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Offline alexena

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A little colour please
« on: Tuesday 29 April 08 21:20 BST (UK) »
Can this one have some colour please.

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Re: A little colour please
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 29 April 08 23:49 BST (UK) »
Alexena,

Just a little colour.

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Re: A little colour please
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 30 April 08 01:14 BST (UK) »
Did you know how confusing this picture is???   :o :o :-\ ;)

It must be one of the last photos of this Regt!

He has the cap badge of the Machine Gun Corps

The chap has a 1922 pattern jacket on, and the Regt was disbanded in that year!

The most confusing thing is that he is wearing spurs...Not a normal affectation for a MGC L/Cpl!!

He has one good conduct chevron (3yrs undetected crime!) but no medal ribbons from the war...He also wears breeches as opposed to SD trousers which is odd as the MGC were not mounted!

The other odd thing is the belt...It is a brace worn as a belt...Also not seen until after the war...

The womans clothes have the appearance of wartime and not 1922...the hat is broad brimmed, but could be summer wear...She might not have kept up with the fashionistas though  ;) ;)

So all in all we have a pic taken in 1922, with a chap who joined up in ?1919 and saw no wartime service...Or was home based during the war, but didn't earn his GC chevron!
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Re: A little colour please
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 30 April 08 01:23 BST (UK) »
Well until you mentioned it ..I WASNT CONFUSED AT ALL!!!! Now I am  wondering if we should make you our resident expert on  all things military ... .. We could do with someone who regularly pops in to our little corner of the world ... SO there we are ... you've been volunteered !! ;D ;D
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Re: A little colour please
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 30 April 08 02:09 BST (UK) »
Quote from: polldoll on Wednesday 30 April 08 01:23 BST (UK)
.. We could do with someone who regularly pops in to our little corner of the world ... SO there we are ... you've been volunteered !! ;D ;D

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Re: A little colour please
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 30 April 08 07:45 BST (UK) »
I was always told never volunteer for anything!!
But I accept.... ::)

If I miss any military pics pse do PM me though!!!

Anyway....

One little hint...

The butterflies and straps are brown...Oh ...that is the ones on his boots for his spurs... ;)
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Re: A little colour please
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 30 April 08 08:00 BST (UK) »
Thank you Rog, this is one of my favourite photographs and you have coloured it beautifully.
Well done.

Alexena
Campbell, Phimister, Thain - Findochty, Banffshire
Smith(Bo), Bain, Imlach - Portessie, Banffshire
Phimister - Caithness
Robertson, MacPherson - Sleat, Skye
MacLennan - Ross & Cromarty
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« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 30 April 08 08:27 BST (UK) »
Alexena, out of interest do you have the military history of this chap?

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Re: A little colour please
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 30 April 08 08:35 BST (UK) »
Hi Jenny,

Yes Jenny, I will do some checking up and let you know later. Incidentally he was married on 14 September 1918 while on leave from France but he wasn't presented with his medals at the time of his marriage.

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Campbell, Phimister, Thain - Findochty, Banffshire
Smith(Bo), Bain, Imlach - Portessie, Banffshire
Phimister - Caithness
Robertson, MacPherson - Sleat, Skye
MacLennan - Ross & Cromarty
Mackintosh, Shaw - Inverness
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