Monday, November 28, 2011

Four from Delaware City

These four are all from The W. B. Nichols Studio in Delaware City, Delaware. The closest Army base would have been Fort DuPont. Coast Artillery Corps trained units here for action in France
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Private Voyle Ryse served in the 43rd Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps.

Identified on the back as Private Robert E. Fudge.

Just the names Sharp and Bowen on the back on this one.


Saturday, November 26, 2011

Three from the same studio

There is no writing on the back of any of these cards to indicate where they were taken. The soldier above has a Wolseley Pattern Helmet indicating he is ready for a warm climate while the soldier in the last photograph has a Winter Forage Cap on.
Three sergeants with the Royal Army Medical Corps.

A soldier wearing a Winter Forage Cap or a "Gorblimey".

Saturday, November 19, 2011

342 Machine Gun Battalion


Officers from the 342nd Machine Gun Battalion. Possibly in Pfalzel, Germany.

Border Guards

A mixed group of German and Swiss border guards in what is now Lucelle France. Lützel is the German spelling.