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Clues in old photo's?
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sparklysam | Report | 13 Oct 2003 14:34 |
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Ive just been looking through some old photo's... Several of which are men in the forces... One in particular had the following hand written on the back of it: 7371718 L.Cpl Metcalf J/F (Not sure which letter it is) B. Squadron L.R.D.G C.M.F. The photo has what appears to say "Kh.Papazian Cairo" embossed in the bottom corner. Is the number the mans army number? And is there any way in which to get futher clues from this photo??? Sam |
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Penny | Report | 13 Oct 2003 14:48 |
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Yoy may find this site useful for dating old photos (remove the bracketts) www(.)rogerco(.)freeserve(.)co(.)uk/index.htm Penny |
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sparklysam | Report | 13 Oct 2003 17:35 |
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Thanks Penny, thats quite an intresting site! Sam |
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Patricia | Report | 13 Oct 2003 17:55 |
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I surgest that first of all you try to identify the uniform that they are wearing is it Army, Naval ect. then it will be easier to identify the squadron. i have been searching for you and with this info it will make the search much easier, so have you got any idea ?? |
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Patricia | Report | 13 Oct 2003 18:02 |
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Try this site out as well. http://www(.)armymuseums(.)org(.)uk/ancestor(.)htm |
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sparklysam | Report | 13 Oct 2003 18:30 |
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Im guessing its army! Looks army to me.... |
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Patricia | Report | 13 Oct 2003 18:40 |
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Papazian Cairo - this is a place in Eygpt, so i guess that is where the photo was taken. |
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Kay | Report | 13 Oct 2003 18:56 |
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I always thought that Squadrons 'belonged' to the RAF not the Army. A friend of a friend was a Squadron Leader and that was the RAF. Could be wrong but just a thought..... Kay |
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sparklysam | Report | 13 Oct 2003 19:06 |
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To be honest i hadnt considered the RAF.... That is another possibilty! Im really not that clued up on uniforms! But doesnt look naval to me!? |
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Patricia | Report | 13 Oct 2003 19:07 |
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The army do have squadrons. |
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Valice in | Report | 13 Oct 2003 21:20 |
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RAF = Royal Air Force, so shouldn't look naval.!! lol There is a site for looking up service folk who died in the war, that is another possibility. Sorry can't remember the address at present but think it's a government sponsored site |
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susie manterfield(high wycombe) | Report | 13 Oct 2003 21:23 |
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the site is www.cwgc.org hope this helps |
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HampshireMel | Report | 13 Oct 2003 21:31 |
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Hiya all, Im in the RAF Myself and they have always had squadrons..theyve also been in egypt at various times. The only problem being that i take L.CPL to be lance corporal and the raf doesnt have this in the rank structure..only the army as far as i know. Hope this helps in some way.. demelza |
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Patricia | Report | 13 Oct 2003 21:58 |
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SAM i have emailed you all the info on this chap hopefully you will understand it. Regards |
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sparklysam | Report | 13 Oct 2003 22:37 |
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Just to clarify when i said it didnt look naval in the same message as RAF, i meant out of all the forces it was in my opinion least likely to be naval! And i suspected it was infact RAF or army! lol sorry maybe that wasnt clear! Thanks to all for help! Sam |
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Thomas | Report | 14 Oct 2003 10:26 |
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Hi Sam, I think you will find that LRDG stands for Long Range Desert Group, the forerunner of the SAS. Regards,Tony |
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