I am doing my family tree and found this photo of one of my relations, and been trying to find out the following information.
Can anyone tell me what rank - looks like an officer. What regiment, and if possible about what year about the photo might be taken. I am doing my family tree and found this photo of one of my relations, and been trying to find out the following information.
Have you a close-up picture of his cap badge, or can you describe it? That would almost certainly tell you his regiment. I don't think he is an officer.
I don't think he's an officer but his uniform with riding crop and bandolier suggests cavalry. The cap badge which looks like, laurel wreath, GR to centre with crown above looks like Royal Engineers, allowing for distortion on the cap badge, possibly Household cavalry. Photo taken around WW1, so many had them done, with a lot it was their last.
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Pic 2, We met a lady and gentleman at Birkenhead town hall when they had that genealogy fair ,as we have a name they have a database and can check the military records for a price so we left them to try and get us more info, the picture appears to have been taken during WWI in France, checkout the name at the bottom, so if and when we get told, I will add to this topic, it may help you to find out pic1's regiment or at least give you a better clue.
I would say engineers. Nearest to that badge would be RASC as it was but not that I don't think.
First war, private and as it was mostly horses in those days could have been anything. Possibly lineman (signals) which the engineers did in those days. Very limited life expectancy if he was.
Bert1, Name on the bottom of pic 2 is Eqole Trepow,it appears lots of soldiers sent home postcards with their pictures on just to let people know they were still alive when the pic was taken.
Pic1 looks as if the gentleman is astride something maybe a saddle?.
I think the words at the bottom of photo 2 are 'Le Treport' (accute accent over the 'e'), which is a Channel port quite near to the Somme where the worst battle of W.W.1 took place in 1916. Perhaps the horses came into there from England. Look up Battle of the Somme on wikipedia and it shows the horrible conditions in a Cheshire Regiment trench in the battle.
Bert1, Name on the bottom of pic 2 is Eqole Trepow,it appears lots of soldiers sent home postcards with their pictures on just to let people know they were still alive when the pic was taken.
Pic1 looks as if the gentleman is astride something maybe a saddle?.
Don't think its a saddle, probably a photographers chaise longue and the soldier thought he'd sit on it like a horse. Be interesting to find out what the researchers come up with regarding the chap in pic2.
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