I found some photos with my dad papers a while ago. In there were 3 photos of soldiers and I assume from the 1st ww. My grand father was in the 9th royal welsh fusiliers during WWI but none of them are of him. would be grateful if anyone could take a look and see if the can tel what regiment they think they were with. The photos can be found at http://vaughanswar-robvaughan1005.blogspot.com/ many thanks Rob Vaughan Web Site - http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/v/a/u/Rob-Vaughan-Porthcawl/

On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 14:29:26 +0000 (GMT), ROBERT VAUGHAN <robert.vaughan@btinternet.com> wrote: >I found some photos with my dad papers a while ago. In there were 3 photos of soldiers and I assume from the 1st ww. My grand father was in the 9th royal welsh fusiliers during WWI but none of them are of him. > >would be grateful if anyone could take a look and see if the can tel what regiment they think they were with. > >The photos can be found at > >http://vaughanswar-robvaughan1005.blogspot.com/ Bigger is better when it comes to presenting photos for identification, and the photos you've put up, even if you click on them to get a slightly larger version, don't show the badges large enough for reliable identification. Pressing my nose to the screen(!), I reckon that the badge in the first one depicts a grenade with a scroll below, and may well be that of the Lancashire Fusiliers, with the scroll partly hidden by the leather chinstrap - see the photo at http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110045309959 In the second photo, the badge is probably a flaming grenade, and in view of what you say about your relatives, could easily be that of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers - see http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=180039485434 However other Fusilier regiments also wore this design of badge - see for example the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Royal Munster Fusilier, and Northumberland Fusiliers. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230037631657 and http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=180034916163 The badge in third photo could well be that of the Royal Engineers, but I'd like to see a larger version before committing myself further. Forrest <wiping nose prints from his screen!> -- Forrest Anderson, Edinburgh, Scotland. E-mail: forrest@military-researcher.com Website: www.military-researcher.com Forrestdale Research - Military Genealogical Researcher