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Title: Can you help identifying a uniform (and era) please?
Post by: Bagpuss_Janet on Friday 26 April 13 20:14 BST (UK)

Can anybody help to identify the uniform in this photo please?

Also, I'm trying to see if I can date it.  I realise this is practically impossible but I thought it was worth a shot. :)

(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f235/JanetSerenaPics1/Family%20Tree/Josfamily.jpg) (http://s48.photobucket.com/user/JanetSerenaPics1/media/Family%20Tree/Josfamily.jpg.html)

Thanks in advance.  :)

ETA:  I'll see if I can capture the badge a little larger.

ETA Again!
(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f235/JanetSerenaPics1/Family%20Tree/Josfamily2.jpg) (http://s48.photobucket.com/user/JanetSerenaPics1/media/Family%20Tree/Josfamily2.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Can you help identifying a uniform (and era) please?
Post by: alan o on Saturday 27 April 13 08:36 BST (UK)

WW1 era.  I think you will find with that Tunic and titles that he is probably a Canadian soldier.  He is not British. 

The Canadian tunics had more buttons down the front.  The belt is 'wrong' for a British soldier.

Title: Re: Can you help identifying a uniform (and era) please?
Post by: Bagpuss_Janet on Saturday 27 April 13 10:39 BST (UK)

That's interesting - thank you. :)

Title: Re: Can you help identifying a uniform (and era) please?
Post by: MaecW on Saturday 27 April 13 13:08 BST (UK)

Era must be around World War I. The lady's fashion suggests earlier rather than later.

I can't get a clear look at the shoulder titles or the collar badges but I notice he seems to be wearing two lanyards - one braided and one plain. It's not something I've seen before and it may have been quite common at the time but no doubt our residents experts will enlighten me !

Maec