Is anyone able to identify this uniform please? It's a photo of my Great Uncle, born in 1902, so it rules out WW1 unless he joined up towards the end of the war. It mentions on the 1939 census that he was a volunteer dispatch rider for the ARP but I can't find this type of uniform when I do an internet search. I can't find any military records for him so I've hit a bit of a brick wall. I can see horse badges on his uniform so could he have done something with horses?
Debbie, Many of the Regiments of the British Army have had horses as part of their insignia and cap badges. The closest I could match up with from your photograph is the badge of the Prince of Wales' Own Yorkshire Regiment:
Thank you so much for your replies.........his name was George Wilfred Sparrow and he was living in Tendring {Essex} when the 1939 census was done.
The badge is the White Horse of Hanover and a number of regiments both infantry and cavalry had the sovereign's permission to use it. Such regiments usually have a title like - The Kings... The Princes... etc
George served with the 3rd The Kings Own Hussars from 5th December 1925 He enlisted at Warley on 23rd April 1919 aged 17years 10 months He served with 10th Royal Hussars from 23rd June 1919 Transferred to the 3rd The Kings Own Hussars on 5th December 1925 Transferred to the 7th Queens Own Hussars 27th October 1927 Discharged from the Army at Canterbury 22nd April 1931
The Tenth (The Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars. was based on Hertfordshire and adjoining counties including Essex and included the White Horse of Hanover in its regimental regalia
139th Field Ambulance (1919 June 7-Oct 23). British officers and other ranks (1919 Jan... | The National Archives Admission & discharge book for field service 139 FA
