Uniforms

This is the section for images of uniforms. Please state what uniform it is - one of the forces, nursing or something else.

As the page grows, images can be divided up into particular types of uniform.

1901 - 1910

1907
Navy. Submitted by Wendy Pusey	William Thomas Pusey, Stoker.

c1905-1910
File:Sports-exercise wear 1905 - 1910 Sue from Southend3.jpg My Grandmother. Submitted by Sue from Southend

1901
File:Uniforms Boar War 1900-1901 North stafs reg. Marg in Burton.jpg Boer War. Submitted by Margaret in Burton	Edgar Newey served in the North Staffordshire Regiment. He is pictured in the uniform of a Private.

1911 - 1920

1910
File:Royal Navy 1910 marg in Burton.jpg Royal Navy. Submitted by Margaret in Burton	William Henry Newey joined the navy in 1909 and served for for 12 years.

1914-1918
File:Armourer-Bombardier Royal Field Artillery marg in Burton.jpg Armourer-Bombardier Royal Field Artillery. Submitted by Margaret in Burton

British Army. Submitted by Wendy Pusey	My Grandfather Arthur Richard Horne served with the Royal Fusiliers 1914 - 1918. He is pictured 2nd man from the left, 2nd row.He was killed in action 1918.

c1916
Sapper, Royal Engineers. Submitted by Jill on the A272	Lawrence Crisp, Sapper in the Royal Engineers served 1916-19. This photograph was taken in Liverpool.

1914-18
File:544th Howitzer Battery, Royal Field Artillery 1914-18.jpg Submitted by Margaret in Burton	544th Howitzer Battery, Royal Field Artillery.

File:Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.marg in Burton.jpg Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Uniform. Submitted Margaret in Burton	Pictured is my husbands grandfather Peter Henry Harrison, who was a private in The Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.This picture was taken whilst he was a a Prisoner of War in a camp on the Russian / German border

1915-1917
Lancashire Fusiliers. Submitted by Submitted by Jill on the A272	Broughton Abbott, enlisted 25 April 1915, died 27 July 1917 near Calais.

c1916
Gunners, Royal Field Artillery c1916-19. Submitted by Submitted by Jill on the A272	Herbert Edward Crisp (seated) served 1916-1919. This was taken in France, the back just has "Carte Postale" on. His unpolished boots are worn with the spurs which are still in his son's possession. The rough chair and visible floorboards suggest that the photo was taken under the difficult conditions of the time.

1918
Army - 130th Comb. Field Ambulance. Submitted by Submitted by Katarzyna	My grandfather, seated RHS . Photo taken in Egypt.

1916
File:Durham Light Infantry 1916 Marg in Burton.jpg Durham light Infantry Uniform. Submitted by Submitted by Margaret In Burton	Picture shows my Grandfather, Edgar Newey 1883 -1934, who was a private in the Durham Light Infantry. He was called up in 1916 when they started recruiting older men. He had previously served in the Boer War with the North Staffordshire regiment

File:Durham Light Infantry later marg in burton.jpg Durham light Infantry Uniform. Submitted by Margaret In Burton	Picture shows my Grandfather, Edgar Newey 1883 -1934, a private in the Durham Light Infantry, wearing his medal.

1915
File:Uniforms 1915 Marg in Burton.jpg Uniform of 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders. Submitted by Margaret In Burton	Picture shows Francis Stanbridge who was killed in action in 1916. He was a private with the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders. He had joined the North Staffordshire regiment in 1914 and was discharged having been unfit to serve.

c1919
Lieutenant Commander, Royal Navy. Submitted by Jill on the A272

Australian Uniforms

File:Australian Imperial Force rachel scand.jpg Uniform of Australian Imperial Force. Submitted by Rachel Scand	The picture shows a Private in The Australian Imperial Force and was taken 1917 - 18.

File:Australian Imperial Force 1 rachel Scand.jpg Uniform of Australian Imperial Force. Submitted by Rachel Scand	The picture shows a Private in The Australian Imperial Force. He enlisted Sept 1917 and died May 1918

1921 - 1930

from 1921 onward
RAF Officers full dress uniform. Submitted by Bo the Bodger	This photo of my father is c1942. Note the white gloves and the hat. It was designed to resemble the original flying helmet and it consisted of a leather skull cap trimmed with black rabbit fur. The helmet also featured an ostrich feather plume which was connected at an RAF badge. This helmet was never popular and junior officers were eventually permitted to wear the service dress hat on full dress occasions.

1923
File:British Army Royal Garrison Artillery Private 1923 Rachel Scand.jpg British Army. Submitted by Rachel Scand	British Army Royal Garrison Artillery Uniform. The soldier shown is a Private.

1927
Army. Submitted by Wendy Pusey	Sydney Pusey pictured in 1927, who served in the Somerset Light Infantry.

1927
Police Constable Submitted by Tom Tom	My great grandfather, Thomas Arthur Goode.

1928
Royal Air Force Officers Submitted by Bo the Bodger	My grandfather Owen Pigott

1929
219th Howitzer Battery of Territorials. Submitted by Wendy Pusey	My father who rode the horses as a brake man, is the 2nd man from the right, back row.

1931 - 1940

1939-45
File:WW2 RAF Rachel Scand.jpg Royal Air Force Greatcoat Submitted by Rachel Scand

1939-1945
File:Raf tech marg in burton.JPG RAF. Submitted by Margaret in Burton	An RAF technician during the last war. He was posted to Australia during his service returning to England to resume his occupation as a bricklayer.

1939-1945
Auxiliary Territorial Service. Submitted by Breckland Jane

1939-1945
Auxiliary Territorial Service. Submitted by Breckland Jane

1939-1945
Auxiliary Territorial Service. Submitted by Breckland Jane

1939-1945
Auxiliary Territorial Service. Submitted by Breckland Jane

1933-1934
Haddenham Scout Troup. Submitted by Yummy-Mummy-Of-2	This picture of Haddenham Scout Troup and includes my uncle Fred Thompson (2nd left front row). Fred was born in 1926 and would be about 7 or 8 in the picture.

1940
File:State Registered Nurse 1940 Katarzyna.JPG State registered Nurse . Submitted by Katarzyna

1941 - 1950

1945
Royal Army Service Corps. Submitted by Yummy-Mummy-Of-2	This is a picture of winter coats worn by the Royal Army Service Corps in the 1940's. This picture was taken on New Years day 1945 in Italy. My grandfather is on the right.

1951 - 1960

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