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Discuss WW1 Unknown sailors in History on Navy Net; Hi,
This is my first post, I need help to find what uniform these men are wearing. It is very rare because i have never seen one like this before, any information would be grateful!
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WW1 Unknown sailors
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This is my first post, I need help to find what uniform these men are wearing. It is very rare because i have never seen one like this before, any information would be grateful!
22-06-12, 14:24 #2Senior Member 
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Looks German to me ... similar to pictures on Google images
Smother me in chocolate and throw me to the lesbians!
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Could also be Austro-Hungarian, uniforms were very similar.
Sh1t shot, pumping slop.
22-06-12, 18:24 #4Junior Member
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The servicemen are British so the uniforms must be, any thoughs?
22-06-12, 18:27 #5Can't remember Jack having 'tash's'. Full beard, (set) or clean shaven.
If they are Brit they are disguised as scruffy twats!Sharkey likes this.
22-06-12, 19:08 #6How do you know that they are British?
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The man on the far right is my Great Grandfather Edward Willis born in Woodstock, Oxfordshire (England). He was in France in 1915 but this is all the information I have
22-06-12, 19:20 #8Is that your Great Grandfather's full name? Originally Posted by jet1357
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Having had a quick trawl around the nearest I could find were Victorian era USN uniforms, although the Victorian RMLI amd RMA wore similar flat caps but not double breasted jackets. If they're yanks it would explain the tache's.
Are you sure they're all RN? The officer sat on the left could be RN posing with a bunch of yanks.Sh1t shot, pumping slop.
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I am not sure if they are RN because of the unknown cap badges and that I know of he only fought in the First World War.
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