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rmarsden 14-12-18 10:25 AM

which Regt?
 
3 Attachment(s)
Signed on front Yours truly James Sutcliff.
Addressed to 2748546 Cpl Foy no 2 platoon 1st BW Karachi Rd Camp India.
Cant make out badge or title?

Alan O 14-12-18 10:31 AM

He is a Royal Engineer. Mid-late war with a good conduct chevron and a 1915 pattern cap.

rmarsden 14-12-18 10:43 AM

Thanks Alan, 1BW were at Karachi Camp 1920.
Ron.

Alan O 14-12-18 11:48 AM

That's odd and as there are no medal ribbons so it looks to have been taken before 1919.

Also if you look at the chinstrap it has been split over and under the badge. This was a wartime affection and not something you would get away with as a regular in 1920.

Rob Miller 14-12-18 12:21 PM

The picture could have been taken years before it was posted to India.

Rob

oc14 14-12-18 12:46 PM

The service number quoted in the address is from the regimental numbering system introduced in 1920

PL

leigh kitchen 14-12-18 01:05 PM

I'd noted that, but that would've put him in the Black Watch?

grumpy 16-12-18 09:04 PM

The aspidistra stand looks more late Victorian,


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