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From: Martin Willcocks <>
Subject: E. W. Willcocks, Walthamstow T.A. 1914-??
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 14:40:03 -0700


Hello All:

I have just uploaded a photo of my father and others in the
Territorial Army to the photos section of the Greatwar Community group.
He had tried to sign up for the regular army at the start of WW I but
was turned down for medical reasons, so he joined the T.A. He was
stationed at Walthamstow, London E.17 (then Essex) and was, according to
him, manning a Lewis gun atop Whipps Cross Hospital, which is fairly
close by the T.A. center at Lea Bridge Road, Walthamstow. As far as I
know, he was not posted abroad during the war.

In the photo, he is the man standing at the extreme right. If the
photo was taken in 1914 he would be 33-34. He appears to be in a posed
photo with three officers. I would guess from this that he was also an
officer. Two of the other three are wearing arm bands with one star and
a stripe that appears to run around the arm with a single stripe, the
third officer, seated at right, has three stars and two stripes on his
arm band and carries a sword.

I am hoping that someone will recognize the uniform and tell me which
regiment he would have been in, and if an officer, what his rank might
be, as well as anything about the other three officers - e.g. their
names if anyone recognizes them, and/or ranks. The likely location of
this photo would be at the T.A. in Walthamstow, between Lea Bridge Road
and Eatington Road, Walthamstow, next to the Whipps Cross roundabout.

Please visit the web site and take a look at this photo, if you have
known relatives who were in the T.A., or can identify the uniform etc. -
I can send a high resolution scan on request.

Regards
Martin Willcocks
Taylorsville, UT, USA.


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