terry carter
Birmingham Pals
Hi Lu
In my opinion, and others may give different ones, I believe he must have been a pre-war territorial due to the the Imperial Service badge on his tunic breast pocket. Only Territorials were issued with them in 1914 when the units they served in volunteered for active service. When the Territorial Force was formed in April 1908, men who had signed on for 8 years would have left the army in April 1916. Which William Pitt probably did or was given an option to still serve King and Country re-enlisted into the Army Service Corps on 24 June 1916. The two pictures taken in Italy wearing a pith helmet would be in 1918 when British units were serving there. The guy seated appears to have the ASC badge on his pith helmet.
So maybe somewhere in ancestry there are papers regarding service with the RE.
Terry
In my opinion, and others may give different ones, I believe he must have been a pre-war territorial due to the the Imperial Service badge on his tunic breast pocket. Only Territorials were issued with them in 1914 when the units they served in volunteered for active service. When the Territorial Force was formed in April 1908, men who had signed on for 8 years would have left the army in April 1916. Which William Pitt probably did or was given an option to still serve King and Country re-enlisted into the Army Service Corps on 24 June 1916. The two pictures taken in Italy wearing a pith helmet would be in 1918 when British units were serving there. The guy seated appears to have the ASC badge on his pith helmet.
So maybe somewhere in ancestry there are papers regarding service with the RE.
Terry