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Some great information given, but as you say confusing as definitely looks HLI especially the kilt with the bold white lines, the RS kilt is different as per photo of WW1 RS
Gerard
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Soldiers of the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) should be wearing black buttons on Service Dress although wartime issue jackets would have brass general service buttons to be replaced Regimentally.
Tim
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The plot thickens !
I've spoken to his daughter and she's certain that the photo is a likeness of her father - ( the clincher is that he had a finger shot off "by the Hun" - ( or he might have lost it in a farming accident before the war!! ) - either way the photo does show a man with 4 fingers on his left hand. But I'm equally convinced that he's not in the uniform of the Scottish Rifles - is there any other plausible reason he would have had a photo taken in another uniform?? And is there anyway of pinning down the date of his wound? Tim
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Would he not of been issued and wearing a wound stripe on his left arm if wounded in service ? The missing finger looks to be very well healed so presumably the photo taken a while after the injury ? hense wound stripe could of been issued and worn issued and worn? Just my observations, might help.
Gerard
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Someone's just reminded me on another thread, in August 1916 the wound stripe was authorised for wear by those recorded in casualty lists as wounded from August 1914.
Looks like he was listed as wounded on three separate occasions prior to August 1916 and the introduction of the wound stripe. |
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Would that mean he would of been intitled 3 wound stripes ? Would he not of had them issued when this photo taken? Gerard
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If the image is of the man as named then presumably the photo predates August 1916 and the introduction of the wound stripes, hence the "missing" stripes.
I don't know how the different cap badge and service chevrons fit in with the service of a man who is only known to have been in a TF battalion of the Scottish Rifles. |
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So further enquiries with the family have come up with a bit more information and a theory about the picture. Apparently he was married in 1918 a few months before his discharge - when he was wounded he was sent back to blighty ( Ashby de la Zouche ) - the wound was in his thigh ( clearly not a groin wound as his bride was 3 months pregnant when they married !) Is it possible he would have been sent to England without his uniform ? ie stretchered out ? and he had the photo taken in an English studio for his family with a " generic Scottish uniform supplied by the studio ?? I know its a bit of a stretch but the uniform is clearly not his own. Also apparently he joined up again in WW2 - this time the Royal Scottish Fusiliers - where he was a "cook" - is there anyway of checking this as well? Many thanks Tim
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Bump - still looking for info on his WW2 service with the RSF - many thanks in anticipation. Tim
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