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Uniform Identification
« on: Wednesday 05 April 17 09:07 BST (UK) »
Can anyone help identify my grandfathers WW2 uniform.
He served in both the Boer War and WW1.  This uniform is from WW2.  We can find no records of his WW2 service.  Here is what we have to go on.

His name was Robert Maguire.
His medal ribbons are for the;

Boer War
Queen's South Africa medal and the clasps for Cape Colony, Transvaal and Orange Free State.
The King's South Africa Medal and the standard South Africa 1901 & 1902 clasps. .

WW1           
The British War Medal.
The Victory Medal.
The 1941 Star Medal.

His DOB was 01/10/1881 making him 58Years old in 1939.  Too old for the regular army.
He was stationed only in Northern Ireland throughout WW2.

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Re: Uniform Identification
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 05 April 17 09:14 BST (UK) »
He is wearing his Great War medals in what looks like, by his appearance, to be perhaps a Home Guard uniform of the Second War.  He is wearing his gas mask.  The cap badge is, to my eyes at least, not immediately identifiable.  Most Home Guard units wore county regiment badges, what county would he have been in?

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I am Zoe Northeast, granddaughter of Maximilian Double.
 
It is with great difficulty I share with you that in the early hours of 07 August 2021, Maximilian passed away unexpectedly but peacefully.

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Re: Uniform Identification
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 05 April 17 09:29 BST (UK) »
He was stationed in County Antrim (Antrim or Shanes Castle).  its unlikely he was in the Home Guard.  I have checked at the PRONI but they could not find him in their Home Guard records. 

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Re: Uniform Identification
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 05 April 17 10:39 BST (UK) »
If you have his death certificate and date of birth (I am assuming you don't have a service number) and can say you have the permission of his next of kin, then you can apply for his army records (which would include the Home Guard) ,
https://www.gov.uk/get-copy-military-service-records/apply-for-someone-elses-records  You don't need to know his regiment.

PRONI are not the official repository for individual soldiers records.

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I am Zoe Northeast, granddaughter of Maximilian Double.
 
It is with great difficulty I share with you that in the early hours of 07 August 2021, Maximilian passed away unexpectedly but peacefully.

With deep sadness,
Zoe



Double  Essex/Suffolk
Randle/Millington Warwicks
Sokser/Klingler Austria/Croatia

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Re: Uniform Identification
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 05 April 17 19:50 BST (UK) »
Thanks for that maxD.
I have already tried as you suggested without any luck.  I also got one of the professional researchers from Forces War Records to check.  That's where I got the Boer War and WW1 information from.
I have tried local museums, military police and extended family.
It looks like this uniform recognition is the last chance saloon.
I think he may have been an early version of the MOD police.
Thanks again.
 

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Re: Uniform Identification
« Reply #5 on: Friday 07 April 17 19:19 BST (UK) »
No its not police but Home Guard.  Ulster Police and Home Guard wore a harp cap badge - his is not that.

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Re: Uniform Identification
« Reply #6 on: Friday 07 April 17 20:16 BST (UK) »
It does look like a Home Guard uniform but the cap badge does not look like a Harp to me.
I have applied for his service records, giving his name , DOD, next of kin Date of his death and his address but they cannot be found.
Tried PRONI also without luck.

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Re: Uniform Identification
« Reply #7 on: Friday 10 January 20 22:24 GMT (UK) »
Thought I would try my luck with this again.

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Re: Uniform Identification
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 11 January 20 16:58 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Kane57 on Wednesday 05 April 17 09:07 BST (UK)
Can anyone help identify my grandfathers WW2 uniform.
He served in both the Boer War and WW1.  This uniform is from WW2.  We can find no records of his WW2 service.  Here is what we have to go on.

His name was Robert Maguire.
His medal ribbons are for the;

Boer War
Queen's South Africa medal and the clasps for Cape Colony, Transvaal and Orange Free State.
The King's South Africa Medal and the standard South Africa 1901 & 1902 clasps. .

WW1           
The British War Medal.
The Victory Medal.
The 1941 Star Medal.

His DOB was 01/10/1881 making him 58Years old in 1939.  Too old for the regular army.
He was stationed only in Northern Ireland throughout WW2.
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