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Which WWI UK regiment from photograph please

Which WWI UK regiment from photograph please

Posted: 27 Feb 2015 4:04PM GMT
Classification: Military
Edited: 27 Feb 2015 9:04PM GMT
Surnames: Degnan
Family folklore has my great grandad William Henry Degnan serving in a Scottish Regiment (picture in a kilt, which is long lost), but he was a 38 years old bootmaker from Leeds. All my other ancestors served in the West Yorkshire Regiments.

I do have a medal card for a WHD from the Argyll & Southerland highlanders and also a post card with Military personnel on it sent by him during the war....the uniform would seem to be the same as a photo I also have of him (all attached).

If anyone could confirm the uniform, that would be fantastic.

Many thanks in advance.

Lee Milburn
Leeds, West Yorkshire
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Re: Which WWI UK regiment from photograph please

Posted: 28 Feb 2015 11:02PM GMT
Classification: Query
In the photograph of the large group, all soldiers’ cap badges show the distinctive shape of the White Horse of Hanover, making them members of the West Yorkshire Regiment.

In the other picture, except for staff-sergeant whose badge looks more like the Manchester Regiment, they are again soldiers of the West Yorks.

It’s possible your great grand father had some pre-war regular army service with a Scottish regiment, even a Territorial Force unit like the Tyneside Scottish, and joined (or was conscripted into) the West Yorks during the war.

Re: Which WWI UK regiment from photograph please

Posted: 2 Mar 2015 10:21PM GMT
Classification: Query
Jeff

Thank you so much for taking the time, much appreciated.

Regards

Lee Milburn
Leeds, West Yorkshire

Re: Which WWI UK regiment from photograph please

Posted: 2 Mar 2015 10:51PM GMT
Classification: Query
If he did have pre-WWI service it’s possible he received either the Queen’s South Africa medal for service in the 2nd Boer War or some other campaign medal.

Check for his name against Scottish regiments in the UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949 (on Ancestry).
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