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General => Armed Forces => World War One => Topic started by: gw0mow on Wednesday 10 January 18 19:10 GMT (UK)
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hello military mystery solvers, I attach a photograph of a ww1 soldier ,on the reverse are three numbers 8920, 98360 and what looks like 40480 can anyone match these numbers to a person/regiment ? it was in a box with pics of other soldiers and ones of idris davies rasc in my last post grateful for help john
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Probably stating the obvious, but the presence of spurs on his boots suggest he rode a horse.
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A possible match for one of the Service numbers -
William Bull
Service number 98360
Rank Corporal
Regiment Royal Field Artillery
JJ
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Or it could be this one ???
Alfred Agar
Birth year 1889
Birth town Rochester
Birth county Kent
Birth country England
Service number 8920
Regiment Royal Horse & Field Artillery
JJ
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That looks like the Army Service Corps cap badge to be honest.
It may well be Idris from your other post.
Frank.
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hello and thanks for fast response, I just added the reverse of that photo, in case I got those numbers wrong got myself lost en route hi the card looks blank but you can slide it left to right john
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Just to add, the A.S.C also used horses, hence the spurs and Idris being listed as a "Driver".
Frank.
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88 men with service number 8920 in the medal cards, 6 with 98360, 24 with 40480 but none (that I can see) with combinations so I suggest not service numbers?
Agree with Frank, looks like ASC and bandolier and spurs suggestive of Horse Transport (which Idris Davies was). (332 Company quoted in the other thread was part of the 38 Divisional Train, four ASC horse companies)
MaxD
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I read the bottom number as 3920, not 8920.
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The numbers on the back of the post card are sums
40420 was written 40320
40 320 ignore the 40
98 360 ignore the 98
Gives
320 plus
360
Result is 3920
Post Modified:
The 40 and 98 are another sum which has not been completed.
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I was going to ask how sure we are that those numbers are service numbers? You would generally expect someone to write a name on the back of a postcard rather than just a service number - or at least both name and number. :-\
Numbers may be unrelated to service as per tonepads "sum" suggestion. :)
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thanks to everyone that took an interest in my photo, i have taken all your replies into consideration and list my query as finished bye john