WWI - Which Regiment, please?

[jim1]

Also this is post WW1 as medals weren't issued until 1921.

[jim1]

collar dogs are RA.

[jess5athome]

Hi, I would say he was in the Royal Artillery as per the cap badge and collar dogs, with the photograph being taken later than 1924 when it is widely believed that the white lanyard was swapped from being worn over the left shoulder to being worn on the right shoulder.
Regards
Frank.

[John915]

Good evening,

Jim and Frank have it spot on, Royal Artillery, post 1924. The only way to tell which branch of artillery is by the shoulder titles which we can't see. Are there any other photo's of him?

John915

[SmallTownGirl]

I'm really going to have to go back to friend and see if I can get further info.

All I know is that he was married 1st time in Derby in 1918, married 2nd time in  Derby in 1930.  Newspaper cutting for 2nd marriage says he was a tailor and "son of John Rowlinson of Staffordshire".  I have found a John Rowlinson b. 1895 in Foxt, Staffs (Staffs/Derbys border) a "tailor maker" in Derby in 1911, which might be him, but who knows.

I must say that when I first saw the photo, I thought it was WWII, but friend says it's WWI. 

If he was that JR b. 1895, would he still have served in some capacity in WWII (he'd have been 45 when war broke out)?  Friend says he was "in his 70s" when he died.

Tomorrow I'll see if the photo from his 2nd wedding (1930) will scan and if so, I'll try to post it.

I'll be back!
STG

[ainslie]

The uniform looks very 1920s, certainly post WW1 and by that time the Royal Artillery had shed the differences between Field and Garrison, leaving only the Royal Horse Artllery as a specialist branch of the Royal Regiment of Artillery.

[barryd]

My apologies for the size of the web address. Far too long but have never mastered the art of making them smaller.

https://www.google.com/search?q=royal+field+artillery+badge&newwindow=1&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=jq25UsCSNY3YyAHJkoC4Dg&ved=0CEAQsAQ&biw=1067&bih=507

[bugle boy]

The collar badges l think represent exploding grenades and are usually worn by regiments of Fusiliers.

IE, Royal Irish,Royal Scots etc

the collar badges are also worn by the Royal Artillery,and the wheel has a gun barrel running through the centre of the wheel.

If You google this.  "Images for royal artillery collar badges"       you will see what I mean.

[bugle boy]

here is the cap badge I think.