Information about these soldiers please

[Combover]

My apologies!

Kitcheners army were the conscripted soldiers.

[ainslie]

No!  Kitchener recruited the early volunteers.
A

[justontime]

Thank you Combover and Ainslie

[scrimnet]

Kitcheners army were the volunteers prior to Jan 1916...Those of a few months before were usually Derby scheme members.

[justontime]

Thank you scrimnet. If I am right about the identity of the man on the right he joined Jan 1916. I'm not sure if he was called up or if he chose to join. In civilian life he was a clicker (shoe industry). I don't know much more about him except that he was engaged and that he attended the church Bible class and played football for the church team. 

[seahall]

Hi justontime.

You may already know this site of Steven Fuller's.

 http://www.bedfordregiment.org.uk/index.html

If not enjoy.

Sandy

[justontime]

Thank you Sandy.

[scrimnet]

Thank you scrimnet. If I am right about the identity of the man on the right he joined Jan 1916. I'm not sure if he was called up or if he chose to join. In civilian life he was a clicker (shoe industry). I don't know much more about him except that he was engaged and that he attended the church Bible class and played football for the church team. 

Actually it is quite possible that he joined under the Derby Scheme...A deferred volunteering...But as a clicker he would have been quite useful making boots etc for the forces...