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identify uniform please
« on: Monday 03 March 08 20:09 GMT (UK) »
Can any one identify these uniforms, I think they are World War One.

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Brown,dyson, elsworth,yould youd wood ,appleton green
yorkshire linconshire cheshire lancashire

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Re: identify uniform please
« Reply #1 on: Monday 03 March 08 20:19 GMT (UK) »
Royal Artillery probably Horse Artillery probably WW1

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Gobbo

PS has he got a pen-knife?
Aberdeenshire - Chalmers, Crocker, Dalrymple, Kelman
Fife - Co?per, Dun, Jackson
NE England - Harland, Hasted, Heaviside, Longridge, Thompson
SE England - Drawbridge, Hall, Hayward, Howard, Newell, Seward, Slade, Smith

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« Reply #2 on: Monday 03 March 08 20:26 GMT (UK) »
I have rotated them and reduced the size so that they should display on screen.

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Aberdeenshire - Chalmers, Crocker, Dalrymple, Kelman
Fife - Co?per, Dun, Jackson
NE England - Harland, Hasted, Heaviside, Longridge, Thompson
SE England - Drawbridge, Hall, Hayward, Howard, Newell, Seward, Slade, Smith

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Re: identify uniform please
« Reply #3 on: Monday 03 March 08 20:34 GMT (UK) »
hi all

nice work gobbo  :)
agree RHA
someone posted a photo recently with the same bandolier(?)/ bullet pouches
do we have any names myfair lady ?

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Re: identify uniform please
« Reply #4 on: Monday 03 March 08 22:22 GMT (UK) »
Hi  :)

 The shoulder title on the soldier with his hat off appears to have the initials RHA (Royal Horse Artillery).
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: identify uniform please
« Reply #5 on: Monday 03 March 08 22:59 GMT (UK) »
Hi and thank another 2 roots chatters think the same great stuff and thanks
Brown,dyson, elsworth,yould youd wood ,appleton green
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Re: identify uniform please
« Reply #6 on: Monday 03 March 08 23:12 GMT (UK) »
These are lovely examples of when I talk about mounted style puttees wound top to bottom....

As for Regt...yep..RHA
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« Reply #7 on: Monday 03 March 08 23:25 GMT (UK) »
am not into military Jorgan but I must say you are all of the same opinion and Iam more than gratfull for your help thanks a bunch
I have another one on a horse may be he should be with these two thanks for your help again
Brown,dyson, elsworth,yould youd wood ,appleton green
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Re: identify uniform please
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 04 March 08 09:56 GMT (UK) »
Hi All

My resizing has lost some of the detail in particular the shoulder flash worn by the Gnr in the first picture.  I attach a full size copy and you can see that the letters are not RHA but ?PA.  I cannot identify this Artillery regiment but it did make me think again.  Presumably in WW1 most guns were moved around by horses and so all regiments would have had Gnr riders.  I think we do need a real artillery expert to comment before we jump to the RHA conclusion.

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Gobbo
Aberdeenshire - Chalmers, Crocker, Dalrymple, Kelman
Fife - Co?per, Dun, Jackson
NE England - Harland, Hasted, Heaviside, Longridge, Thompson
SE England - Drawbridge, Hall, Hayward, Howard, Newell, Seward, Slade, Smith