bought at auction photo WW1

[danuslave]

It doesn't say who the civilians are, but the two chaps seated centre and right look like brothers to me   

Linda

[susan j]

Hi...I'm trying to work out what it says on the left hand side. I think it's the name of the two Italians (probably the chaps in the centre). Pulpito seems to be quite a common surname in Taranto. As for the other two names there is a first name Cosimo (but with one one s not two). I suppose somebody could have written it wrongly. The other name is definitely Giovanna but that's a female name, the male version being Giovanni.
Susan

[bykerlads]

I wonder what the connection was to the 2 italian civilians, no doubt Giovanni and Cosimo Pulpito?
Am a bit vague as to the history surrounding this aspect of WW1- can anyone enlighten me as to whatthe role played by the 2 men could have been?

[GEORGE SAINT]

could the two Italians be proprietor and son because it does say holidays on the upper left hand side of the postcard, by the way i didnt buy one photo I bought a full album although the album is about 1950s 60s style all the photos are just before or during the 1WW or just after it I am sure that the album was a family album at one timeput in A 1950s-60s album and who is this stoutly gentleman below to big for the trenchs i think

[John915]

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.

John915

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

[macintosh]

George, It says Italians not Holidays


James

[GEORGE SAINT]

ooooooopppppppps lol specks need cleaning and thank you all for replying to my post
                                                            George
 

[apwright]

The third name could be that of 1817/200217 Lance Serjeant Arthur Whorton, 7th Bn Worcestershire Regiment, a brass worker from Dudley, son of John Thomas and Harriet Whorton of Kates Hill, Dudley. He served throught the war with 7th Bn in France and Italy, and was discharged in March 1919, but reenlisted for 4 years in March 1920, serving as full Serjeant 5243665.

His Medal Index Card (which shows his final rank as Corporal; L/Sjt was an appointment, not a rank) and his service record (one batch for wartime, another for post-war) are on Ancestry. In the wartime records, there are several pages before the one Ancestry takes you to, so you'll have to work backwards as well as forwards! Image #662 (a medical form dated Italy 29/12/18) is the first.

Adrian

[GEORGE SAINT]

thank you Adrian for your info I have traced Sgt Beaumonts family Address in Thorne Yorkshire so I have a bit more to go on its getting more and more intresting.