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Offline scrimnet

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Re: bought at auction photo WW1
« Reply #18 on: Tuesday 17 January 12 16:38 GMT (UK) »
Good evening,

The portly gentleman is a Lt in the General Service Corps or is an officer on the general list. (officers with no regt). I say Lt but he could be a captain, i'm not sure when the rank insignia changed.

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He's definatly a Lt, the rank insignia changed in the 1880s.

Ahh...No...Sorry...he is neither!  ;)

The GSC wasnt formed until WW2, and the general List would have brozed bades...He is in fact a member of the National Volunteer Corps .... The National Guard...A form of "Home Guard" formed in WW1
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Re: bought at auction photo WW1
« Reply #19 on: Tuesday 17 January 12 19:48 GMT (UK) »
cheers for the info
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