Hello Everyone, I have a photo of a young man in British WW2 uniform which I found in the belongings my mother left me. I have no idea who he is and there isn't any clue on the reverse side either, no name, no date. The young man could have been someone my mother was seeing at the time, at least this is the only possible explanation I have been able to come up with. My mother, Violet Gould, was born in Oldbury in 1921 and during WW2 she was still living with her parents at *Brookfields Road, Oldbury*. Having said this and if my hunch is right, this young man may have been from that area as well. This would mean someone of you might recognize him, I very much hope so anyway.... I don't think we have a standard to insert images in messages we send to this mailing list, but if anyone thinks they would like to have a go and have a look at him and maybe even possibly give him a name which I could check, I would be most grateful. I haven't a real hope of tracing him, but I would like to have a go, if only to find out if anyone recognizes the uniform. Last year or so I inquired at The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment and they were able to tell me the following about his uniform: *HIS UNIFORM:* 1. he is wearing an *early WW2 battle dress,* 2. he is wearing *two stripes*, so he would be a *corporal, * 3. he is *possibly an artillery man* -on account of him showing a *lanyard*-, 4. he is showing a little bit of his shoulder flash and he _may_ have belonged to the *Reconnaisance Corps*.** *HIS FACIAL FEATURES:* 1. thick wavy dark hair combed from the left side to the right of his head, 2. smallish eyes set in a longish oval face (presume he could have been a tall man), 3. rather pronounced ears, and 4. a delicate smile, having thin lips. Any info or help is welcome, many thanks in advance, /Angela/ The Netherlands

Angela wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I have a photo of a young man in British WW2 uniform which I found in > the belongings my mother left me. I have no idea who he is and there > isn't any clue on the reverse side either, no name, no date. The young > man could have been someone my mother was seeing at the time, at least > this is the only possible explanation I have been able to come up with. > > My mother, Violet Gould, was born in Oldbury in 1921 and during WW2 she > was still living with her parents at *Brookfields Road, Oldbury*. Having > said this and if my hunch is right, this young man may have been from > that area as well. This would mean someone of you might recognize him, I > very much hope so anyway.... > > I don't think we have a standard to insert images in messages we send to > this mailing list, but if anyone thinks they would like to have a go and > have a look at him and maybe even possibly give him a name which I could > check, I would be most grateful. I haven't a real hope of tracing him, > but I would like to have a go, if only to find out if anyone recognizes > the uniform. > > Last year or so I inquired at The Worcestershire and Sherwood > Foresters Regiment and they were able to tell me the following about his > uniform: > > *HIS UNIFORM:* > 1. he is wearing an *early WW2 battle dress,* > 2. he is wearing *two stripes*, so he would be a *corporal, * > 3. he is *possibly an artillery man* -on account of him showing a > *lanyard*-, > 4. he is showing a little bit of his shoulder flash and he _may_ have > belonged to the *Reconnaisance Corps*.** > > *HIS FACIAL FEATURES:* > 1. thick wavy dark hair combed from the left side to the right of his > head, > 2. smallish eyes set in a longish oval face (presume he could have been > a tall man), > 3. rather pronounced ears, and > 4. a delicate smile, having thin lips. > > Any info or help is welcome, many thanks in advance, > /Angela/ > The Netherlands Hello Angela, If you can get your photo of the young man scanned (jpg) to a size of under 50 kby, and send it to me in an attachment, I could post the photo on a web page on my website then people could be directed to look at it. I've had this idea for some time. I have a web site and several photos from my grandmother's photo album of people I can't identify These photos I'd estimate were taken in the 1890s when my grandmother was in her 20's. I like this idea. Gord Pace in Ontario Canada http://www.pacefamilyhistory.info/