uniform to identify!
« Reply #1 on: Friday 13 April 07 23:59 BST (UK) »
Hi Sharon

I dont think your chap is scruffy at all!!!

The 1908 pattern web belt is weighed down by his bayonet...His trousers and tunic have creases in them and the Wolsely pattern helmet has rather a fancy pugree on it.

I think he may have just come off a parade!! The parade field my well have been muddy...hence the boots!!!

The reason I say parade is that he is obsensibly smart, and only carries a bayonet. This is drill order. The picture was taken outside of the UK, because of the helmet. I would hazard Egypt???

Do you have any dates/more details on this chap??? It would be great if you could post the original pic on its own....
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Re: yet another uniform to identify!
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 14 April 07 00:11 BST (UK) »
i will give it a go,dont hold your breath lol,
all i know is that he lived in harrow,middlesex,not great i know,just thought that might give him a middlesex regiment but then im a bit fick when it comes to militaria
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Re: yet another uniform to identify!
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 14 April 07 00:15 BST (UK) »
well thats one extreme to the other isnt it!! told you not to hold your breath,want me to try again?? i dont know how to take the pictures off!!
he was born in 1899 if that is any use,sorry i dont know anymore :-\
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Re: yet another uniform to identify!
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 14 April 07 00:16 BST (UK) »
Don't worry Sharon...we'll give this a go!!

My great uncle went from Northampton/Buckinghamshire border to sign up with the Somerset Light Infantry in Taunton!!! So, residence and birthplace don't necessarily equate with Regiment joined!!!

Born 1899??  I was thinking mid 1920s actually!!

Good effort with the pic....but if you could scan the original, we might be able to see some detail on the helmet or somewhere
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Re: yet another uniform to identify!
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 14 April 07 00:19 BST (UK) »
i have come to the conclusion that ancestors are all off their rockers lol
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Re: yet another uniform to identify!
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 14 April 07 00:19 BST (UK) »
How's this?

McBride (Monaghan, Manchester), Derbyshire (Bollington,Cheshire), Knight (Newcastle,Staffs), Smith (Chorley, Lancs & Ireland), Tipladay (Manchester & Yorkshire) ,Steadman (Madeley,Shropshire), Steele (Manchester,Glasgow), Parkinson (Wigan, Lancashire), Lovatt, Cornes & Turner (Staffs) Stott (Oldham, Lancs). All ended up Ardwick, Manchester
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Re: yet another uniform to identify!
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 14 April 07 00:20 BST (UK) »
Quote from: candyflossyum on Saturday 14 April 07 00:19 BST (UK)
i have come to the conclusion that ancestors are all off their rockers lol

We all are when it comes to military service!!!! :) :) :) :)
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Re: yet another uniform to identify!
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 14 April 07 00:21 BST (UK) »
oo you clever pants ;D at least hes better looking than his fag ash lil sister :o
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