Hi Vespa100, Could you upload a larger version of top photo? Don't know why but looks intriguing, with mix of headdresses...
Hi 8RB I will scan them better when I get home I'm just using my phone now, the gentleman have all mixed cap badges the group photo was developed in Menai bridge which is in North Wales
Lawrence Vincent BENN 1918 - 1986 Knowsley Lawrentius Vincentius BENN baptised at St.Anne, Overbury Street, Liverpool in 1918
That last Group Photo must be the best I have seen for conformity .did they use a level on the drill sticks.
It's not just that - brilliant in its own right - but it's also the sheer symmetry of the whole photograph. Notice the shorter chap in the middle and the way the top/rear row seems to curve down towards the middle is simply superb. A considerable effort was put into that photograph. Only 'negative' aspect I can see is that, if they had sat just a few inches to the left as seen on the photo, even the windows in the background would have been in the perfect position. Pity one of the chaps in the back row is also not wearing a full set of webbing. Mind blowing. Any idea as to who they are?
Hi, The photo is probably a pre-war photo of a Kings Squad taken at the Royal Marines Depot, Deal, Kent. Interesting photos, thanks for posting them. Regards Danny
Marriages Jun 1913 Benn, Henry C - Maguire - Liverpool - 8b 147 Maguire, Annie F - Benn - Liverpool - 8b 147 Births: BENN, Gerard M - Maguire - W.Derby - Jun 1914 Benn, Francis - Maguire - W.Derby - Sep 1916 Benn, Lawrence V - Maguire - W.Derby - Mar 1918 Benn, Patricia M - Maguire - W.Derby - Jun 1923 1939 Register 17 Martensen Street, Liverpool C.B., Lancashire Name - DOB - Occupation - Marital status Annie F Benn - 23 Apr 1885 - House Holder - Widowed The record for this person is officially closed. Gerard Benn - 11 Aug 1914 - Solicitors Clerk - Single Liverpool Catholic Burials, 1813-1985 Name: Henry Charles Benn Death Age: 53 Birth Date: abt 1873 Death Date: 1926 Burial Date: 13 Jan 1926 Burial Place: Yew Tree Cemetery, Liverpool, Lancashire , England Lancashire Marriages: 1954 BENN Lawrence Vincent BROGAN Mary Ince Register Office or Registrar Attended 3 sons, 1 daughter NAME: Lawrence Vincent Benn BIRTH: 27 Jan 1918 DEATH: May 1986 - Knowsley ( NAME: Francis Benn BIRTH: abt 1917 DEATH: Jan 1917 - West Derby , Lancashire NAME: Patricia M Benn BIRTH: abt 1923 DEATH: Oct 1945 - Liverpool South NAME: Gerard Majella Benn BIRTH: 11 May 1914 DEATH: Aug 1997 - Liverpool )
Hi, I agree re quality of the photo. The chap without webbing is likely a trained Marine who would have been involved in the “training” of the squad. You usually see a Trained Soldier - minus webbing - in the Forum pre war photos of Brigade of Guards Training Squads from The Guards Depot. Steve