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Offline Andi R

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Help with regt and medal
« on: Tuesday 03 April 07 18:21 BST (UK) »
Hi folks

the gent on this picture lived through the war only to be killed with the the other 103 men in the William Pit disaster.  He was one of the last three unrecognisable men to be brought out identified only by his new clogs I would like to find out his regiment and what that medal ribbon is

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Re: Help with regt and medal
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 03 April 07 19:48 BST (UK) »
Superficially, the medal ribbon looks to me like the British War Medal from WW1.  ???
It doesn't immediately strike me as any of the usual WW2 medals.
That doesn't seem to fit though  ???

The red patch isn't a regimental badge, but rather a divisional flash or some other formation sign. Not an area I know much about. What is it though, a knight on horseback?

The blue shoulder flash above that would likely be his regiment, but it's totally unreadable. Can any more be made out in the original picture? If so we might need a high resolution scan of the badges.

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Re: Help with regt and medal
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 03 April 07 20:05 BST (UK) »
Hi Andrew

Has the picture been coloured up, either by traditional or digital methods?

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Re: Help with regt and medal
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 03 April 07 20:13 BST (UK) »
it looks like a war medal to me as well,mack
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Re: Help with regt and medal
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 03 April 07 20:19 BST (UK) »
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its the parachute regt,mack

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Re: Help with regt and medal
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 03 April 07 20:23 BST (UK) »
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its the parachute regt,mack

How can you tell mack? Educate us!!  ;D ;D

sorry andy,i thought it was the para brigade patch,but i think ime wrong,mack
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Re: Help with regt and medal
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 03 April 07 20:46 BST (UK) »
Unfortunatly this is the only photo I have and it was sent to me electronically, it has been a black and white picture that has been tinted like they used fo do (sadly)

The soldier in it was only in his mid thirties when he was tragically killed in 1947, so the medal must be WW11

Andrew

Sad really, survived the war and like many men around here go back to the mines only to be "blown up" and buried in a mass unmarked grave
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Re: Help with regt and medal
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 03 April 07 22:00 BST (UK) »
I've just been looking on e-bay and have came up with a regimental badge for the Royal Horse Guards - now I know nothing about about the RHG, so how do I find out about the shoulder/division flash??

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Re: Help with regt and medal
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 03 April 07 23:33 BST (UK) »
i think we've the problem we have is that we are trying to identify what the colourist thought the medal ribbon should look like  :(, he may have been looking at WW1 ribbons and gone with that???
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