most of the police line up have medal ribbons, your suspect has none, is this a clue to your man?
Hi James,
There are no tangible clues as such, and I have never been shown a photo of my dad that anyone could point out and say, "That's him!"; my sil's friend can eliminate one in the line-up and possibly a second, but no-one's 100% sure about anything.
But you get 'brownie points for observation - I wondered about the medal ribbons or lack of, myself.
Dad was an able seaman/boatswain in the South African merchant navy when he met and married mum (becoming domiciled) in Stepney '36. After suffering a head injury at sea, dad left the merchant navy, and the family including two baby daughters left London to live with mum's grand-parents in B-O-A Wiltshire '42, when he joined the MOD police at Corsham. He never saw 'active duty' and is not thought to have had medals of any description.