Require expertise to help identify cap badge please

[nhurdman]

Attached is an enlargement of a very poor scan of my grandfather in uniform circa 1917. Unfortunately I have no access to the original photo. He was was born and lived in Solihull now outskirts of Birmingham, Warwickshire.

The only information I have is that he was a sniper and seriously wounded in France or Belgium.

Any help identifying would be appreciated.

Nick

[manchesters]

"The only information I have is that he was a sniper and seriously wounded in France or Belgium."

But presumably you have his name? That would be a start.

regards

[Hoot]

Looks like Coldstream Guards to me.

[Phil2M]

Thats what I thought, before I read Hoot's post, too. Coldstream Guards.

[wardog]

Does look like Coldstream Guards, cap also looks worn in Guards style. Looks like an early 1905 SD cap but could be a 'trench' soft cap with a wire fitted to set it up smart. Regards, Paul.

[nhurdman]

Thanks for the input. His name was Thomas frank Wright. 1895 - 1926.

Nick

[High Wood]

There are no Thomas Frank Wrights shown as serving in the Coldstream Guards amongst the medal index cards.

There was a Thomas Wright but he was killed in action.


Name:
Thomas Wright. Birth Place: Chadsmoor, Stafford. Residence: Coventry. Death Date: 23 Dec 1914. Death Place: France and Flanders. Enlistment Place: Nuneaton. Rank: Private. Regiment: Coldstream Guards. Regimental Number: 10017.

[grenadierguardsman]

I agree Coldstream Guards.
Andy

[magpie]

Would he be on the silver war badge roll.

[nhurdman]

I really appreciate everyone taking time to respond to my inquiry. Knowing his unit i.e. Coldstream Guard is a start. As I indicated at the beginning the only information I had (of his military service) was that he was a sniper and was badly injured in the WW1. I only recently acquired the low resolution scan which happens to be the only photo I have of him.

Thomas Wright was born in 1895 in Temple Balsall (Close to Solihull). He survived the war and was married in 1919. He fathered three daughters. He never recovered from his wounds and was in constant pain. I suspect he was also suffering from PTSD. In Dec 1926 he walked out into a deep pond on the property of the manor where he worked at as groundskeeper. He submerged himself and drowned.

I am currently trying to fill in as many blanks particularly with his military service as I can.

Cheers,
Nick