Today I came the proud owner of my wife's grandfather's military photos and patches pre Ww2 and Ww2. The gentleman's name was Frank Payne reg number 3649964 Prince of Wales Volunteers. Then into the Raf once finishing his military career he became a prison officer. I will sort out photos soon as I can
There is a lot of photos from battle school where I think he was training soldiers and a lot from India in the 1930s
I think Frank went from Prince of Wales Volunteers into Ww2 were he went into South Lancashire reg then into the Raf. More research is needed, I found this Dunkirk certificate
The second image is beside a pub. Simonds were a Reading brewery and the 'Russell Arms" seems to have been in Bedford Street Reading. The nice BSA motorcycle photograph shows a machine registered in Essex between 1921 - 1923.
The brass bed plate was placed on a soldier's bed in barracks to indicate who was occupying it. All pre-war Regulars would have been issued with one. Nice collection
Quite a number of NCO's (survivors of Dunkirk) from the PWOV (South Lancs) went on to serve on Operation Longcloth in Burma.