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February 27, 1904

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Swordscookie said:
    I never did like Sergeants, nasty beggars always shouting and roaring and giving people a hard time! I think that the collective for that horrible rank should be a "Bellow" of Sergeants? Those daft looking Pillbox hats make them look different but I suspect that he is the man on the left front on the right side of the officer with the sword.
  • heady school said:
    From this informative site , I found "a subtlety of sergeants at law", but I think that refers to some sort of a fancy lawyer, and there's nothing too subtle about these sergeants.
  • Woesinger said:
    At a guess (and after a few mins of Google-fu), these chaps are from the Royal Horse Artillery.
  • blackpoolbeach said:
    Some have the Royal Artillery badge above their stripes. All are wearing snake belt buckles with blanco on the belt. Here are some earlier uniforms of the RA. www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyuniforms/britishartill... "The Sam Browne belt was ordered to be gradually introduced from 1898 to replace the white pouchbelt and binoculars case."
  • ClickKen04 said:
    Is it me or do they all look very, very like one another around the facial area as in the image of one another? Look at their eyes!

P.J. McDonald (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    See P.J. McDonald (LOC)

P.J. McDonald (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • swanq said:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_McDonald_(athlete) "Patrick Joseph "Pat" McDonald (born McDonnell; July 29, 1878 – May 16, 1954) was born in Doonbeg, County Clare, Ireland. He competed as an American track and field athlete in a variety of the throwing events. He was a member of the Irish American Athletic Club and of the New York City Police Department, working as a traffic cop in Times Square for many years." Someone reckons this is "setting the world shot-put record at Celtic Park in Sunnyside, October 22, 1911." See books.google.com/books?id=6COtAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA74&lp... See NYPL photo at digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-6519-a3d9-e040...
  • swanq said:
    Looking for an event that is compatible with the approximate chronology of the Bain stream ...

    The [New York] Sun., August 24, 1919, Section 2 Sporting Section, Page 2, Image 18
    chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1919-08-24/ed-...
    reports on the annual senior track and field championships of the Metropolitan Association at Pershing Field, New Jersey. At this event, McDonald competed on behalf of the New York Athletic Club, which used the logo of Mercury's winged foot. That appears to be the logo on his shirt here. He won the shot-put and throwing the 56lb weight.

    Michael A. Devanney (see nearby photo) won the mile at the same event. Pete White (also in a nearby photo) won the 100 yard dash.

    The backdrop of the Devanney photo is consistent with a photo of Pershing Field. See M.A. Devanney (LOC)
  • Greg Marcangelo said:
    Thanks, swanq!