[Sussex] Military experts

[Mr Bridger]

Can anyone on hear recognise military uniforms, or recommend where I can find out what regiment a uniform
/ badge etc belong to?
I’m trying to trace my grandfathers war records, but cannot trace him anywhere not even by name, so all I’ve got to go on is the photo below, any advice?

 

[Jim D]

I think I can spot Fraser and Walker but don't know where Mainwaring is.

 

[Grizz]

You're a little bit knackered there buddy, as the uniform is very standard, so unless you have a decent resolution close up of the cap badge that the far right fella, or the top two have in their caps it's going to be difficult to tell.

 

[The Fifth Column]

Looks more like RAF than Army with the Forage caps and greatcoats. If you have his name and d.o.b you should be able to locate him online using Ancestry.co.uk, they have access to all sorts of info that should help you.

 

[portlock seagull]

Was he killed?

 

[Albalbion]

Looks like air force, far from a military expert though and am likely wrong

 

[Brian Parsons]

Looks more like RAF than Army with the Forage caps and greatcoats. If you have his name and d.o.b you should be able to locate him online using Ancestry.co.uk, they have access to all sorts of info that should help you.

Not RAF no eagles on shoulders. Also two different types of greatcoat. Some with buttons in a vertical line and some with 6 in a H pattern.

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[Shropshire Seagull]

Not RAF no eagles on shoulders. Also two different types of greatcoat. Some with buttons in a vertical line and some with 6 in a H pattern.

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aka single-breast and double-breast

as already suggested - if you have his name and DoB internet records are now accessible [for a small fee]

 

[AmexRuislip]

Can anyone on hear recognise military uniforms, or recommend where I can find out what regiment a uniform
/ badge etc belong to?
I’m trying to trace my grandfathers war records, but cannot trace him anywhere not even by name, so all I’ve got to go on is the photo below, any advice?

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Perhaps try

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

 

[Blue3]

Home guard quite an age range

 

[Mr Bridger]

Home guard quite an age range

Thie photo was on a postcard to his mother and written on the back was “sailing to France sometime tomorrow “ this was dated 3rd Jan 1940, so wouldn’t be home guard would it.

 

[Mr Bridger]

Was he killed?

No, lived until 1980

 

[Mr Bridger]

aka single-breast and double-breast

as already suggested - if you have his name and DoB internet records are now accessible [for a small fee]

I’ve searched through Ancestry and doesn’t come up with his assumed name. He did have his name changed from an early aged when his mother remarried but tried both variations and still nothing

 

[Thunder Bolt]

My immediate thought was Royal Pioneer Corps, which became Logistics Regiment. I've had a quick look at images on Google & the forage caps look similar. It's worth a look, anyway.
The dates would fit.

 

[Stat Brother]

Luftwaffe?

 

[Mr Bridger]

My immediate thought was Royal Pioneer Corps, which became Logistics Regiment. I've had a quick look at images on Google & the forage caps look similar. It's worth a look, anyway.
The dates would fit.

Ok great, will have a look down that route.
Thanks

 

[father_and_son]

I'll never forgive the Germans for what they did to my Grandad during the war!



Passed over for promotion, time after time. ********

 

[portlock seagull]

No, lived until 1980

Ok, was just thinking along lines of CWGC if he was

 

[Dave the OAP]

When I used to sing a lot, I had a few singing lessons and the lady who did it was a Canadian. When you walked into her house, the first thing that you saw was a large picture of a plane and a guy standing by it. I thought nothing of it, until one lesson, she had to take a call therefore I wandered over to the picture, and it was a Dornier bomber. There was also a couple of pictures of other aircraft.

Turns out her father was a senior pilot who had flown bombers that she said actually had bombed this area, and also he had transferred from the Luftwaffe in North Africa where he had shot down many allied aircraft...she showed me his war medals, which included his Iron Cross, which must have meant he was an important guy.

I wasn't sure if I was very comfortable with looking at the pictures. I know it was irrational and it was a long time ago, but it left a bad taste in the mouth as the pictures glorified his war record against us!

Has anyone been to the military museum in Rome by the Forum? Again, a very surreal experience with records of Italians fighting the British and rather uncomfortable accounts.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

When I used to sing a lot, I had a few singing lessons and the lady who did it was a Canadian. When you walked into her house, the first thing that you saw was a large picture of a plane and a guy standing by it. I thought nothing of it, until one lesson, she had to take a call therefore I wandered over to the picture, and it was a Dornier bomber. There was also a couple of pictures of other aircraft.

Turns out her father was a senior pilot who had flown bombers that she said actually had bombed this area, and also he had transferred from the Luftwaffe in North Africa where he had shot down many allied aircraft...she showed me his war medals, which included his Iron Cross, which must have meant he was an important guy.

I wasn't sure if I was very comfortable with looking at the pictures. I know it was irrational and it was a long time ago, but it left a bad taste in the mouth as the pictures glorified his war record against us!

Has anyone been to the military museum in Rome by the Forum? Again, a very surreal experience with records of Italians fighting the British and rather uncomfortable accounts.

I went into a bar in Heidelberg in 1987, and there were old street signs on the wall, including 'Adolph Hitlerstrasse'. An old guy in his 70s (at least) started talking to us in German. I had to leave. A strange visceral experience.