Please Help Identify this Uniform

[scrimnet]

I can also confirm that the pic was taken prior to Aug 1916, as the stiffener is still in his cap...

The other thing to look for on mounted troops are the puttees being wound from top to bottom as then then will not unwind whilst rubbing against the flanks of a nag...

You might want to contact this site...

http://www.ramc-ww1.com/index.html

And add your RAMC chap to it

[ShaunJ]

Note that the Ancestry WW1 medal cards are not yet complete. I've noticed they have some interesting ones that may not appear in NA, however I didn't see anything for Valentine Flood there.

[howdee]

Hi Shaun

I forgot Ancestry were doing the job piecemeal. I just got lucky for once.

By the way I'm related to Angel's in Norfolk.

Howard

[atom12]

Yes, not all the medal index cards are on Ancestry yet, but here is his  MIC downloadable for £3.50 from TNA.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/02y0/

 

[LynnsBookshelf]

I think this photo may be my grandmother's cousin, George O'Brien. He was from Howth, outside of Dublin. He was born about 1882, and died in World War I.

I have looked on Ancestry.com's Military Records, and see quite a few men named George O'Brien who served in WWI. Would anyone have any ideas of how I could find out which records for George O'Brien correspond to him?

Thanks! Lynn

[atom12]

Hi 

George o' Brien did not serve with the Royal Artillery.  Here is his MIC, he served with the Royal Irish Rifles then with the Machine Gun Corps:

[atom12]

Lynne

George's SDGW entry:

[LynnsBookshelf]

Hi 

George o' Brien did not serve with the Royal Artillery.  Here is his MIC, he served with the Royal Irish Rifles then with the Machine Gun Corps:

So, this man is not likely to be George O'Brien, and he is not likely to be Valentine Flood who was in the Medical Corps. Funny thing is, I first thought he was John Joseph O'Brien, my grandmother's brother , who lost an arm in WWI. I emailed his granddaughter the photo, and she said she didn't think it was her grandfather. Perhaps it is John Joe?

Could you check for info on John Joseph O'Brien, born about 1887 in Howth? Thanks!

Lynn

[atom12]

Hi Lynne

Presumably John Joseph survived the Great War, minus an arm.  If so, then he is likely to have a Pension record which should be searchable on Ancestry, so you should be able to seek this info out for yourself, as you mentioned you have been searching Ancestry already.

Cheers

Anne