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Offline annie24b

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Uniform identification please
« on: Sunday 28 March 10 11:48 BST (UK) »
Could anyone tell me what uniform is in this photo please?
My mother thought it was my grandfather, but he was a merchant seaman   ???
BAXTER - Whitby, Fylingdales, Sunderland
JOHNSTON - Orkney, Stromness, Sunderland
TATE - South Shields, Sunderland
WOOD - Spennymoor,Houghton-le Spring, Hetton, Murton, Easington
FOSTER (FORSTER)- Dawdon, Hetton, Murton, Houghton-le-spring
DIXON - Hetton, Murton,
LINDLEY - Wakefield, Stanley, Hetton
PRATT - Murton, Peterlee, Seaham
CARDY - Hetton, Sunderland, Mangotsfield, Keynsham

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Re: Uniform identification please
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 28 March 10 23:07 BST (UK) »
Army private, WW1 era, post 1915 due to economy pattern tunic I think.

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Re: Uniform identification please
« Reply #2 on: Monday 29 March 10 12:36 BST (UK) »
thanks pete. It can't be g father then - the search continues!
BAXTER - Whitby, Fylingdales, Sunderland
JOHNSTON - Orkney, Stromness, Sunderland
TATE - South Shields, Sunderland
WOOD - Spennymoor,Houghton-le Spring, Hetton, Murton, Easington
FOSTER (FORSTER)- Dawdon, Hetton, Murton, Houghton-le-spring
DIXON - Hetton, Murton,
LINDLEY - Wakefield, Stanley, Hetton
PRATT - Murton, Peterlee, Seaham
CARDY - Hetton, Sunderland, Mangotsfield, Keynsham

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Re: Uniform identification please
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 11 May 10 21:10 BST (UK) »
probably an odd thought, but the snake (hook/fastener) on the belt is reminiscent of the Royal Irish Constabulary trooper's uniform, maybe 1900 +/-. Check the history section of the PSNI website as it may have uniform samples.
Good luck.

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Re: Uniform identification please
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 11 May 10 21:18 BST (UK) »
That type of belt was favoured by territorial and other pre-WW1 part-time battalions. You get more joy on the photograph dating section.

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Re: Uniform identification please
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 11 May 10 21:37 BST (UK) »
Uniform similar to another photo on the site which has been id-ed as Royal Engineers....

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Re: Uniform identification please
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 11 May 10 21:48 BST (UK) »
Sorry - its a pre-1915 tunic, my error.

Pete.

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Re: Uniform identification please
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 13 May 10 10:56 BST (UK) »
Thanks all
pre 1915 would fit better if it is indeed my g father.
Trouble is, he was definitely a merchant seaman - would it have been at all possible that he could have been part time soldier? He would have been about 45 in 1914


Mal2010 - what is the PSNI please?
BAXTER - Whitby, Fylingdales, Sunderland
JOHNSTON - Orkney, Stromness, Sunderland
TATE - South Shields, Sunderland
WOOD - Spennymoor,Houghton-le Spring, Hetton, Murton, Easington
FOSTER (FORSTER)- Dawdon, Hetton, Murton, Houghton-le-spring
DIXON - Hetton, Murton,
LINDLEY - Wakefield, Stanley, Hetton
PRATT - Murton, Peterlee, Seaham
CARDY - Hetton, Sunderland, Mangotsfield, Keynsham

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Re: Uniform identification please
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 13 May 10 13:25 BST (UK) »
Police Service Northern Ireland.
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