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HELP - Holland Confirmation?
Hello All. I suspect that this photo was taken in Holland (late 1945 or early 1946). Can anyone help with the significance of the "sign" that it leaning at the base of the photo? Many thanks for any thoughts and/or comments you might have.
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For starters I have tried to estimate how many letters or numbers are obscured by his leg! The small xxx's indicate what I think has been obscured:
JA73xxx [more numerals?] COOKxxxx [a surname? a noun eg COOKSETS?] TRIPxxxxx [a noun eg TRIPFLARES?] BAxNxxxxx6xxxx [a place name/address?] And his large bonnet badge - it doesn't look like A&SH to me, so could be Canadian? Comments or better ideas please! Mike |
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Hello Mike. Thank you for your reply, and for taking the time to "decipher" the "sign". The soldier in this photograph IS a Canadian: with the Lorne Scots.
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So we really need an expert on Canadian Army nomenclature and signing to give an opinion on this. Mike
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Hi Duncan
Doesn't look like a sign to me. Looks like the tailgate of a jeep or small truck. Or a crate or "battle box of some sort. Can I ask that on another Forum? regards Darrell
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Hi Darrell. Thank you for your feedback, I, too, thought that it might be a tailgate, as well (hence, my "sign" in quotation marks). And, yes, by all means feel free to share this with any other forum(s) that might yield results to my queries. Many thanks for your efforts.
Duncan |
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The building does not look dutch at all imo, it looks more southern like Belgium, France or Italy. Can't help with the sign, sorry. regards, Albert.
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My first thought when I looked at the photo. Is that Holland (or elsewhere in the Netherlands)?
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Henk Interested in the lineage of the unit your badge represents? Try: Regimental lineages |
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Hi Duncan
I asked over at the Maple Leaf Up Forum (when I thought it might be a vehicle related) and a member has demonstrated that it is the lid or part of the crate for a Field Cooker or Stove. Quote:
http://www.essexhmva.co.uk/education...%20Cookers.pdf Now as to "Where", I can't help you. I lived outside of Mons for 5 years and my house didn't look like that. regards Darrell
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Hello again. I would like to sincerely thank ALL of you for making the time to “chime in” in my query. Thank you so much. In addition to the GREAT sleuthing provided by ALL of you - and to specifically address Albert and Henk, I was able to find out that this photo was probably taken at medical facility (or something similar) in Reading, Berkshire, England (NOT in Holland, as I had originally thought). With Darrell’s help, we now know what the “sign” is, and with Ed’s and Lorne’s assistance (and the state of the foliage in the picture), I am thinking late 1945. Once again, gentlemen, I thank you very much for your time and assistance!
All my best, Duncan |
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Photograph Location
Reading, Berkshire, late 1945? Why would he be armed at a medical facility in the UK after the war was over?
Netherlands or Germany is more likely a better assessment. |
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Hi Duncan
You're welcome but I can thank Rob, Magpie and Mike for discovering the cooker connection. Thanks guys. I'm with Ed in that this being UK post war is odd since he's armed. He's dressed warm for spring or fall. He looks to be wearing an RSM rank. He's got mud on his boots. When I first saw it, I thought "Battalion rear area, Spring 45". The building looks like a house over barn shed arrangement. Big windows with low sills and a thick foundation coming up. Probably Village or town vice city. Its the bi-fold shutters that I can't match up with any particular region or period. I don't think the building is that old though either. Keep looking. regards Darrell
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