Unfortunately the photograph was only captioned ‘the 5/6th North Staffords about to embark for the annual camp 1st to 8th July’
What I can see is the soldiers wear the 47 pattern BD uniform, 37 pattern webbing and carry the No4 Enfield rifle. The 4th and 5th soldier look like they could be in the Catering Corps.
The Ship Mona's Isle, I have found a web site http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/IOM_Monas_Isle5_1951.html which shows the ship with a white top rail dated 1951. Services:- From Douglas (Isle of Man) to Liverpool (all year). Seasonal services from Douglas to Belfast, Dublin, Ardrossan, Heysham, Llandudno. Excursions Liverpool-Llandudno. 2490 tons, 345ft long, 2393 passengers.
John
The BD in the photo is the 1949 pattern. The 1947 pattern has much larger collars.
03-10-13, 06:43 AM
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