Great War Photos

[Jim Maclean]

My Grandfather's wedding, Easter Monday 1913

[Jim Maclean]

The Bride and Groom

Sadly she died in the 'flu epidemic at the end of the war.

[Jim Maclean]

A year on, June 1914.

I love the hat and collar

[Jim Maclean]

HMS Lucia in Reval, Estonia salvaging an Estonian aircraft that fell into the harbour, presumably from the sky. The note on the back doesn't say.
I believe he spent quite some time in Russia at the end of the war. Something else I hope to find out from the PRO.
Dated 22.6.1919

[Jim Maclean]

"Locals in Reval"?This was amongst the pics and postcards, the flags look Estonian and the uniforms Russian. Apart from that not a clue.

[Jim Maclean]

Taking a bit of licence here, Malta 1924.

Looks like it was taken on a Friday at half past 'Tot-time'

[SHEARING-CROSS]

Family Photos

Hiya JIM ,
THANKS FOR SHOWING THE PHOTOS It must be great to have such items belonging to relatives , unfortunately any items relating to my ancestors were binned long ago ,regards ,Michael. Maclean]The Bride and Groom

Sadly she died in the 'flu epidemic at the end of the war.[/QUOTE]

[sb98]

Jim, neat photos. My great grandfather was a career soldier in the coast artillery in Maine. He went to France as an artilleryman and also died in the flu epidemic of 1919. Unfortunately I don't have any photos of him.


Here's one. Anyone know what his armband is for? Military Police? Is that a wound stripe on his other cuff? May just be spots on the photo.

Tim

[leigh kitchen]

Yep, RMP, GMP were worn as Regimental & Garrison Police armbands, the vertical strip on the left cuff is the wounded stripe, usually worn in brass, but also produced in bullion etc.

[sb98]

Thanks Leigh.

[leigh kitchen]

WRAF Photo.

Mike, as discussed - my "new" photo of a cWWI WRAF, which I collected yesterday.
Shows the embroidered (& metal?) cap badge, WRAF title, & that nice big bird on the arm.
Unfortunately no date or details of the lady on the card.
I collect WWI period Brit military photos (got hundreds of the things), as well as grabbing Victorian & Edwardian ones etc, plus a few WWI German, inter-war Polish & Serbian etc.

[NormandieCamo]

A nice 34th Division portrait.

[NormandieCamo]

I believe this portrait shows a member of the 16th Division.

[NormandieCamo]

An unknown Australian MM winner.

[leigh kitchen]

I believe this portrait shows a member of the 16th Division.

This does'nt look like 16th Div ( who had a three - petalled shamrock as a central device on a circular patch).

The badge in this photo looks like a cross with some kind of central device on a rectangle, on a circular patch?

Depending on how I'm reading the image, possibly 20th Divs similar but circular design of cross with central roundel, or 32nd Divs
5 hollow circles, but they don't seem right either.