Picture conundrum.

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I have been told the name of the man in the photograph. He served with the 19th Lancashire Fusiliers and later, due to gas poisoning, with the Labour Corps. Something does not "add up" about the picture. Is it a studio shot with a false background?

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Hi Garry, I think it's genuine. They did use false backgrounds but they were usually more decorative. I think someone has taken a photo of the photo in a glass frame (which accounts for the glare). He's serving with the LF's in the photo.

Hope this helps

Cheers
Pete

[tonyrod]

small problem i have ,it looks like eastern Europe or Egypt in the background , the 19th lancs fus, stayed in France and Belgium
but it looks genuine, question where was it taken ?

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Tony, good point. There's several possiblities:

Perhaps he enlisted into another LF battalion, served in Egypt and/or Gallipoli (sent back home wounded or sick), and then, when he'd recovered, transferred to 19th LFs?

Could that blurry shoulder title be a territorial unit? Perhaps he was in one of the Territorial battalions that served in Gallipoli and Egypt?

He doesn't look like a young man, perhaps he was a pre-war soldier on reserve in 1914 and called back into the 1st Battalion and then off he went to Gallipoli/Egypt.

Garry, have you got his name/number so we can search the MICs and service records?

Cheers
Pete

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Apr 20, 2012 6:39:01 GMT tonyrod said:

small problem i have ,it looks like eastern Europe or Egypt in the background , the 19th lancs fus, stayed in France and Belgium
but it looks genuine, question where was it taken ?

Tony,

You have hit the nail on the head. Why was he in a place with mosques? I do not know where the picture was taken.

The picture shown is a photograph of a modern print (on glossy photo paper) shown to me by Ken Dilworth (Ex Manchester Regiment).

Garry, have you got his name/number so we can search the MICs and service records?

Pete,

The man pictured is Charles Dilworth. Charles' grandson informed me that he served with the 19th LFs, service number 17787. Charles is pictured with his coy in the Lancashire Fusilier (Salford Pals) book held at Salford History Library but his name does not appear on the Salford Pals scrolls hung in the Sacred Trinity church. I cannot find a pension/service record for Charles. I have found him on on the 1901 and 1911 census where he is shown as working in a normal civilian job (he may have done a stint with the Army during the intervening years).

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The only other thing I can add is that his service number during his time with the Labour Corps was 487780.

Regards
Pete

[tonyrod]

Medal card of Dilworth, Charles
Corps Regiment No Rank
Lancashire Fusiliers 17789 Private
Labour Corps 487780 Private
Date 1914-1920

[mack]

many soldiers who went to the labour corps retained their old cap badges,some were still wearing them when the war ended,the photo doesnt look like a studio picture to me,i showed to picture to my mate mohamed and he said its the type of mosque that you would find in the middle east,egypt,morocco,mespot etc

mack

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Thanks Mack,

That information helps greatly.