![[Swiss 94 B.Oberlan. An oval portrait of a soldier with glasses.]](/IIIF/000530000/000523869/vtls000523869_001.jp2/full/800,/0/default.jpg)
[Swiss 94 B.Oberlan. An oval portrait of a soldier with glasses.]
[graphic].
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| Summary: | Travels abroad. |
| In collection: | Clonbrock Photographic Collection |
| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[ca. 1894].
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| Notes: | Additional information about this photograph is available on the National Library of Ireland's Flickr Commons photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/49198032677/ Physical description: 1 photonegative : 10.5 x 8 cm. more |
A portrait of a young man wearing military uniform from the Clonbrock Collection with the catalogue title "Swiss 94 B.Oberlan. An oval portrait of a soldier with glasses. Dated 1894 it would have been before the Boer and World wars therefore this was likely to have been a professional soldier rather than an emergency/patriotic enlistment. Who was he and where did he fit in with the distinguished Dillon family?
Photographers: Dillon Family
Contributors: Luke Gerald Dillon, Augusta Caroline Dillon
Collection: Clonbrock photographic Collection
Date: ca. 1894
NLI Ref: CLON1825
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Tags:
Luke Gerald Dillon, Baron Clonbrock, Augusta Caroline Dillon, Baroness Clonbrock, Dillon Family, National Library of Ireland, Pince nez, military uniform, Clonbrock Photographic Collection
Comments
Oretani Wildlife (Mike Grimes)
It looks like a Royal Dublin Fusiliers badge on his collar. This regiment was from 1881 to 1922 and was based in Naas. However, if he was a Dillon, why didn't he join the Connaught Rangers?
Posted: 10.12.2019
O Mac
Oberland... German for Highland.
Posted: 10.12.2019
Foxglove
about 2 years ago you posted a photo "Swiss 94 b oberland" that was three portrait cards positioned at the base of a photostand.
as it was a difficult one , one contributor admitted that they were "floored" :-) ... beachcomber
Posted: 10.12.2019
suckindeesel
The Fusilliers were the local regiment for Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow and Carlow. Can anybody pick our man out from this listing? www.nam.ac.uk/soldiers-records/persons?ss=%7B%22q%22:%22D...
Posted: 10.12.2019
Niall McAuley
The Swiss 94 B Oberlan pictures are from an album in which the Dillons went to Switzerland in 1894. But it includes other shots, like a glider and a snowfight in Trinity College.
Posted: 10.12.2019
suckindeesel
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeegee] Could it be the Royal Munster Fusiliers badge? They look kind of similar at this low resolution.
Posted: 10.12.2019
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/184711311@N04] The Munsters badge doesn't have the scroll across the bottom!
Posted: 10.12.2019
suckindeesel
Officers named Dillon in the RDF: discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_aq=Dillon%20...
Captain Arthur John Dillon PRESTON. The Royal Dublin Fusiliers. 1904-1920
Second Lieutenant, Dillon, Edeveain Charles Barclay, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 1914-1920
Six privates name Dillon, none seem likely.
Posted: 10.12.2019
ofarrl
Based on what I can see of the cap badge it looks like he is likely a member of the Royal Engineers and the collar badge would have had the word Ubique on the scroll beneath. The uniform he is wearing with the open neck and lapels was adopted after 1908.
Posted: 10.12.2019
suckindeesel
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/33577523@N08] Lapel badge could be Royal Engineers, all depends on what the scroll says. Pity the res isn't better.
Posted: 10.12.2019
ofarrl
www.flickr.com/photos/184711311@N04/ with that combination of cap badge and collar badge I'm pretty certain its the Royal Engineers. This is a nice example of a R.E. cap badge for comparison
Posted: 10.12.2019
suckindeesel
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/33577523@N08] There were a lot of Dillons in the Royal Engineers, assuming it is even a Dillon, see discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_dss=range&am...
Posted: 10.12.2019
silverio10
Buenas fotos antiguas .
Posted: 10.12.2019
Oretani Wildlife (Mike Grimes)
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/33577523@N08]
Agreed, heres a picture of the lapel badge.
www.britishmilitarybadges.co.uk/products/royal-engineers-...
Posted: 11.12.2019
