Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, 1933.

[High Wood]

From a recently obtained photograph album. The soldier concerned served in the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars in the mid 1930s, joined the R.A.F in 1937, served in Ceylon during WW2 and later served with the Welsh Regiment in the early 1950s. Quite a career.

[cbuehler]

A proper lot of Frenchmen they are. Not that it matters, but I will never understand nor approve of the ubiquitous adoption of this form of headwear. The Brodrick cap was rightly despised as foreign and horrid; the beret, while appropriate to the Poilu, is likewise to the British soldier in my opinion.

CB

[fearnaught]

Hi Simon, thank you for posting the photo's. Presumably at camp as they have the armoured cars, best wishes and thank you again, Mike

[High Wood]

Originally Posted by fearnaught

Hi Simon, thank you for posting the photo's. Presumably at camp as they have the armoured cars, best wishes and thank you again, Mike

The photographs were taken at the annual camp at Kennilworth in 1933. They did indeed have armoured cars, quite a few of them.

[Alan O]

t was 21st (Royal Gloucestershire Hussars) Armoured Car Company after WW1 before reverting to regtl size circa 1938.

The bandolier and retention of mounted puttee winding is amusing.