Two photos - is this the same man?

[mare]

... checking all features, pretty much everything matches up apart from the angle, so a yes from me too  mare

[SalmonBlue]

I would say that 95% its the same chap
but
is it me but the hair style looks different
1 looks to have a side parting while the other looks to have a central parting or is it the way the hat sits
Darren

[Steve G]

  Cloviscat; I love these ones. But, I feel This one's hellishly hard to call.

I deliberately studied the shots like blazes before allowing myself to look at any further comments. I now see the majority reckon they're one and the same? You say yeself they're Not Brothers? Urr .....

 Killed when he was twenty? So, there wouldn't have been much time for him to develop facial features ~ other than possibly the 'ageing' effects of combat stress.

 Of course, the completely different views of his eyes doesn't help us one bit, does it? Eyebrows are distinctive and dead ringers. I'm not entirely happy with that ear though ..... Mouth's a bit 50 / 50 too .....

 Dunno. If ye'd allowed for Brothers? I'd have said Absolutely. As it is? Ye'll have to file me under todays minority, I'm afraid. I'm " Undecided ". Couldn't commit to an affirmation of same man.

 Sorry to be the what not in the wood pile 

[Sloe Gin]

I can't see a single feature that does not match.  Hair is irrelevant, anyone can change their hairstyle and in any case I can see very little difference here. 

I don't think it's realistic to expect people always to look exactly the same in different photos.  Many factors can bring about small variations in appearance: light levels, camera angles etc.

[janan]

I would say yes it is the same man but, like Steve G, I'm not really happy with the ear.

Jan

[alpinecottage]

I think the man in the left hand photo has a side parting and a scar from the centre of his brow snaking round to his left eye.  I think you can see traces of his scar at the hairline and also in the centre of his left eyebrow on the right hand photo.  Such a prominent scar would be mentioned on his WW1 attestation docs, if they still exist.

Also do you know where the newspaper photo is now or where it came from?  It may be an announcement of his death, which would confirm the question one way or the other for you.

[cuthie]

I'm with the majority in that I think it is the same man.  The hair is obviously a lot shorter in one photo, but the shape of the hairline just below the cap badge for the Gordons is the same.  Good idea about contacting the newspaper the photo was in for any information.

Cuthie

[Finley 1]

I have marked this with similarities and differences   see if that helps... Pink is for not same..

one has a dimple in his chin that I cannot see in the other... one has a more pointed ear lobe. and one has a little longer eyebrow .... but that could be the pic... etc

xin

[cloviscat]

Lots of useful points and replies - may thanks.

He is my father-in-law's uncle / my husband's great uncle / my children's gt gt uncle - whichever way you want to put it. My father-in-law remembered there was a photo on the wall of him when he was growing up but didn't know what came of it.

The photo on the right was, as I say, just an unidentified photo in a much bigger box of pics. As I could see it was a Gordon Highlander, and clearly not one of the other brothers (each of whom have very distinctive and different facial features) I was hopeful but...

Then the left hand photo was found on a roll-of-honour website listing for this man. My father-in-law (a cautious man) immediately idenitified it as the picture on the wall from his childhood. I am tracking back the page and hoping to get a pointer to the original source - probably the local paper.

So - I have every reason to believe the left hand photo is my man. I'm guessing early on after enlistment? The second pic shows him wearing a creased and crumpled kilt, so I wondered if it may be taken later on, possibly after being posted.

Problem is I know I *want* it to be him! And that's not a good place from which to develop an objective opinion. Pleased to see so many of you leaning towards the positive though :-)

Cloviscat