Early 1900's Railway uniform?

[PrueM]

Hi Juszach,

What age would your g-g-grandfather be in the photo?  Do you know when it was taken?  From what I can see it's pre-postcard and pre-gelatin prints, so could be from about 1900 at the latest - do you have the picture and can you show us the back of it?

Thinking this might help the railway experts to pin down a place/railway for you.

I did see some arms badges on the internet, for sale, that look like the one in the photo - they were for railway St John's Ambulance officers.  It could be a shape common to other badges, though, I wouldn't know!

Prue

[Juszach]

Hey Pru, you are correct it is a Post card. As far as age I know that he lived to be 59 and died in 1926. Your guess is as good as mine as to how old he was in the photo. My guess would be at least 40's based on receding hairline and eyes...

[PrueM]

Ahhh, I thought that it wasn't a postcard because the photo itself looked like an earlier type!  Shows what I know! 

The divided back postcards were introduced in Britain in 1902, so your photo would obviously be from some time after that.  I agree that he looks 40-something, so perhaps you're looking for a date around 1910, give or take.

[km1971]

You need Issue 76 of Ancestors. I have recycled my copy. That covered railway ancestors. I am pretty sure that the arm badge is to show he is a authorised railway porter. They would visit houses and businesses collecting and delivering goods on their carts. So they would need something more that just a railway company waistcoat.

Ken

[Henry7]

The railway at Whitstable began in 1830 as the Canterbury & Whitstable.

It was taken over by the S.E.R. (South Eastern Railway) in 1844, which became part of the S.E.& C.R. (South Eastern & Chatham Railway) in 1899.

The S.E.& C.R. lasted until 1923.

Sorry, can't say about the uniform, but the badge on the sleeve looks a bit like the S.E.R badge, and maybe the S.E.& C.R. badge was similar.

 

[Juszach]

Thank you km1971 and Henry 7. I will do a little more digging to find Ancestor, Issue 76 and to see what the S.E.R./S.E. & C.R. badge looks like.

Thank you everyone for offering your assistance on this one. 

[Redroger]

The mention of the St. John's Ambulance movement has rung some vague bells in my head. The movement was very active in the railway industry, and I wonder whether the uniform, and I still have doubts about it being one was that worn by rail workers when acting as Officers of the St. John's ambulance brigade ?

[belowtheducks]

Hello,
What a surprise  this is my grandfather Thomas Snashall. My maternal grandfather. Not only have I never been able to trace the Snashall familly, I now have for the first time ever, not only news but a photo too
I guess who ever wrote this about their gggrandfather - we must be related It would be nice to know.

[grandarog]

Confused  As to why if the chap pictured is Thomas why does it say George father of William on the back