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General => Armed Forces => Topic started by: Bee on Wednesday 03 August 16 10:22 BST (UK)
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Found this among a lot of inherited photos and would appreciate any help in dating the photo and identifying the uniforms.
Bee
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I would guess at 1946 or 1947
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Are the two younger women TWIN sisters, as there dresses seem identical.
Or had they been Bridesmaids?
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hi bee
have you any idea who they are , any names may help find more info .
regards
trevor
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Had the two young women been in the ATS, WRNS or WAAF?
They could be wearing "de-mob". Outfits possibly?
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No idea who any of them are, I'm assuming one of the ladies is called Ruth as the little card folder that the photo is in says "love to all, Ruth", though I can't find anyone by that name in the extended family tree.
The 2 ladies look as though they could be twins and they look a bit like two of the bridesmaids on the mother in laws wedding photo in 1949, but there is no one alive who could help, that's why I'm hoping that the uniform identity might help.
Thanks for any help/suggestions
Bee
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My thoughts are the Sergeant is Home Guard (only because he looks older) and his medal ribbons are possibly ww1. pity the arm insignia can't be enlarged, it is either a divisional patch or trade patch, could it be the crossed bombs of Home Guard Bomb Disposal?
So for what it is worth I would say Sergeant and his wife with two daughers and their boyfriends or husbands.
If it was post war perhaps the others would be wearing medal ribbons (just a thought).
It may help if the pic could be enlarged, it just pixelates when I do it.
James
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My thoughts are the Sergeant is Home Guard (only because he looks older) and his medal ribbons are possibly ww1. pity the arm insignia can't be enlarged, it is either a divisional patch or trade patch, could it be the crossed bombs of Home Guard Bomb Disposal?
So for what it is worth I would say Sergeant and his wife with two daughers and their boyfriends or husbands.
If it was post war perhaps the others would be wearing medal ribbons (just a thought).
It may help if the pic could be enlarged, it just pixelates when I do it.
James
Thanks for you input, James.
Not sure if the photo can be enlarged anymore, it's a small photo about 3"x2" and I scanned it in at 600, but I don't know much about that sort of stuff.
Bee
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An 800dpi scan might be better...it looks 1940s to me.
Carol
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An 800dpi scan might be better...it looks 1940s to me.
Carol
Thanks, Carol
The next option on my scanner after 600 is 1200, nothing in between. Would that be worth a try?
Bee
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Yes it would Bee...although you may have to reduce the physical size to get it under 500kb.
Worth a try.
Carol
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The young man in the middle seems to be wearing a black uniform (or dark blue) and he also has a badge on his breast pocket. He could have been Royal Armoured Corps, or alternatively Air Raid Precautions or fire Service?
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Enlarged the photo a little and had a look under the magnifying glass, I agree with the elder gentleman being Home Guard for the reasons already stated, age, medal ribbons etc.
The chap on the left of the photograph "May" be wearing the badge of the Artillery on his beret but its still a bit blurred.
The chap in what appears to be darker attire has what I can only describe as a Sheriffs badge on his tunic :-\ obviously it's not, I will continue looking ;D
Frank.
Added:- The chap in the dark attire may be wearing a "A.F.S" or "N.F.S" Patch / Badge on his tunic.
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The Home Guard were stood down in December 1944
It sounds logical that the Fire Service would have black uniforms to differentiate them from the Armed Services
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The soldier with the "beret" is wearing the 1943 pattern Cap GS (general service) first approved by Army Order 1943 also known as "Cap Ridiculous"
Cant see the badge at all
James
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My thoughts are the Sergeant is Home Guard (only because he looks older) and his medal ribbons are possibly ww1. pity the arm insignia can't be enlarged, it is either a divisional patch or trade patch, could it be the crossed bombs of Home Guard Bomb Disposal?
So for what it is worth I would say Sergeant and his wife with two daughers and their boyfriends or husbands.
If it was post war perhaps the others would be wearing medal ribbons (just a thought).
It may help if the pic could be enlarged, it just pixelates when I do it.
James
I follow your reasoning, But the medal ribbons could be for WW2 or, if he had been a regular in the 1930s, he may have been awarded medals during the 1930s. Or he may have been a police officer before the war, and they were police service medals.
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Sorry for the delay in replying. Thanks to everyone for their input. I'm attaching the photo again but this time it's scanned at 1200. just in case it makes any difference.
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I think the young man in the middle has a Civil Defence (CD ) badge on his pocket. I have just been watching Dads Army and the Warden was wearing a similar uniform.
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Thanks, Scouseboy, that's given me a bit of an idea.
Thanks to all who have made suggestions.
Bee
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I have watched "Dads Army" again tonight. Just one more thought, could your photograph have been reverse printed? in other words, have they printed from the negative in reverse of what it should have been.
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I have watched "Dads Army" again tonight. Just one more thought, could your photograph have been reverse printed? in other words, have they printed from the negative in reverse of what it should have been.
No way of knowing.
All I know/assume is that the photo was sent by someone called Ruth to someone in my OH's family tree. I still haven't traced anyone called Ruth and I'm assuming (I know I shouldn't) that the people are relatives but I suppose they could just be friends
Thanks for your interest and help
Bee
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.................................................... Just one more thought, could your photograph have been reverse printed? in other words, have they printed from the negative in reverse of what it should have been.
I don't think so, the buttons on the tunics appear to be on the correct side for fastening.
Frank.
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.................................................... Just one more thought, could your photograph have been reverse printed? in other words, have they printed from the negative in reverse of what it should have been.
Thank you for that. I was just "brain storming"
I don't think so, the buttons on the tunics appear to be on the correct side for fastening.
Frank.
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Looks like a Mother with her four children to me, they all bare a resemblance. I think the the man at the end could be the Father or alternatively given his position just an older husband of the daughter. I also think it could be friends just as easily as family.