Identify picture

[Gadget]

Hi all


Sorrry to put a damper on all this but:

I am opined that he is from the Royal Engineers and quite very well in 23rd Armoured (Army Tank) Brigade..

How many men would be in this category? 

Is there a way of finding out who in this category married in London between 1940 and 1943?





Gadget

[scrimnet]

That, gadge, I considered 

Here is the PM I sent to Sara this AM...

Well....We may have narrowed him down to a few hundred or thereabouts.

The MOD will not release records for WW2 for sometime. It may be worth going to the museum to see if the units within that brigade left any pictures / records, but I have the feeling that this story may have some years yet to run, due to there being no records in the public domain!!!

[DeeBoneham]

Sara

I have only just caught up on this thread.. Try posting the picture on www.ww2talk.com or www.cfww2.com and see what their knowledgeable people com up with.  They wont be able to help with who and when and where but they may be able to ID the uniform....

Cant promise anything but you never know!

Dee

[Pete Keane]

I have already tried ww2talk but with no more progress, more confusion in fact!

Not tried the other site though.

Regards

Pete

[scrimnet]

Sara

I have only just caught up on this thread.. Try posting the picture on www.ww2talk.com or www.cfww2.com and see what their knowledgeable people com up with.  They wont be able to help with who and when and where but they may be able to ID the uniform....

Cant promise anything but you never know!

Dee

Oooh cheeky!

We have done our best here and what we have is as near as!!

[DeeBoneham]

Scrim I always say that you are a brilliant authority and I recommend people to you from those forums.  Dont know about you though I try every source I can get for information! xx

[scrimnet]

Thanks Dee ! 

I certainly look in oodles of places and have oodles of books...and yes I look on oodles of sites as well!!

I have actually spent many hours wailing and gnashing of teeth on this one, and quiltlady kindly sent me a larger scan....

[DeeBoneham]

I thought you probably did.  By the way I sent someone in your direction the other day. Dont know whether they have posted a thread yet but hopefully you will be able to help with that one too!
Dee

[cazza59]

I have no idea what this tread is about as it's seven pages long, but the photo is so lovely, I couldn't help playing with it after Gadget posted a link to it on another thread.

Regards
Caroline