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Wendy
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I scanned this photo today which belongs to a friend of ours. I wonder if anyone can throw any light on it. I assume it is WW1 which is why I posted it here.
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brumgum
Proud to be a Brummie!
I googled the names on the banner and got this...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_(The_King's)_Regiment_of_Foot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_(The_King's)_Regiment_of_Foot
brumgum
Proud to be a Brummie!
The Yorkshire regiment were also in these battles and isn't that a white rose on the banner..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkshire_Regiment
Does your friend have connections in Yorkshire?.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkshire_Regiment
Does your friend have connections in Yorkshire?.
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Wendy
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Thank you Brumgum I did think it was earlier than WW1 you are right. I have re posted it as you may be able to enlarge it better.
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Wendy
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I have cropped the photo if it helps.
brumgum
Proud to be a Brummie!
The Last campaign on the banner is Burma which was 1885/87 so at a guess i would date it a little after that. If that's a white Rose which i think it is it's the Yorkshire regiment if it's red it's this...
https://www.britisharmedforces.org/i_regiments/kings_index.htm
https://www.britisharmedforces.org/i_regiments/kings_index.htm
1888/1907 the guy on the left has got a Lee Method rifle with fixed bayonet/Mod 1888 i have one of these bayonets made by Greener of Birmingham,Anyway these rifles were replaced by the 1907 Lee Enfield but my grandad still had a method rifle in India in 1916 Going of thread again the side caps these guys are wearing are barrack dress for vicky soldiers.
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Wendy
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Thanks for all the help especially brumgum. Sadly the person this originally belonged to has passed away and I am sure a family member must be in the photo. They were a Birmingham family but this could date back before that. So sad a name was never added.
maypolebaz
master brummie
I've just noticed this thread. That Hanoverian horse badge is of the King's Regiment (Liverpool).
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Wendy
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Thank you maypolebaz I wonder if this is where the man would have lived who must be in the photo.
maypolebaz
master brummie
There were a lot of Irishmen in those Victorian regiments, Wendy. There could be a link up there.
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Wendy
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Ah thank you maypolebaz you may have hit the nail on the head. I have found a family member named Callaghan this could be the link.
maypolebaz
master brummie
My pleasure, Ma'am !
brumgum
Proud to be a Brummie!
The Rose emblem that's on the flag i think..
https://www.the-krak.co.uk/wordpress/?page_id=28
[URL]https://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/british_regiment/the_kings_liverpool_regiment.htm[/URL]
https://www.the-krak.co.uk/wordpress/?page_id=28
[URL]https://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/british_regiment/the_kings_liverpool_regiment.htm[/URL]
Colettebenson
proper brummie kid
Hi it looks like the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Although this corporal's shoulder titles are too blurred to read the bursting grenade device on his collar and shoulder straps clearly denote that he was a member of a fusilier regiment and the only such unit stationed in India during the very late 1800's that was entitled to the 1854 India General Service Medal with two clasps was the 1st Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. The medal here would bear the "Burma 1885-87" and "Hazara 1891" clasps.
This soldier wears the crossed rifle badge of a qualified marksman which like his corporal chevrons were temporarily pinned on his tunic for the photographic session - a common practice in tropical stations.
Although this corporal's shoulder titles are too blurred to read the bursting grenade device on his collar and shoulder straps clearly denote that he was a member of a fusilier regiment and the only such unit stationed in India during the very late 1800's that was entitled to the 1854 India General Service Medal with two clasps was the 1st Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. The medal here would bear the "Burma 1885-87" and "Hazara 1891" clasps.
This soldier wears the crossed rifle badge of a qualified marksman which like his corporal chevrons were temporarily pinned on his tunic for the photographic session - a common practice in tropical stations.
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