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National Library of Ireland on The Commons Hi. Can you identify the regiment from their cap badges? Stuart.

Never heard of an Irishman playing Cricket !!! This photo was definitely NOT taken in the West of Ireland !!!

Marine Attack Squadron ( VMA ) 225 Ireland was part of Britain (UK) then and so it was not unusual to see thoroughly English games like cricket and croquet being widely played by the regiments and civilians too.

VMA225 you're wrong you know, cricket was widely played in Ireland and that includes down the west. The current Ireland team are very good and have taken some notable scalps, not least the Auld Enemy this year at the Cricket World Cup!!!

Marine Attack Squadron ( VMA ) 225 Here's an Irishman playing cricket.
My great-grandfather.

Name is incorrect. This is British Army artillery expert Major-General Sir John Emerson Wharton Headlam, C.B., D.S.O.
books.google.com/books?id=Ok1VTvwkC2kC&pg=PA125&d...
. Another photo portrait from the same session (one of these must be reversed) from a collection on Flickr:


Biographical summary (accompanied by this picture):
HEADLAM, Maj.-Gen. Sir John Emerson Wharton
Awards
KBE, 1919; CB 1913; DSO 1900.
Personal Details
Born 16 April 1864; eldest son of late Morley Headlam of Gilmonby Hall, Yorkshire, and Whorlton Grange, Durham; married 1890, Mary, eldest daughter of late Percival Wilkinson of Mount Oswald, Durham; two daughters.
Work
Entered army, 1883; Captain, 1892; Major, 1900; Lt-Col, 1902; Col, 1905; Maj.-Gen., 1915; Instructor, School of Gunnery, 1892-1897; Headquarters, 1903-1906; Headquarters, India, 1908-1913; Headquarters Staff, South Africa, 1900-1902 (despatches twice, brevet Lt-Col, Queen's medal four clasps, King's medal two clasps, DSO); European War, 1914-1918, (wounded, despatches four times, promoted Major-General for distinguished service in the field; Order of St Anne of Russia, 1st class with swords; Commander of the Legion of Honour; American Distinguished Service Medal); retired pay, 1921; Col-Comdt RA, 1928-1934; JP, DL, Shropshire; DL Co. Durham.
Publications
History of the Royal Artillery from the Indian Mutiny to the Great War, Vol. I, 1931, (with Sir Charles Callwell), Vol. II, 1937, Vol. III, 1940.
Clubs
Shropshire County, Shrewsbury.
Death
Died 14 October 1946
www.headlam.me.uk/html_pages/headlam_J.htm

artolog, thanks for the additional information. We'll put his full name in our record. I looked at some other photos of British Maj. Generals around the same time, and I believe our photo is correct, but I'm not an expert on uniforms, so if anyone knows for certain, tell us which is correct.

Well, the National Portrait Gallery photo shows Headlam's hair parted on his left, so we should assume LOC has the correct image. www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portraitLarge/mw94806/S...

A long wait for the flash.

I believe this to be W. Evans, who is on the Delhi Durbar Medal 1911 roll as Major, 12/RFA. This is the only 'Evans' on the roll as an Officer, RA. The photo shows Evans wearing the medal ribbon, so I'd assume the photo was taken between 1911 and issue of 1st War medals/date of rise to Lt Col. Caveat that there are cases of those not on the roll who obtained and wore the medal, as serving in India at the time of the Durbar celebrations. @militaryarchive

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Firmly identifying this officer may prove to be difficult. Safe to assume that the picture is taken post-1911 as highlighted by militaryarchive above. Also that whoever he is, he did not see service in the South African war. The officer does have a wound stripe on his left lower sleeve, and a brigade flash on his left shoulder, though which brigade is unclear. There are several Lt Col Evans to choose from. He is not, however Lt Col William Evans CMG DSO RA born 1871 - as that officer would have had South Africa medals and his DSO by 1911. There is no record in the CWGC list of a Lieutenant Colonel Evans in the Royal Field Artillery killed during the First World War, so this officer may have survived.//

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