Unknown Cap Badge (Completed) & Soldier (Uncompleted) !!

[genealogistsykes]

Found this picture in a box and have no idea who it is. I know of only two ancestors who fought in the First World War, Samuel Stanley Sykes who we've already identified and Arthur Esme Carteret Green who lived in Australia.

Could this cap badge be australian or is it English?

[Salty]

I believe it to be the cap badge of the Warwickshire Yeomanry.

Tom

[genealogistsykes]

Brilliant, thank you very much. It can't be Arthur Green then, sigh. Is there anyway of trying to identify the soldier?

[alan o]

He is wearing an Officers uniform so that will narrow it down a bit.

[Salty]

He has at least two pips on his shoulder thats a Leutenant if three a Captain.

[genealogistsykes]

I always thought that this chap was my great uncle, but my father said it wasn't. He's right though seeing as my great uncle was in the Yorkshire and Lancaster Regiment in the Second World War.

Hmmm okay, is there a database for the Warwickshire Yeomanry Regiment that would tell you their officers?

[Salty]

That medal ribbon may help if it is a bravery award. But not being anexpert on them so not sure what it is.

[alan o]

I can't see any pips on his epaulettes so I presumed that he has the style of jacket with rank on its sleeve cuffs. 

You could try these people.

http://www.warwickshire-yeomanry-museum.co.uk/

[genealogistsykes]

I've emailed the Warwickshire Yeomanry Museum, hopefully they can help me out. Ah, so he won a medal. Could of been a campaign medal? Not sure.

There is a reference on the back but i'm not sure if it has anything to do with the officer. Here it is anyway:

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