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Postcard Portraits
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Portobello |
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QUESTION
Archie Foley, who sent the photos above, asks:
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"Can anybody identify the regiments that the
soldiers belonged to?"
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If you can answer this question, please
e-mail me.
Thank you. - Peter Stubbs |
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ANSWER
1
Thank you to Phil Wilson who wrote:
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Cap Badges
"I've been looking at cap badges on this
Military Badges web site,
and the nearest I can spot so far is the 'King's Own Scottish Borderers'
(basically a rounded square with a prominent piece sticking out at the top
edge).
Maybe I'm wrong though."
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ANSWER
2
Thank you to Keith Aitchison for replying.
Keith, formerly of West Fountain Place, Fountainbridge, Edinburgh and now
living in Selby, North Yorkshire wrote:
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Regiment
"I believe that I have identified the regiment
to which the soldiers belong - the King's Own Scottish Borderers.
This regiment has just merged with the Royal Scots (the
"traditional" Edinburgh regiment).
My uncle did his national service in the early
sixties with them. The regiment recruited along the border and
Dumfriesshire, and, contrary to popular myth, did not like being called
"kosbies", as this was a swear word in Urdu!.
Cap Badges
The soldier on the right has signaller
proficiency badge, I think the one on the left has 'mg', which would mean
he was a machine gun operator - possibly this would only first be awarded
around late 1915."
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Keith Aitchison: Selby, North Yorkshire,
England May 25, 2006 |
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ANSWER
3
Thank you to John Duncan of Newtongrange, Midlothian, for asking for comments from others with an
interest in Word War I.
John then replied:
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Kings Own Scottish Borderers
"I have had some replies back it would
appear that two of the photographs, the group ones, are men from the
Kings Own Scottish Borderers with the cross flags of a signaller and
the cross rifles of a marksman in evidence." |
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Army Service Corps
"The man sitting on his own with child
is a member of the Army Service Corps." |
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"They are great photographs and a real
source of information to us WW1 buffs." |
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John Duncan, Newtongrange, Midlothian, Scotland: September 19, 2006 |
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ANSWER
4
Thank you to Charmaine Brown who replied:
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Army Service Corps
"The badge on the soldiers cap looks
similar to my granddads. He was in the Army Service Corps
during World War 1." |
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Edinburgh Castle
"If this gentleman or his family want to
find out, like I did they should contact or go to Edinburgh
castle to hopefully find out more." |
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Charmaine Brown, January 14, 2007 |
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ANSWER
5
Thank you to Peter Scally who wrote:
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KOSB
"The Regiment your boys are in is the
King's Own Scottish Borderers."
Peter Scally: February 20, 2010
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I assume that Peter's comment, above, refers to the group photos that John
Duncan mentions in his 'Comment 3' above.
Peter Stubbs: March 14, 2010
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