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WW2 Photo where taken?
« on: Sunday 07 April 19 08:31 BST (UK) »
I have an old WW2 photo with my Grandfather in and wondering where it may have been taken?
WW2
My Grandfather back row second in from the left.
Sorry I have misplaced his regiment number at this point but was with the Devonshire Reg Terr Army 28-8-1939 - 1968
Photo he looks pretty young.
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McQuade. Co Monaghan Ireland>Glasgow Scotland.
McGurk. Belfast Ireland>Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Chappell. Bristol.
Nichol(l)s. Bristol.

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Fraser. Inverness Scotland>London.
Coulson. London.
Phil(l)ips. Glasgow Scotland.

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Re: WW2 Photo where taken?
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 07 April 19 09:01 BST (UK) »
It is post war.  The medal ribbons suggest late 1945 onwards.

The large General Service caps were introduced circa 1943.

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Re: WW2 Photo where taken?
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 07 April 19 11:01 BST (UK) »
A very odd mixture of Regiments...perhaps southern half of UK.

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Re: WW2 Photo where taken?
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 07 April 19 12:28 BST (UK) »
Thank you. I have other photos but will have to get the Hubby to resize them as Im not to good at it. ;D
McQuade. Co Monaghan Ireland>Glasgow Scotland.
McGurk. Belfast Ireland>Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Chappell. Bristol.
Nichol(l)s. Bristol.

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Fraser. Inverness Scotland>London.
Coulson. London.
Phil(l)ips. Glasgow Scotland.


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Re: WW2 Photo where taken?
« Reply #4 on: Monday 22 July 19 22:13 BST (UK) »
The man without a hat - maybe a civilian instructor of something or other? 

A class on a joint-regimental course?  A foreign language, maybe?  Just guessing.
Ballingall, Donaldson, Fulton, Gillespie, Ramsay, Walker - in Fife.
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Re: WW2 Photo where taken?
« Reply #5 on: Monday 22 July 19 22:30 BST (UK) »
Can’t help with your request but your grandfather bears more than a passing resemblance to Bill Nighy, a really good actor.
Wish you success in your quest.
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Re: WW2 Photo where taken?
« Reply #6 on: Monday 22 July 19 22:30 BST (UK) »
The huts look typical of many UK camps.  I agree that there is a mixture of badges, and possibly some sort of training course.
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Re: WW2 Photo where taken?
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 15 October 19 17:06 BST (UK) »
Hello,

I am new to this forum, but after reading the replies you have received to your question, and if the picture is related to training, I would say perhaps Inverary Scotland. My father was a sergent-instructor in Inverary starting in 1943, in the Quebec camp, but  the British were also training there.
My father volunteered in 1944 for the last push, North-West Europe, was wounded the first day the Germans offered capitulation in Friesland, near Emdem and Aurich, Germany, that is May 3rd 1945.
Good luck with your research.**Note : camp location was probably secret during wartime, so I wonder if such a picture could have been taken.

I must have watched hundreds and hundreds of newsreels from the UK, Canada, the Netherlands. I have not found everything I was looking for yet, but part of it.

Good luck.
F. Denyse Bélanger