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Thank you so much everyone.
I didn't expect such rapid replies!
The boy lived and worked in SE London. The photo must have been taken in a studio and the back is printed as a postcard with the studio's address as 43 New Kent Road SE1.

Chris that's really helpful and what you say makes sense.
Do you know which auction sites feature such items?
I'm thinking I'd like to look and see how similar they are. .
Thank you all again.

Thank you Jebber ,I really know nothing of the organisation etc of the military for wars at this time.I had imagined that volunteers went to a local recruiting office and assumed that the local office would recruit for regiments with a nearby geographical link .
But from your comment there was a centralised system where people applied and waited for a vacancy .I guess there were a limited nos of musicians wanted and recruited so quite different from the 18 year olds ,or those passing for 18 .
Could you say more or point me to a source for more info ?

Thank you maddys. I can't imagine many resembled that healthy, fresh faced recruit portrayed in that image
such hard times

hi,seems mostly better .But still odd ,get messages suddenly saying that page isn't responding .And a search brought up 8 matches but also (at top of page) had the "there are no matches "message .
I hadn't realised how dependent I was on trusting in accuracy .Rather damaged now .

Same problems with searching for him in census returns ,and I have a copy of him in the 1901 return from previous searches .
Also no joy in marriages when I've previous results .
Oh well ,I've spoken to FindMyPast now and they'll look into it .
Just wondered if it was only me or whether others were having problems .