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World War One / Re: Uniform Identification
« on: Sunday 31 January 21 17:09 GMT (UK)  »
Dear Shaun, God bless you . .  a rhetorical blessing as I am not a religious type . .  I was having a coffee and a marmalade sandwich an hour ago and I thought . . "Perhaps the photo is of one of his brothers" . . . I had a look at army records, choosing one brother, in this case William George, to find he was indeed in the Royal Engineers . . .  and now Shaun has found ANOTHER!

William George Pipes records are burn and water damaged, and contain little in formation - and I will look for the ones that Shaun found.

Thank you Shaun, and everyone else who took the trouble too help

Kincaid

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World War One / Re: Uniform Identification
« on: Sunday 31 January 21 13:38 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Jim,

Of course, I thought the badge looked engineer-like, I was myself a Sapper with 42 Fld Son RE for three years before transferring - I am staring to wonder if my friend has got the wrong photo - everything else he told me fits with the army records I found , Barnsley greengrocer and his name.   but the army records are for a RGA soldier.

I grasped thankfully at Tony's good answer because it fitted with expectations - I will ask my friend if there are any notations on the photo, or is he going on family hearsay.

Thank you Jim

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World War One / Re: Uniform Identification
« on: Sunday 31 January 21 09:20 GMT (UK)  »
Good morning, Tony,  and thank you for an excellent reply - I wondered if he had perhaps, after the war, joined one of the new Territorial Army units, and though I am not an expert by a million miles, there seemed a yeomanry look about him . . .  many years ago, when a territorial myself, I remember passing an army lorry with a fancy regimental badge on the door with the label "something Yeomanry" underneath it, and it was an artillery unit, which confused me at the time.

Thank you again, and for the links

Kincaid

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World War One / Uniform Identification
« on: Sunday 31 January 21 06:41 GMT (UK)  »
Good morning, I hope everyone is well and safe,

This photo is purportedly my friend's great grandfather, Arthur Alexander Pipe, Barnsley greengrocer who served throughout the war in 24 Fire Command (Lancs & Ches) RGA.    His attestation form states he had no previous military service,.

We are confused that his uniform appears more cavalry orientated, he is even wearing spurs, and the cap badge doesn't't look like Royal Garrison Artillery.

Any help would be appreciated - many thanks

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The Common Room / Re: Leslie Bradford
« on: Friday 15 May 20 10:01 BST (UK)  »
Good morning Igor . .  gosh, you don't hang about . . . I will get va check on the marriage witnesses as you suggest.

Many thanks

Kincaid . .

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Armed Forces / Re: 4966146 Pte W Pike 2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters
« on: Tuesday 12 May 20 10:43 BST (UK)  »
Sadly, I will not be able to proceed with the MOD  application for army records as I have to supply a copy of death certificate, which, as I have not found him by any other course, I cannot do . .

I will have to fall back on regimental museum resources which I doubt will be much use . .

Kincaid

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Armed Forces / Re: 4966146 Pte W Pike 2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters
« on: Tuesday 12 May 20 10:25 BST (UK)  »
MaxD -   thank you for that, and also for the link you have provided . .  I shall follow it up

Kincaid

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Armed Forces / Re: 4966146 Pte W Pike 2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters
« on: Tuesday 12 May 20 10:24 BST (UK)  »
Crumblie, you have no idea how many times that has been said to me since I started looking for him . . . ha ha . .

Kincaid

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Armed Forces / 4966146 Pte W Pike 2nd Bn Sherwood Foresters
« on: Tuesday 12 May 20 09:52 BST (UK)  »
Good morning,

I am trying to find anything I can about the above soldier - I have a 1926 REGIMENTAL annual of the Sherwood Foresters at which time the 2nd Bn was in Rawalpindi, though early in that year they moved to a station on the North West Frontier . . . . In the journal, Pte Pike is shown as transferring to the Army Dental Corps in 1.2.1926.

I was quite excited about this (it doesn't much) as I am ex RE and RADC and I am really interested in finding out what I can about this soldier - the Army Dental Corps had only been formed in 1921, so he was one of the early entrants.

I can't approach museums at this point for obvious reasons, and I have searched FindMyPast with no success, I even trawled through a great many Derby and Notts 1939 Register records looking, in the hope he might have trained in the Corps as a dental mechanic, for a W Pike with that occupation.

I am at rather a loss now - I should point out there were two Pte Pikes in the Bn at that time, but the other R Pike, a Bn boxer, is clearly shown in the journal after W Pike has left for Aldershot and a life in the ASC . . . I have found a 1925 Sherwood Foresters journal online which I have ordered in the hope it contains more information . . .

Any guidance would be most appreciated

KincID






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