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D C Harries Collection : Military Portraits Item With digital objects English
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[Farrier, Royal Engineers]

Head and shoulders portrait of a soldier in the Royal Engineers (note the shoulder strap) who has insignia marking him out as a farrier and a member of the 9th (Scottish) Division. In addition he has four overseas service chevrons and a wound stripe.

[Father and two sons].

Studio portrait of a soldier in the Welsh Regiment with two boys in sailor suits and holding toy rifles. The soldier is holding what appears to be a jewel case containing a pendant.

D C Harries, Rhosmaen Street, Llandilo.

[Five Horsemen, possibly Montgomeryshire Yeomanry]

Five mounted soldiers, cap badges indistinct but possibly that of the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry. All are astride horses standing in shallow water on the edge of a river, a wooded hillside behind them. One soldier wears two Territorial Force Proficiency Stars on his lower right sleeve.

D C Harries, Rhosmaen Street, Llandilo.

[Four pals]

Studio portrait of four soldiers, all wearing the 1914 economy tunic lacking the central pleat in the breast pockets. Three of the sitters wear caps displaying their regimental badges which are from the Royal Army Medical Corps, an artillery regiment (either RFA or RGA) and the Welsh Regiment. The private in the RAMC displays a good conduct stripe on his lower left sleeve indicating at least two years service.

D C Harries, Rhosmaen Street, Llandilo.

[Four soldiers]

Studio portrait of four soldiers in the Welsh Regiment. The lack of embellishments on their uniforms suggests a date in the early years of the war or before.

D C Harries, Rhosmaen Street, Llandilo.

[Glynderwen Soldiers]

Half-length portrait of two soldiers, possibly brothers. The soldier on the left has a signaller qualification badge, the soldier on the right has an RGA (Royal Garrison Artillery) shoulder strap title, a good-conduct chevron and two wound stripes.

[Group Portrait of fifty or so Soldiers]

A group portrait of fifty or so soldiers photographed outside a house 'Cartrefle' which also appears to serve as 'Davies Chemist.' The soldiers are predominantly from the Welsh Regiment but some have no cap badges or insignia and some are Welsh Dragons from other Welsh regiments but due to their similarities positive identification not possible.

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