royal engineers

[peterjohn]

hi, just wondering if anyone can tell me if the royal artillery is part of the royal engineers ,my dad was a gunner in the artillery, but on the photo of him his cap badge is more like the engineers. pete

[KellG]

Pete,

The Royal Artillery & Royal Engineers are two completely separate units of the British Army.
Is it possible to show the photograph at all?

Dave.

[peterjohn]

hope you recieved that kellG, pete

[peterjohn]

hi kellyG, not much up not emailing and stuff , hope you got that image, thats the closest i`ve seen that looks like dads,can`t send  the real thing my scanner won`t run on my new windows 7 pc yet. pete

[KellG]

Sorry Pete,

No sign of any image anywhere.

Here are some images of Royal Artillery & Royal Engineer badges.
Does it look like any of these?

Dave.

[peterjohn]

hi again, yes very much like the one on the right second row . pete

[KellG]

Hi Pete,

If your Dad was listed as a gunner & you have a photo of him wearing a Royal Engineers badge I can only guess that he was transfered at some time in his career.
As an example, one of my uncles started the second world war as a gunner in the Royal Artillery & ended as a private in the Lincolnshire Regiment!

Dave.

[peterjohn]

thanks for that kellG, one of those questions i should have asked him when i had the chance,pete.