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As I recall from comments at the image below, the helmet with a ball on top is Artillery. There was an Artillery Barracks in Waterford (now gone) and in this 25" map, I see a passage with steps which matches, at the NE side of the Eastern corner of the barracks buildings, at the spot now occupied by St. Carthage's Avenue.

This has to before 1922, and probably before 1914, too.

Stripped button down collar shirt, very cool.

Could they belong to the Royal Munster Fusiliers? The ball-and-flame collar badge on both uniforms is very like that of the RMF (and also like that of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and that of the Grenadier Guards)... They're like the one used by the Royal Artillery too, but they lack the 'UBIQUE' banner at the base.

No... having looked at the buttons and helmet more closely, they clearly belong to the Royal Artillery

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...

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.