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Offline Wendl

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Help to Identify Uniform???
« on: Friday 05 October 07 05:33 BST (UK) »
Hi there...

I'm hoping someone may be able to help me to identify the uniform in the picture I have attached...at this point I'm not certain who is in the photo, other than the fact it is a member of my "Close" family....could be a husband to one of the Close girls? 

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Thanking you in advance for your time.

Wendy
Barrie/Barry-Forfar
Broun/Brown-Kirriemuir, Forfar, Angus
Carr-Belfast
Close -Belfast, Antrim and Down, Mageraghall; Ontario, Canada 
Crowe- Belfast
Gardiner/Gardner-Belfast, Scotland
Hennion- USA
Hedley- Belfast
Lawlor-Belfast, Down: Ontario, Canada
McPherson-Esquising, Ontario
McKernan-Australia
Ramsay-Kirriemuir,Scotland
Thompson-Derry; Ontario-Canada
Walker- Kirriemuir,Forfar,Dundee Scotland
Wilkinson-Belfast

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Re: Help to Identify Uniform???
« Reply #1 on: Friday 05 October 07 16:22 BST (UK) »
Well...at first glance, an RAF uniform with a checkered glengarry...

He may have been a Warrant Officer in the RAF as there appears to be some sort of badge on lower left sleeve...

But a Glengarry in RAF kit????!!!! oooh errr!!!
One more charge and then be dumb,
            When the forts of Folly fall,
        May the victors when they come
            Find my body near the wall.

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Re: Help to Identify Uniform???
« Reply #2 on: Friday 05 October 07 16:29 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the thot... These photo's were just given to me about 2 weeks ago from an older rellie...they belonged to my grt grandmtoher who died in the 40's....most of them are relatives from Belfast If that helps at all.

Thanks again
Wendy
Barrie/Barry-Forfar
Broun/Brown-Kirriemuir, Forfar, Angus
Carr-Belfast
Close -Belfast, Antrim and Down, Mageraghall; Ontario, Canada 
Crowe- Belfast
Gardiner/Gardner-Belfast, Scotland
Hennion- USA
Hedley- Belfast
Lawlor-Belfast, Down: Ontario, Canada
McPherson-Esquising, Ontario
McKernan-Australia
Ramsay-Kirriemuir,Scotland
Thompson-Derry; Ontario-Canada
Walker- Kirriemuir,Forfar,Dundee Scotland
Wilkinson-Belfast

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Re: Help to Identify Uniform???
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 14 October 07 14:19 BST (UK) »
Yes, your man is wearing someone else's hat in the photo, possibly another relative's.  The hat could possibly be KOSB, as it looks quite square from the viewing angle.  Or, it could belong to another Scottish regiment that wore a diced glengarry, except the Argylls.  Neither is it Black Watch, Camerons or Scottish Rifles.
Reid: Nicol: Peterhead and Aberdeen
McDonald: Greig: Milne: Aberdeenshire
Moreland: Lanarkshire, Whitehaven in Cumbria and Ireland
Cunningham: Lanarkshire, Cumbria and Ireland
Halliday: Falkirk, Stirlingshire and Ireland
Redpath: Stirlingshire and Banbridge
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Re: Help to Identify Uniform???
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 14 October 07 14:31 BST (UK) »
Good Morning,

Thankyou for your insight....I'm hoping if I can identify the uniform I may be able to find out who this fellow is.

All the Best
Wendy
Barrie/Barry-Forfar
Broun/Brown-Kirriemuir, Forfar, Angus
Carr-Belfast
Close -Belfast, Antrim and Down, Mageraghall; Ontario, Canada 
Crowe- Belfast
Gardiner/Gardner-Belfast, Scotland
Hennion- USA
Hedley- Belfast
Lawlor-Belfast, Down: Ontario, Canada
McPherson-Esquising, Ontario
McKernan-Australia
Ramsay-Kirriemuir,Scotland
Thompson-Derry; Ontario-Canada
Walker- Kirriemuir,Forfar,Dundee Scotland
Wilkinson-Belfast

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Re: Help to Identify Uniform???
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 14 October 07 20:31 BST (UK) »
It's an RAF one...

??Warrant Officer
One more charge and then be dumb,
            When the forts of Folly fall,
        May the victors when they come
            Find my body near the wall.