RHA Photos (with names) 1930's India

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Hi,

I've inherited these photos of the Royal Horse Artillery F-Sphinx battery in (then) India 1938, together with one of the 4th Light Battery RA c. 1935, Bombardier Boyd being my wifes grandfather, and since the group photos are clearly named I thought they may be of wider interest. There's 4 photos with around 70 people, though there's some duplication (53 distinct individuals in all). If anyone spots a relative, PM me and I'll work out how to get bigger images to you.

Here's the first two . . .

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And the last two . . .

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And the names (for the sake of anyone googling):

F Sphinx Battery R H A (Royal Horse Artillery)
Winners Scissors Cup 1937-38

Ives
McKay
Bamber
Croft
Smith, E
Boyd
Ware
Spendilove
Aldridge
W T Peppe
P R Henderson
Braddow
Wheeler
Hodson
Hall, E

F Sphinx Battery R H A
Hockey Team

Aldridge
Rawlingson
Blowers
Dally
Leigh
Boyd
Beale
Cockings
Hobson
W T H Peppe
G F Lushington
Richardson
Andrews

F Sphinx Battery R H A
Junior NCO's Mess

Mash G
Moore L
Minney F
Leigh B
Ellis A
Croft A
Banks T
Bacon E
Dwyer P
Pennell G
Boyd L
Beale J
Addle J
Yarker R
Ware C
Gypps Y
Norbury A
Richardson J
Blowers R
Lushington G F
Cook W
Henderson P R
Peppe W T H
Standen L
Howick G
Lewis H M

4th Light Battery Royal Artillery
Tug of War Team 120 stone winners of the Rawalapindi District Challenge Cup
1931-32,1932-33,1933-34,1934-35

Fenwick T
Boyd L
Hardy J
Richards R
Walker G
Swan A
O'Dowd C
Lloyd D
Tipple H
Brownlow C A L
Bredin H
Sturgeon B
Lynch J

[rowlinav]

Hi

My father was Gnr. Rawlingson (typical typo for our actual surname Rowlingson). He was friends with Beale and Cockings and kept his hockey cups until the day he died. He was stationed in Rawalpindi having run away from home (Cambridge) before being transferred to Egypt. I don't know if Beale of Cockings were in the same gun team. During a German offensive my dad's battery was overrun, and wiped out (his leg was shattered by machine gun fire). He was taken prisoner to a German field dressing station, which was later overrun by a British counter-attack. Packed into ambulances, he was then straffed by British aircraft, mistaking the small convey as a German one. He was in hospital in Alexendria, before being shipped back to the UK to convalesce. He returned to the RHA in Europe late 1944. When the war ended he was stable master at St.John's Wood barracks. He left the army in 1947.

I have only a few army photos of my dad and it was really surprising to see him in that one. He lost all his front teeth playing hockey for the army. He always believed his time out in India to be the best years of his life. Thanks for putting the picture up.

Regards
Andy

[Milo66]

Hi Rowlina

My grandfather not in these photos but there about same time ... if anyone comes across anything can they please let me know
Alfred M Greenwood 1061910
Served mainly RHA 1925-33 in Woolwich Salisbury etc
1930-1936 in India Sauger
After this period with 39 Signals Training Reg Scarborough & Nostell Priory
1946-1947 NWE BAOR before discharged as BQSM after 22 yrs service