Re: Uniform identification, dating - help still needed plz

[wecanbeheroes]

There are 79 men with the forename Walter ...... Best match was
Slater, Walter    43452, Trooper*    33rd Bn. I.Y. (I'd put money on this one!! )
The Imp Yeo records are available at Kew so  if you look you'll know if this is your man or not

Hi Vaugh - thanks for your input. Just to clarify, are you saying that 'Slater' could be 'Slade' but wrongly transcribed?

Sadly I can't get to Kew to study their records, but thanks for ruling the NIH & SIH out, and the leather bandoleer info you've provided. This thread has been dormant for almost a year so maybe your post will reignite it.

[Vaugh]

Hi,
Quite possibly a transcription error, given that this is the only man with the forename Walter with a surname beginning with an 'S' and yes Slater and Slade are not too far removed.
I've put a nte in my notebook to check this when I'm next in London, however that may not be for several months, so don't get too excited just yet...
As to the original question the photo has all the hall marks of a member of the Imperial Yeomanry.

A good few years ago my Aunt told me something about my GF being in Ireland in a military capacity, does anyone know what might have been happening there around 1898-1909 that could have resulted in British troops being sent there? Maybe as a peace keeping force?

This brought a smile to my face, the British Army had quite a presence there it being a home posting much like England, so nothing out of the ordinary in seeing men posted to Ireland and not in a 'peace keeping' role. Remember Ireland was a part of the British Empire and Dublin was the Empire's 'second city'
All the best
Doug