This picture is a puzzle- is it real?

[jettejjane]

That's one I found. Where is it on uniform?

It was worn above the right breast pocket. My point being that after 1912 you would expect to see a few men wearing the badge.

I think what you have found (above the le pocket) is a ribbon for long service. And one man appears to be wearing a Boer War ribbon.

Ken

Thank you for 're explaining. You were using the absence of the badge for dating purposes.

I am going to the library later to do some research, on all aspects of uniform and badges. I will take my pics maybe there will be someone researching who can talk me through a few things.  I will not let it beat me. I need to be able to do this myself and stop bothering you all.

Your interest has been great and much appreciated.

Jane

[Redroger]

It is worth noting that many of the actual battlefield pictures including the famous one going over the top where a man falls early in the sequence were in fact posed for the camera. I just wonder where? Hardly near the front line I would think.

[Sc00p]

The man with the swagger stick and the man to his left appear to be seated in the same positions in the other picture you posted of the band.

[jettejjane]

The man with the swagger stick and the man to his left appear to be seated in the same positions in the other picture you posted of the band.

Yes  I agree the body position of the big guy is so similar.
What  a good bit of detective work.   I have the two pics in front of me could very well be the same men.

I bet if we look hard enough we may find the same men in these two pics I have posted.  One of the bad in normal uniform  and another  from the Newhaven Camp.

[millymcb]

Jane..please don't worry about asking too many questions. We love looking at old photos like this.

The experts on here may make it seem easy but it can actually be really complicated working out all the details. I am sure I am not the only one who gets to learn a little bit each time someone posts an interesting or unusual photo..

Milly

[jettejjane]

Jane..please don't worry about asking too many questions. We love looking at old photos like this.

The experts on here may make it seem easy but it can actually be really complicated working out all the details. I am sure I am not the only one who gets to learn a little bit each time someone posts an interesting or unusual photo..

Milly

Aww Milly thanks you are very kind. But I do feel I am  sometimes  slow to understand a nd some people get short with me. But I do learn a lot.

I couldn't do all this without rootschat.

Jane

[jess5athome]

.............................................I do feel I am  sometimes  slow to understand and some people get short with me.............................................

Jane

  Please don't think like that Jane, I for one love the posts you put on with the photographs, as Milly said there is always something new to learn every time a topic is posted, I have learned loads since I joined RootsChat, not only on the Armed Forces board but on every board I visit.

Frank.

[jettejjane]

.............................................I do feel I am  sometimes  slow to understand and some people get short with me.............................................

Jane

  Please don't think like that Jane, I for one love the posts you put on with the photographs, as Milly said there is always something new to learn every time a topic is posted, I have learned loads since I joined RootsChat, not only on the Armed Forces board but on every board I visit.

Frank.

Frank, thank you so much. Your reply means a lot to me, together with Milly's.   
What  can I say? Just thanks for putting up with my endless questions.

Yes, every p o st I make  I learn something new. I know so much more than when I started out on this wonderful hobby.

Jane x

[km1971]

Hi Jane

The second photograph is c1905/1908. The bass drum is showing " ? Vol Battn". The regiment had two Volunteer Battalions. These became Territorial Force battalions in 1908.

The second photograph is 1903/4. Before this they would have had red tunics; and the peakless cap - the Broderick - was discarded about 1905 in the army. The Royal Marines kept the Broderick for about five more years.

Ken