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Title: Help identifying this uniform please
Post by: pandacub on Thursday 09 February 23 10:13 GMT (UK)

I am trying to identify this photo which I have inherited.  One possibility is that he could be my grandmother's brother Arthur Wilkins who was born in 1887.  Unfortunately I don't know anything about military uniforms.  I know Arthur was in the Navy.  Does anyone know if this is a naval uniform?
Many thanks.

Title: Re: Help identifying this uniform please
Post by: ShaunJ on Thursday 09 February 23 10:31 GMT (UK)

Royal Navy Petty Officer.

Title: Re: Help identifying this uniform please
Post by: pandacub on Thursday 09 February 23 10:37 GMT (UK)

Great, many thanks ShaunJ

Title: Re: Help identifying this uniform please
Post by: Ians1900 on Saturday 29 April 23 00:17 BST (UK)

No, it's a Chief Petty Officer. Cuff Buttons do not feature on Petty Officer uniforms.

Title: Re: Help identifying this uniform please
Post by: pandacub on Saturday 29 April 23 10:10 BST (UK)

Thanks Ians1900.  I have just found some details on Ancestry about Arthur Wilkins' Navy record so hopefully they might help me further.