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What rank are these two relatives?

Frank Parker

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Can anyone tell me what rank my Great Grandad Percival (seen here with my Nan Florence Percival!) is please by this photo? :rolleyes:

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It should of said this relative not these two but I can't change it?!
 
Your Gt/Granddad seems to be in the Royal Engineers so would be a Sapper, i am sure other forum members will add more info. Len.
 
bluebrummie, Sapper in the Royal Engineers was = to Private in an Infantry Regiment : Private Smith, Royal Warwickshire Reg, Sapper Smith, Royal Engineers. Len.
 
bluebrummie, Never be afraid to post a thought or an opinion some will always put you right:0214: .Len.
 
From: https://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=Sapper&gwp=13

Sapper: The term sap originated in the Middle Ages, and first defined a trench dug to undermine a castle wall. By the 17th century it referred to the zigzag trenches driven forward from the parallel trenches dug by the besiegers of a fortress. Sappers had the dangerous job of digging these zigzag trenches. Their work made them the targets of concentrated hostile fire, and they often wore heavy helmets and armour to afford them some protection. In the British army a Royal Corps of Sappers and Miners was formed in 1772, and later absorbed within the Royal Engineers.
 
Blue Brummie this might help you in your future searches:)

https://www.britishbadge.co.uk/

I not sure the cap badge is right for the Engineers Royal or not this is the WW1. I have a feeling it a Guards Badge.
The photo also show him holding what seems to be an early Golf Iron?

This is a Royal Engineers Badge WW1

 
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Bluebrummie,
The photo of your relative& Lady?
Definetly not a Royal engineers badge more like one of the Guards Regiment he has what was called a "swagger stick"
As regards Foster bros? worked on a lot of their shops when I was a shopfitter
 
Once again thanks Lloyd. :)

Thanks Dennis. I am off to meet one of the Brothers Grandson tommorow at Stratford - Upon - Avon so wish me good weather lol. :D
 
From: https://www.royalgenes.biz/soc.genealogy.britain/thread243.html
in a discussion board about a now-removed photograph:

"I would suggest that very little if anything can be interpreted from
the cane/swagger stick that he is holding. I am convinced that some
photographers had a spare one which they gave to soldiers so that they
could do something with their hands! Certainly, they are extremely
common in studio photos, and used by Private upwards."
 
I went for Royal Engineers because of the white lanyard on the left shoulder, said to have been awarded for valuable assistance to the Royal Artillery, as far as i know the only 2 regiments to wear one. Len.
 
Thanks both. How would I go about finding Army records relating to the Royal Engineers? :rolleyes:
 
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Alf. It looks to me more like a riding-crop, rather than a golf iron mate, that little leather bit on the end gives it away. Of course, in the early days, private soldiers were encouraged to carry swagger-sticks, so they kept their hands out of their pockets.

The cap-badge does have a "Guards" look about it, I wonder if there was a mounted regiment with a similar badge?

Barrie.
 
Not so fast!

The badge is Army Service Corps and the "stick" is definitely a riding crop. Looks like he was with a Horsed Transport unit of the ASC.

Have you tried to find his service record or medal documents? They'll tell you for certain.
 
Chris_Baker said:
Not so fast!

The badge is Army Service Corps and the "stick" is definitely a riding crop. Looks like he was with a Horsed Transport unit of the ASC.

Have you tried to find his service record or medal documents? They'll tell you for certain.
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Hi Chris. Thanks. I have only found out about this photo recently and my Great Grandparents so I wouldn't know how to go about finding the things you mentioned? :rolleyes:
 
If you tell us his name bluebrummie,one of us will have a look for his medal card for you.

Barrie.
 
Chris_Baker said:
Not so fast!

The badge is Army Service Corps and the "stick" is definitely a riding crop. Looks like he was with a Horsed Transport unit of the ASC.

Have you tried to find his service record or medal documents? They'll tell you for certain.
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Give you that one Chris
 
Well done, Barrie. Not sure it is our man, though. The M prefix tells us he was with a Motor Transport unit. It does not mean for sure that the index card does not relate to the photograph, but a man with spurs is more likely to have a T prefix.
 
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