Can anyone identify this regiment

[ShaunFerguson]

Can anyone identify the regiment/corps from the badges/buttons on this image of Grandad's (1st WW) uniform?
(Picture in next post)

[ShaunFerguson]

this is a shot of the collar:



(had to make one post before the board allowed me to post the image!)

[tom163]

I cant help with your question but these sites may be able too.

If he go any medals this link-

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/docu ... ueryType=1

Or if you dont know-

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/docu ... efault.asp

And:
http://www.1914-1918.net/regiments.htm

http://content.ancestry.co.uk/iexec/?ht ... 3a7935%3a0

[harry hackedoff]

Shaun, welcome aboard mate

That photy isn`t very clear ref the buttons. Looks like the Dog and Basket (Lion and Crown ) over a ship`s wheel.
I`m intrigued

What else is on the buttons and what is the detail on the cuffs?

[Tab]

The closet I can find like that is Hampshire rifle volunteers pre 1901. The badges in the pictures have been well polished and have lost some of there definition

[jabcrosshook]

Does he have a cap on in the picture?
If so does it have a badge on it?
People may be able to tell from the cap badge.

[Wholley]

Errrm..Apparently not.
With that collar,OTC or Cadet?

[Shoulderholster]

Buttons are plain old General Service type so no help there,pity he was so enthusiastic about cleaning his collar dogs,but as Tab says only thing for certain is they are Victorian period.
The white facings (or maybe buff) are pretty common for line infantry of that period.
Anything else you might have may be of some help.


SH

[ShaunFerguson]

Shaun, welcome aboard mate

That photy isn`t very clear ref the buttons. Looks like the Dog and Basket (Lion and Crown ) over a ship`s wheel.
I`m intrigued :o

What else is on the buttons and what is the detail on the cuffs?

Scaned in at 600dpi - but the photo is old... Cuffs and hands not in original photo.
My father thought grandad was in the Service Corps.

As for his Army record - well, thereby hangs a tale ... came across from Ireland (N) and joined up, but - as far as we know - not under his own name. Boer War came to a close, so he joined the Navy, but didn't tell the Army he had left them. Enlisted in Navy as "John Ferguson" and served in 1st War. Apparently the Army came looking for him at some stage but all must have been forgiven as he was in the Home Guard in the Second War.
So we know next to nothing about him and his ancestry, though suspect he may have been a foundling and Ferguson may not have been his given name.

But it would be interesting to know what unit he was in.

[harry hackedoff]

I`m on about the buttons on his collar. They ain`t GS Shoulders

[ShaunFerguson]

I`m on about the buttons on his collar. They ain`t GS Shoulders

Here's the full picture:

[Shoulderholster]

Shaun
Army Service Corps would be it then,GS buttons and the collar dogs are ASC shape and have the laurel leaves as well.
Interesting story,just need for you to find a photo of his Navy days.

SH

[ShaunFerguson]

Interesting story,just need for you to find a photo of his Navy days.
SH

No sooner said ...
here you are, then - one Navy days and one Home Guard.
The Navy one is a double exposure - both men are Grandad John.

[Tab]

How does any one know that the colour of the collar is white, it could be yellow which would turn out white in a black and white photo. The dark jacket could just as well be red, blue or a number of other colours

[harry hackedoff]

Grandad John believed in not wasting his KUA on anything as frivolous kit, then

Unlike me of course. Obviously
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