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Photograph of men from the 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, with rifles

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SubjectCarr, Charles Woodward
TitlePhotograph of men from the 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, with rifles
NotesCharles W. Carr is kneeling third from left. The card is postmarked 27 April 1915, Epping, and mentions that he will soon be moving back to Chelmsford.

Part of large collection of photos and memoribilia relating to Serjeant 3091 (later 240965) Charles Woodward Carr, 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment - kept by Mrs Gill Porter and Mr Tony Carr of their father.

Editor's Comment:
Two other photographs of the same group of men are also submitted, though they appear to have changed places between shots.

Charles Carr wears the 'Imperial Service' tablet on his right breast, indicating that he was a member of the Territorial Force and had volunteered for foreign service.
The group have been issued with the emergency Pattern 1914 infantry equipment, and are armed with the Japanese Type 38 Arisaka rifle and bayonet, imported on the outbreak of war to meet the demand for training weapons.
Item Date27th April 1915
Creation placeEpping
File typeImage
Item sourcePhotograph
Item mediumPhotographic paper
ContentPhotograph
CataloguerRichard Marshall
FilenameGWA_3488_CWCarr_19150423_epping2.jpg
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameAlun Edwards (Powys Archives submissions day)
Contributed on the behalf ofTony Carr
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/4916