I would have to agree with David…. Looks like an RA cap badge to me (my initial thoughts were RHA)
If you look at the badge on the chap standing on the left (with the tear on the photo) you can make out the wheel spokes.
The chap sitting extreme right is clearly wearing spurs …. Did the field artillery wear spurs?
Jim
Who are they ?
Moderators: Global Moderators, Pandabean
-
JimM
- Posts: 304
- Joined: Fri Jan 14, 2005 4:11 pm
- Location: Scotland
-
don
- Posts: 6
- Joined: Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:39 am
- Location: essex uk
-
Heather
- Posts: 62
- Joined: Wed Jun 22, 2005 7:41 am
- Location: Ottawa, Canada
Confirmed - ROYAL ARTILLERY
Service number of the soldier is 776460 - I was lucky enough to have contact from a family member who actually has his War Medals. The service number etched on the edge confirms. Thanks very much for you ideas at thoughts.
Heather
Service number of the soldier is 776460 - I was lucky enough to have contact from a family member who actually has his War Medals. The service number etched on the edge confirms. Thanks very much for you ideas at thoughts.
Heather
Fulton, Murdoch, McLean, Graham, McMath, Agnew, Lynch, Lidster, Gordon, Tosh, Harvie
-
Currie
- Posts: 3924
- Joined: Fri Jun 22, 2007 3:20 am
- Location: Australia
Hello Heather,
It looks fairly obvious from the photo. The very recognisable lop-sided looking R.A. cap badge with the left hand base sticking out like an oversize foot, the lanyards worn on the shoulders of at least three of them and the very obvious shiny spur on the right boot of the Driver with the cross above his head. The bandolier looks a bit out of place but would be fairly normal for someone mounted.
Artillery of most descriptions used horses or similar to move their guns where that was a physical possibility, motorised transport being a relative rarity. The spurs were worn by Drivers and weren’t for decoration. Each pair of the team of often excitable horses hauling the gun was controlled by a mounted Driver.
http://www.firstworldwar.com/photos/gra ... art_01.jpg
It looks like they’re very much at the coal face judging by the state of the uniforms.
All the best,
Alan
It looks fairly obvious from the photo. The very recognisable lop-sided looking R.A. cap badge with the left hand base sticking out like an oversize foot, the lanyards worn on the shoulders of at least three of them and the very obvious shiny spur on the right boot of the Driver with the cross above his head. The bandolier looks a bit out of place but would be fairly normal for someone mounted.
Artillery of most descriptions used horses or similar to move their guns where that was a physical possibility, motorised transport being a relative rarity. The spurs were worn by Drivers and weren’t for decoration. Each pair of the team of often excitable horses hauling the gun was controlled by a mounted Driver.
http://www.firstworldwar.com/photos/gra ... art_01.jpg
It looks like they’re very much at the coal face judging by the state of the uniforms.
All the best,
Alan