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Offline Leanne-Claire

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trying to identify uniform
« on: Saturday 14 March 09 22:25 GMT (UK) »
hi everybody,

i have a thread on the photo restoration board trying to identify the uniform of my great grandfather Freddie Fagan. Prue has told me it may be an idea to post a link to it on here as you are all the experts. :D i hope this is ok as the link back it is just the web address if this is wrong please let me know.

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,368258.0.html

any help at all would be really appreciated. :)
thanks,
Leanne

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Re: trying to identify uniform
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 12 April 09 15:18 BST (UK) »
posted on the other thread it looks to me like 'd' coy, territorial army, royal artillery.  the style of backgrounds suggests india rather than mesopotamia, as does the headgear pictured, the later promotion being to lance-bombardier.

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Re: trying to identify uniform
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 12 April 09 15:20 BST (UK) »
the number below d i believe refers to the ta platoon, also though im not positive of this.

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Re: trying to identify uniform
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 12 April 09 16:29 BST (UK) »
Thank you very much. lots of helpful info. that's really lovely thank you very much for taking the time to reply. :D

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Re: trying to identify uniform
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 12 April 09 22:02 BST (UK) »
Quote from: joelhall on Sunday 12 April 09 15:20 BST (UK)
the number below d i believe refers to the ta platoon, also though im not positive of this.

Can't be a plt s they are Drop Shorts... ;) ;D

The other int is a bit too non specific for an Arty unit as well...

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Re: trying to identify uniform
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 12 April 09 23:22 BST (UK) »
forgive me i made a huge error as i was browsing one of my militaria sites at the same time :D

yes its royal artillery (formerly royal field artillery until 1924 which i think has been mentioned elsewhere).  as it happens i was comparing two gv artillery cap badge photos both rfa and one happened to be from a territorial force (now ta) members photograph.

so forgive me for that error hehe :D  :-[ 

but yes it certainly looks like rfa in india. this is identifiable by the dress and the pith helmet badge.  you can view similar here though this is obviously a european front unit...

http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/greatwar/allied/royalartillery.html

apologies again for the error.

joel :)
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