photo,,,can anything be gleaned?

[gortonboy]

hi,,,can the experts tell me anything about this uniform?

[bykerlads]

Absolutely no idea about the uniform but I was so very struck, as I often am in such photos by the lovely, optimistic look of the chap- totally unaware of what dreadful events lay ahead of him. just breaks your heart.
Might I ask if he survived the Great war?

[gortonboy]

no idea who he is?  no idea if 1st or 2nd world war ?  i am waiting on a 2nd photo to see  if that has any more distinguishing features !

[barryd]

"I am not an expert in this subject but it looks like a WW2 Army Garrison Cap. No stripes on the uniform jacket. Probably a newly enlisted Private. Just had his hair cut!

[macintosh]

The Divisional patch on his left sleeve looks like a ww2 one, though so difficult to make out apart from the horizontal bar of a cross, these were sometimes on a cloth shield and usually referred to an army group,

eg 1st army, 8th  army etc


James

[ceve5478]

My immediate thought was that it's a WW2 uniform.

[scrimnet]

WW2

Around 1942

He has Arm of service strip on arm, the colour of which would define his corps.

"I am not an expert in this subject but it looks like a WW2 Army Garrison Cap. No stripes on the uniform jacket. Probably a newly enlisted Private. Just had his hair cut!

The Americans call them "Garrison Caps" To us they are known as "Field Service Caps" 

[gortonboy]

hi,,thanks for the input everyone,,,,,and Merry Crimbo