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Re: ww1 soldiers photo needing upgrade please
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 03 August 13 19:01 BST (UK) »
Hi Matt

Hopefully a bit more accurate  :)

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« Reply #10 on: Saturday 03 August 13 19:02 BST (UK) »
And the other one  :)
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Re: ww1 soldiers photo needing upgrade please
« Reply #11 on: Saturday 03 August 13 19:10 BST (UK) »
Steve
You are a gentleman, I will pass these on to the Family thank you very much

Kind Regards Matt

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Re: ww1 soldiers photo needing upgrade please
« Reply #12 on: Saturday 03 August 13 19:38 BST (UK) »
Hi,
Don't wish to offend anyone, but the correct spelling is Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.
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« Reply #13 on: Saturday 03 August 13 19:54 BST (UK) »
I think your soldier is wearing the Hodden grey kilt of the London Scottish, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders wore the Black Watch tartan and a red/white dicing on the Glengarry.
That is not to say he wasn't in The A&SH at some time, he may have been transferred to or from one or the other.
The cap badge does have a look of the A&SH but the London Scottish badge is also a large round one and on an unclear pic are similar.


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« Reply #14 on: Saturday 03 August 13 19:55 BST (UK) »
Hi,
Don't wish to offend anyone, but the correct spelling is Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.
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Bob.

Opps Thanks Bob!

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« Reply #15 on: Saturday 03 August 13 20:08 BST (UK) »
I think your soldier is wearing the Hodden grey kilt of the London Scottish, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders wore the Black Watch tartan and a red/white dicing on the Glengarry.
That is not to say he wasn't in The A&SH at some time, he may have been transferred to or from one or the other.
The cap badge does have a look of the A&SH but the London Scottish badge is also a large round one and on an unclear pic are similar.


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Hi James
The family said he was born 1898, He Survived the war But  I could not find any A&SH age 20 on the Silver badge awards 1914-1918 ?
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« Reply #16 on: Saturday 03 August 13 20:16 BST (UK) »
 I feel that this soldier is London Scottish, sometimes when regiments suffered large casualties in battle remnants of the regiment were transferred to other regiments, perhaps that is so here, but an  Argyll and Sutherland Highlander wearing the black watch kilt on very old ww1 pics the tartan is still visible, I can't see any tartan in your man's kilt and that suggests London Scottish who wore a plain Hodden Grey kilt and the plain black Glengarry.
It took me a while to reply as I wanted to be sure.

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Re: ww1 soldiers photo needing upgrade please
« Reply #17 on: Saturday 03 August 13 20:26 BST (UK) »
James
I was lazy, I took a look at the cap bagde and thought it looked A&SH.

Cheers Matt