identification of army regiments

[Taidquest]

hi all,
           I'm delighted to say that this morning my sister and I
have received  my grandfather john owens army papers.this came about
because of a very kind rootschatter(tricia) not sure if she would like me to say which
rootschat name she uses.
I will be updating all my posts which referred to our search for john owens,it may take a day or so.
thanks to all who helped in different ways to solve  the dilemma of finding
information.
  (reading this back before posting it sounds so cool but really I feel like dancing
'cept I'd probably fall over)
                                                         regards.anne
                                                                           

[scrimnet]

Anne,

we now move into the realms of an educated guess!

If you turn your head sideways and squint at the picture, I can almost make out an "A" or an "M" on the grenade. That would rule out the Guards, the Artillery and the Engineers. If he is Irish and it is an "M" try the Royal Munster Fusiliers. A long shot, but it gives you a starting point. If he is an Owen, he should not be hard to find in an Irish unit.

Trust you know about this site for basic Regimental information.

http://www.regiments.org/about/index.htm

I agree about the uniform. Think of three types of kit, full dress for parades and field Khaki for real soldiering; then there is smart uniform for going out of barracks and this is what we have. It is smart, but not that smart or expensive.

Good luck

Rod

If it's an "M" shape....Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers who had the castle on their collar dogs....


opps! missed the last postings on this ...heigh ho...Shouldn't work this hard and not be signing in enough!

[scrimnet]

Hi Marc,

Yep,I'd say that the younger man is definately in the MGC.

Here's the MGC badge.

Cheers,Mick

I've squinted at this badge for a while...And I can't see two crossed vickers...I would say it's more of a Maltese cross as proposed earlier...which one, I'll look at when I get home

[Taidquest]

 


and oops again scrimmet,only just noticed this is the second page
on this thread.
                         regards.anne

[mrk82]

I have obtained the service papers of both my relatives.

The elder seated gentleman was orginally enlisted in the 84th regiment when he signed up in 1878 - he served until 1890.  He was reenlisted in 1914 to the 10th batt. London reg and transferred to the 6th royal defense corps in 1916 before his discharge in 1917 on medical grounds.

The younger gentleman was enlisted in the 11th batt. County of London - The London Regiment and served 1911-1916.

Does this information fit with the photo?

Marc