help with uniforms please

[alanmack]

Hi Andrea

. . . if this uniform is called hospital blues does it mean they took the picture in hospital ?

In or around a military hospital or convalescent home I would think - he's still in the Army at this point. Regarding the naval uniform and the white duck cap I am unclear about the change back from dark blue after WW1 which might provide a date. A link on the Armed Forces/WW1 board would likely answer this.

Alan

[Shirleyjjj]

Hi alan -

ive just magnified the original pic and the band around the young lads cap says 'ambulance service '

and idea ? hes also got a white badge thing on the lower right hand sleeve looks like a sewn on emblem of some sort in the shape of a big crown thingy

[Shirleyjjj]

any better?

[Shirleyjjj]

sorry about the size it wont let me uplaod the big size

[t mo]

wonder if he could have been in the 2nd royal navy division field ambulance they helped on land wherever needed ? .
trevor
ps  john scholes could have been part of the Palestine campaign ww1 [ you never know he may have met Lawrence of Arabia , te to his friends .! ]

[Shirleyjjj]

t mo - EXACTLY !!

ye my mum used to have a picture of Lawrence of Arabia it was in my grandfathers posessions but sadly fell into the hands of someone who is none family (again same person and cant discuss on here ) this is totally true and she said it is priceless and the other person refused to hand it to her and my mum was in mourning for her father and was upset about it too

I know that she wanted to have it

[Shirleyjjj]

Hi all

After further research I have now found out that the lad to the right is my great uncle Herbert who served on naval vessels in ww1 and the left is his brother John (my grandad which i already know). I'm not too sure if i can enlarge the writing on the lads cap and i did think it read ambulance service, but after reading his service record on ancestry it may well be the name of a ship as he served on several and it may be my eyes trying to guess - and it may well say HMS and then a name but ill have to try to enlarge the original.
The ships were Tiger, vivid 1, and several others , his service number was ss8174 and he was a few years younger than grandad.
Herbert did not perish in the war - he lived until he was 75 , but I dont have any other details , as mum and her brother are now passed ,I would like to find out some more details and perhaps pass on the picture to his family if they don't have it as i don't know if he ever got married .
He did not die in the war