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[Scobie]

Hello everyone.

One of the men that I have been researching served with the 51st Royal Sussex in Germany during 1919 as part of BAOR. What I am looking for are a few representative photos of the British forces in locations out there at that time. If anyone can post any relevant photographs, or know of a website where I can find some, that would be most useful. I have a few illustrations in books I possess as a last resort, but they never reproduce as well.

Many thanks to you all.

Regards,
Scobie

[Kate Wills]

Scobie,

Don't know if this helps at all, but the orchestra of the 51st Battalion Royal Sussex played at a concert given by the Wobbly Warblers on 6th May 1919 at the YMCA Hall, Neunkirchen. The evening also included a Charlie Chaplin film on the bioscope.

Do you have any names for 51st RSR? I do not have a unit for the Wobbly Warblers, but they performed under the patronage of Lt Col VTR Ford DSO, and by kind permission of Capt Lawson.

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Scobie, on 27 February 2012 - 02:14 PM, said:

Hello everyone.

One of the men that I have been researching served with the 51st Royal Sussex in Germany during 1919 as part of BAOR. What I am looking for are a few representative photos of the British forces in locations out there at that time. If anyone can post any relevant photographs, or know of a website where I can find some, that would be most useful. I have a few illustrations in books I possess as a last resort, but they never reproduce as well.

Many thanks to you all.

Regards,
Scobie

Scobie,

These photographs may be of interest to you.
The first photograph shows British Army of the Rhine tanks on patrol in Cologne
Regards,
LF

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German children play in a vehicle driven by a driver with the Royal Army Service Corps in Cologne.

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British Troops parade in Bonn.

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British troops setting up barricades on The Hohenzollern Bridge in Cologne.

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British troops setting up barricades on The Hohenzollern Bridge in Cologne.

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British Army of the Rhine troops and tanks in front of Cologne Cathedral 1919.

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Sir William Robertson, C in C., British Army of the Rhine ( BAOR ) 1919-1920, takes the salute during a vist by Foch to Cologne. The Hohenzollern Bridge in the background.

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Sir William Robertson, C in C., British Army of the Rhine ( BAOR ) 1919-1920, with Joffre on a formal visit to British-held Cologne.

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[Scobie]

Good morning to you all.

Pte 28894 Percy Harden was born late in 1899 and was therefore called up too late to serve in a fighting battalion overseas. He did, however, serve as a member of the 51st Royal Sussex with the BAOR in Germany between April and July 1919. The battalion then returned to Britain, to Ripon in Yorkshire, where Percy succumbed to meningitis in December of that year. His body was returned to Kent and lies in the local churchyard at Warehorne. Although he was never in battle, he appears on the CWGC site, and his name is on the War Memorial in the local church.

In view of his short life and wth no service record available, there is only a very limited amount of information available on the life of Percy Harden. Hence my request for the BAOR photographs.

Thank you both for your kind responses, and particularly the fine selection of photographs depicting the kind of scenes Percy would have seen in Germany, and which I will now add to his file.

Best regards, along with my thanks,
Scobie

[mandy hall]

Interesting photos LF.  My grandad (see signature) served with the BAOR, before going to Ireland and eventually leaving the army in 1925.

Mandy

[egbert]

Here are more pictures from mentioned event in Köln

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egbert, on 01 March 2012 - 10:59 AM, said:

Here are more pictures from mentioned event in Köln

Egbert,
Great selection of photos.
Leo

[Scobie]

Hello all.

Thanks for the additional photographs. I am now in the happy position of being spoilt for choice.

It is also very satisfying that this subject has proved to be of interest to others.

Best regards to all,
Scobie