Although a somewhat unusual placement, I concur re the Royal Artillery collar badge. The Royal Scots Fusiliers cap badge was also somewhat larger than implied by the photo in post #1.
15 (Scottish) Infantry Division - 15-Jun-1943 Order of Battle 6 Guards Tank Brigade 3 Scots Guards (Tank) 4 Grenadier Guards (Tank) 4 Coldstream Guards (Tank) 44 Infantry Brigade 6 The Royal Scots Fusiliers 6 The King's Own Scottish Borderers 8 The Royal Scots 46 Infantry Brigade 7 The Seaforth Highlanders 9 The Cameronians 2 The Glasgow Highlanders 15 Reconnaissance Regiment RAC 131 Field Regiment RA 181 Field Regiment RA 190 Field Regiment RA 97 Anti-Tank Regiment RA 119 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 20 Field Company RE 278 Field Company RE 279 Field Company RE 624 Field Park Company RE Source: www.Ordersofbattle.com Gus
Would recommend obtaining his service records to be sure, also consider that transfers were not uncommon: Get a copy of military service records
Is this from your Ancestry tree? Harold Kenneth King 1914–1999 BIRTH 24 DEC 1914 • Clapton, London DEATH 5 OCT 1999 • Wandsworth, London OR could he be ...... England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 Name: Harold Kenneth King Death Age: 76 Birth Date: 19 Apr 1915 Registration Date: Aug 1991 Registration district: Gravesend Inferred County: Kent Volume: 16 Page: 713 TD
Many thanks gus. I really appreciate any help I can get on this. I never saw my grandad looking like that because he lost his right eye and fair bit of his wits to a piece of shrapnel.
