Help please making picture clearer

[PrueM]

Don't worry about it, Emma! 

There isn't a hard and fast rule about sizes, but if something is huge I'll be resizing for the sake of convenience...and as you say, you can provide a big scan to anyone who wants one, via email. 

Incidentally, the original image you posted (the huge one    ) was quite badly pixellated because it was at a low resolution, so to make it clearer it had to be shrunk anyway.   It's a juggling act to get images the right resolution, the right physical size, and the right file size to fit on Rootschat!    Takes a bit of practise, but it's worth the effort 

Cheers
Prue

[scrimnet]

Well it is a marvelous mixture of headgear!!

A Wolseley helmet, most in tin lids and what looks like someone (the chap in the middle whose head is just popping up) in a captured German M43 Field Cap, or more possibly the M40 Tropical Cap...

I think the gun might be German as well...Deffo not in British use anyway...Well not in my reference books!!

[Spitfire]

I haven't been able to post all the picture.  It has copyright on it........long story, but it featured in Picture Post in 1957, after a German found the camera during the war, had the pics developed and wanted them to be returned to their owners!!!  My partner's late father is sitting on the barrell far right and we have identified a couple of others.
The gun could be Italian apparently?  I can send you the whole picture if you wish Scrimnet but I cannot post on here!

Emma
http://www.geocities.com/hunnies28@btopenworld.com/85thMt.html

[scrimnet]

Hi Em

I'll PM you with my email addy...

The reason why I suggested it was a Jerry gun is because of the ?German hat...Might have been found with the gun...

I would be surprised if Picture Post owned the copyright...It should be owned by the person who originally took the pics! Picture Post wouldn't have paid  for the pics, even ex gratia!...

Have you the original? And were the pics re united with the owner??

[Spitfire]

The pictures were never reunited with their owners - to the best of my knowledge.  It appears that Getty Images now own the copyright and they want an extortionate amount to use it anywhere!
One of the chaps (whose head you can see) is wearing a German Great Coat!
I have some incredible photos - they were quite an unusual artillery unit.

Thanks for the interest,
Em

[Woodentop50]

Spitfire / Scrimnet,

Would these chaps be Long Range Desert Group or something similar , early SAS maybe ?

                                                                                                                   Jim

[scrimnet]

Spitfire / Scrimnet,

Would these chaps be Long Range Desert Group or something similar , early SAS maybe ?

                                                                                                                   Jim

Following Ems link, they are a Territorial Arty unit...Although reading through they did support some Special Forces in Italy (No1 Demolition Squadron for example).

The Desert and Middle East forces were renowned for their contempt for dress regulations...These were personified by the cartoonist Jon in his famous "Two Types"

[Spitfire]

At the time, they were 85th Field Regiment, R.A