Info about a WW1 uniform

[James D]

Hi

Can anyone supply info about the attached WW1 picture of my Grandfather

Thanks

[scrimnet]

Late 1915/ early 1916

Possibly Devonshire Regt...

Any chance of a higher res scan of his hat/badge pse??

[James D]

Hi
This about the best scan I can get of the badge.

Thanks for the info so far

James

[scrimnet]

Think I'm going to stick with the Devons pro tem!


Have you searched the Medal Index Cards yet?

[James D]

Yes I have searched the medal index cards, but there are 8 William Dennis's in the Devon's and not much detail on the cards to allow me to determine if it's the correct person.

Any other suggestions on how to track him down would be appreciated.

Thanks again for taking the time to reply

James

[mmm45]

James
any of your family got his medals...info will be impressed on rims.Also local papers 14-18 may have enlistment nominals.

Ady

[James D]

Hi Ady

No medals, and just two census entries (1901 & 1911) and a marriage cert. is all I have, along with this picture.

I was hoping that his army record would give me more info like a DOB or confirm a place of birth.

How would I find local papers, he lived in Wapping, London?

Thanks

James
 

[mmm45]

Cant help you on local papers for Wapping...maybe ask on the London boards which papers would cover this area?

Going to be pretty hard tie-ing him down without a service number.

Ady

[macintosh]

James,
Maybe a try on www.freebmd.org.uk may help, there are a number of William Dennis from the London area from 1889 to 1895, difficult to tell the age of your soldier so I guessed at 25 yrs, free bmd brings up around 10 for the period 1889 - 95, I don't know if Wapping  was a stand alone Borough then or if it was part of another authority, try and work back from his age on the earliest census data you have, you may get lucky.

James