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Offline Blackdog

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WW1 or 2
« on: Thursday 10 April 08 21:39 BST (UK) »
Hi Folks,

        This is an unidentified photo from my grand parents album.  If I can pin the uniform down I can narrow down who it is.  I have read some of the other answers about uniforms, pleats or not etc and as a novice believe that it is an experts field.

           Thanks for any help, Adrian

PS I've tried blowing the cap badge up but it is still indistinct.
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Re: WW1 or 2
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 10 April 08 21:59 BST (UK) »
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PS I've tried blowing the cap badge up but it is still indistinct.

Somerset Light Infantry.
I'll let the experts deal with the dating though.
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Re: WW1 or 2
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 10 April 08 22:12 BST (UK) »
Now you've done it, I was expecting a Yorkshire Regiment or at least Northern as that has the best options.  The Somerset branch of the family has very few candidates and I might be looking at a more obscure link down there.

      Good information, thanks, Adrian.
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Re: WW1 or 2
« Reply #3 on: Friday 11 April 08 00:26 BST (UK) »
Yep that is a SLI!....

Shoulder pads, pleats and stiff cap...Early WW1. 1914/1915

He also has a walking out cane...Boots are worn in and a bit mucky, but look at the creases in his jacket sleeves and trousers! Smart as carrots!

His puttees are a bit of a mess though! Not very tidy at all!!! How did he get away with them?? the pointed ends are really uneven...

I would have put him on a charge for them..And for "dust in his welts"  :P
Quite odd given the state of his jkt and trousers, his boots and puttees are somewhat slovenly

My gt uncle joined the SLI, he went down from Northamptonshire/Bucks border and joined them as well...So I wouldn't worry too much about a Zummerset connection...
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« Reply #4 on: Friday 11 April 08 11:17 BST (UK) »
I once read that it was a done thing at the time to have a bit of dirt on your boots to signify time in the trenches and  that youd been on active service.
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Re: WW1 or 2
« Reply #5 on: Friday 11 April 08 11:44 BST (UK) »
Doesnt explain the puttees though!

He does appear to have been dressed for a parade of some sorts...may have mucked them up then, and went straight to have his piccie done...

There are no divisional signs, or any other tribal distinctions to signify front line stuff....
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Re: WW1 or 2
« Reply #6 on: Friday 11 April 08 19:36 BST (UK) »
Hi,
    On the basis of it having been narrowed down a bit, I'm considering if it could be Wyn Fussell who was married to my grandfathers sister.  I cannot obtain any further details bmd etc and wonder if his first name is correct or an abbreviation, but he was certainly from and lived in Somerset and would have been round about twenty at the start of the war.  i am going to see if I can narrow his details down a bit.

                        Adrian

PS Does the stick signify anything?
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Re: WW1 or 2
« Reply #7 on: Friday 11 April 08 19:40 BST (UK) »
No, it's a walking out cane/stick used by the other ranks to show that they have some swank about them...Nothing more I'm afraid...
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« Reply #8 on: Friday 11 April 08 19:45 BST (UK) »
Hello Adrian,

It's probably Wyndam T Fussell then.

Here's a link to the MIC at the NA. I couldn't see it on Ancestry.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/036w/

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