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General => Armed Forces => Topic started by: runningbear on Wednesday 09 August 06 22:38 BST (UK)
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would some kind soul help to identify the regiment that this soldier was in, he was from London if that helps.
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Hi Joe,
Great photo!
The badge is that of the The 16th County of London Battalion (Queens Westminster Rifles).
http://www.militarybadges.org.uk/badges/infan25.htm
Regards,
Mick
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Thankyou Mick. All the boys in this family ,bar one, were in this regiment this photo had the clearest cap badge. One of them had a 'belt' from one shoulder across to his waist with lots of leather pouches/ purse/ pockets along it, any idea what this would have been for?
Joe's wife Karen.
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wonderful link Mick, is there anywhere to get more info on the actual regiment itself? it is great to establish that the photo was taken before 1922 when the badge changed
i have posted the photo that we spoke about earlier, notice the belt/sash!!
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here's one (http://)
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Thankyou Kali you have really brought definition to his features.
Karen.x
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no 2 but i could not do a great deal with it, im sorry but possibly the masters will have a go.(http://)
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Thankyou Mick. All the boys in this family ,bar one, were in this regiment this photo had the clearest cap badge. One of them had a 'belt' from one shoulder across to his waist with lots of leather pouches/ purse/ pockets along it, any idea what this would have been for?
Joe's wife Karen.
its for rifle ammo karen,mack
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Mack,
I've seen white lanyards on artillery men before. What did they indicated in an infantry regiment?
Mike
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Kali, you may not think you did a good job, but I think its great, it brings the family alive...look at the little girls face!! you couldn't see that before. Thankyou. ;D
Mack, whats the difference between artillery and infantry? I thought they were both to do with guns and canon fodder!
Thanks for the info on the belt...I thought it looked like a glorified scout belt..one pouch for string...one for pennies...one for a pencil...one for paper...one for a plaster...one for a safety pin...etc.. :P
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I'm still learning but as I understand, generally speaking, men in artillery regiments manned the big guns that were used to bombard/shell the opposing army, these tended to be behind the front line to some degree. The infantry men where armed with rifles etc and formed the thin, mobile and sadly vulnerable front line to the army.
I've found the info at this site very useful www.1914-1918.net (http://www.1914-1918.net), go to the "About the army" and "Soldier's life" sections.
Mike
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Mike, thankyou for that link I will go and have a look.
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joe you forgot about he compass and a whistle, kali.
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thanks to you joe/karen i could not leave it as it was so tried different things and have now learnt a different tequnique to enhance pic's, still not perfect, but , what do you think?[ (http://)
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the leather bandolier means he is in the mounted section,the lanyard means hes a territorial soldier,all the london regts were territorials,mack
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Hi
The Cap Badge may have been black for this Regiment not gold.
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Kali, all the colours now have more 'depth' than they had before. I'm glad you've had the opportunity to learn something new!! I've done all the tutorials and still can't do colouring!! :(
themonsstar, I'll try to find out, thanks for the tip.
Mack, thankyou for giving the scout belt a name.
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many thanks to all those who helped to identify this regiment and those who helped to restore the old photo, certainly a new learning and a better understanding of the soldier. thank you