Military Chat

Please can you let me know if I can post a picture of a man in a military uniform ( I can remove the face if its a problem) We believe it is from one of the Afgan Wars and that the collar badges look like bugles possibly a bandsman. His name is W. McCombie He is wearing a Queen Victoria medal. I am trying to identify this man Thanks Pam

You can put it in your "Keepsafe" and make the picture public and then post a link to the page on here so people can take a look at it.

Kath. x

Thanks I have put 2 pictures on Keepsafe One is of the man in uniform and the other is the writing on the back of the photo. But I am not sure what I do next so you can see them Pam

Go back to your Keepsafe and if you have given each photo a title hover over the title and then go to "edit" which should be at the top of the photo and click on that. You should get a box opens up next to the photo and where it says "privacy" click on that and change it to say "Share with everyone". Then copy and paste what is in your browser bar at the top of the page and add this link to your thread so we can click on it to see the photos.

Hope you can understand this.

Kath. x

Have nearly got there just not sure about last bit. .Have done as far as Share with everyone Its the copy paste bit I am not sure about Thanks Pam

Think you Rt click and select "copy" then come to your thread and add the link by selecting "paste"

still struggling with last bit Pam

When you are on the photos look at the url or address it starts www and has the words genes reunited and keepsafe and a code. Go to your first photo and block the url as explained and then hit the keys CTRL and C at the same time, then come back here to your thread and hit keys CTRL and V together and you should get this - a link to your photo for us to see as example here

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/keepsafe/asset/details/42415581

Repeat with second photo.

Hope this helps :-)

EDIT
When you alter the privacy section to allow us all to see the photos make sure you hit save. :-)

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/keepsafe/asset/details/53456519 please can you let me know if this is showing Mr McCombie before I send 2nd picture with the writing on the back Thanks Pam

Yes I see it, well done Pam

:-D

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/keepsafe/asset/details/53456618http:// Hope this is showing writing on the back
The picture is a Great Great Grandfather of a lady who is now in her 80s Thanks for helping Pam,

It's not working Pam, look at the link after the code you have http:// Look at the other 2 links they haven't got the http again and they work, You can edit that bit out and I'll see if it then works - error is coming up at the moment.

On his collar it looks like the queen's crown over a bugle. The queen would be Victoria and there's a faint queen's head on the medal. Medal looks similar to a good conduct medal. Am aware that the photo is tinted so medal colours may not be true.

Still not working. Think the only way is for someone to send me an email so I can attach it there Thanks for your patience. Pam

You haven't edited the extra bit at the end of the second link Pam.

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/keepsafe/asset/details/53456618http://

You still have the wrong ending try to edit the thread, see your name then Report Edit and Delete hit edit and take out the ending http:// it shouldn't be there

If it's writing can you tell us what it says. It may not make sense to you but someone here might be able to understand it.

On the back of the photo is
W McCombie
Can Boel
? Wide

https://tinyurl.com/yazj4d7o

(Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Bugle Mouthpiece FR Brass Other Ranks' collar badge)

(above for Badge?, from google search)

Chris :)

(don't you know anything about him, where born?)

I don't have any other details Thanks Pam