Unknown rank, portrait, postcard of soldier

[Asil76]

Hi,

Any help at all to identify the title of this soldier, I can’t see a rank on his uniform, so I’m assuming he was private. Not sure the scan has helped in trying to find out about this young man.

 

Thanks for any help you may be able to give.

[Farkas]

On 27/06/2023 at 20:39, Asil76 said:

Hi,

Any help at all to identify the title of this soldier, I can’t see a rank on his uniform, so I’m assuming he was private. Not sure the scan has helped in trying to find out about this young man.

 

Thanks for any help you may be able to give.

 

I just received this today 👇 so I’m in the mood for this !

 

First , my guess is 

“From Cecil to Margaret”

 

For the unit on the title?..

I’m gonna narrow it down a bit...

It’s not :

cavalry - straight bars

its not :

yeomanry - had a Y

territorial or volunteers.  had a T or V

Artillery & Engineers - had more than one row or were straight & small

 

 

 

 

Its not 4 letters or less

eg RAMC, KSLI or KRR

 

Very unlikely 5 letters but possible.

I think its 6 or 8 letters and most likely a regiment with format such as...

E Surrey

N Lancs

or 

N Stafford

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of course, i may be totally wrong 👍

 

tony🍻

[Asil76]

Ahhh that’s awesome good detective work 👍 what’s the piping on his should for? 
 

thanks for your help 😊

[Graf]

On 09/07/2023 at 21:22, Asil76 said:

Ahhh that’s awesome good detective work 👍 what’s the piping on his should for? 
 

thanks for your help 😊

I agree Nice detective job

[Farkas]

On 09/07/2023 at 12:22, Asil76 said:

Ahhh that’s awesome good detective work 👍 what’s the piping on his should for? 
 

thanks for your help 😊

Youre welcome 😊

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I did have a look for the specific units that were issued lanyards and learnt that upon mobilisation for ww1 all soldiers were actually issued one, so as far as I know it doesn’t narrow things down, however maybe someone knows that different colours some units used might…

The lanyards were worn on the left shoulder during ww1 but moved to the right shoulder after the war.

From the IWM site

‘Physical description

Single length of twisted cord with a large 'shoulder' aperture one end, and a smaller eye at the other.

History note

This type of lanyard was a standard issue to soldiers for carrying their issue clasp, or 'jack' knife; alternatively they were used for securing a marching compass. Should either item be dropped then the lanyard connected the object to the man to prevent loss. ‘

tony 🍻

[Graf]

On 12/07/2023 at 07:45, Farkas said:

Youre welcome 😊

————-

I did have a look for the specific units that were issued lanyards and learnt that upon mobilisation for ww1 all soldiers were actually issued one, so as far as I know it doesn’t narrow things down, however maybe someone knows that different colours some units used might…

The lanyards were worn on the left shoulder during ww1 but moved to the right shoulder after the war.

From the IWM site

‘Physical description

Single length of twisted cord with a large 'shoulder' aperture one end, and a smaller eye at the other.

History note

This type of lanyard was a standard issue to soldiers for carrying their issue clasp, or 'jack' knife; alternatively they were used for securing a marching compass. Should either item be dropped then the lanyard connected the object to the man to prevent loss. ‘

tony 🍻

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Very interesting Congrats

[Asil76]

That’s amazing, sorry for late reply in getting back to say a massive thank you for all your help and very useful information. 

[Farkas]

1 hour ago, Asil76 said:

That’s amazing, sorry for late reply in getting back to say a massive thank you for all your help and very useful information. 

👍👍

Learnt more than a little myself so my pleasure. 

 

Let us know if you ever find him 😊

 

tony 🍻

[Graf]

21 hours ago, Farkas said:

👍👍

Learnt more than a little myself so my pleasure. 

 

Let us know if you ever find him 😊

 

tony 🍻

Hi Tony That is the story for me When i help others i learn new things as well  Cheers

[Farkas]

On 20/07/2023 at 22:56, Graf said:

Hi Tony That is the story for me When i help others i learn new things as well  Cheers

 

👍 It leads me to look into areas & subjects I wouldn’t have done otherwise… and of course it’s a nice moment if/when you find the answer you were looking for. 

tony 🍻

[Graf]

43 minutes ago, Farkas said:

 

👍 It leads me to look into areas & subjects I wouldn’t have done otherwise… and of course it’s a nice moment if/when you find the answer you were looking for. 

tony 🍻

Chhers