Uniform that Annie Dorcas is wearing in the photograph

[Patoboy]

Thanks for all the replies, Annie Dorcas Upward married my Great uncle in Dorset in 1918 by 1919 she had died if that helps at all.

Regards Pat.

[jim1]

It does help because it means it can't be later than 1919, so v. late war 1917-1919.
It's remarkable similar to John's photo however it's not a sweetheart brooch although she appears to be wearing it as such. These were bought items & smaller as in John's photo.
I picked on the Ox & Bucks because there appears to something above the horn in the centre which doesn't appear on the Dorset L.I. cap badge.
I'm not sure she was ever in Hackstaples Nazi blackshirts.

[Hackstaple]

It does help because it means it can't be later than 1919, so v. late war 1917-1919.
It's remarkable similar to John's photo however it's not a sweetheart brooch although she appears to be wearing it as such. These were bought items & smaller as in John's photo.
I picked on the Ox & Bucks because there appears to something above the horn in the centre which doesn't appear on the Dorset L.I. cap badge.
I'm not sure she was ever in Hackstaples Nazi blackshirts.

True - she was dead before they were formed. But that all black uniform with tie and hat is unusual.

[Treetotal]

How do you know the clothing was black...It could have been any dark colour.
Carol

[ShaunJ]

Something to do with education perhaps - she has a book open.. and see these Edwardian students: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3019/2776785725_ebdfe98057.jpg

[jim1]

From the 1890's on the masculine shirt & tie was more of a political statement than anything else.
Into the Edwardian Era it also became something of a fashion style but the underlying message was always women's rights.

[John915]

Good evening,

I have been looking at it all again and picking up on what Jim says there is something above the horn but below the cord. This would fit several but I will go with with the Shropshires which has KSLI across the badge in that position, (Kings Shropshire Light Infantry).

I had a piece from a book that purportedly showed how to tell a colour (roughly) from the shade of black or gray. A, I can't find it B, I don't know how well it worked if at all. But I would say black, very dark blue or very dark green. I have often wondered what colour my grandmother was wearing. She and her sisters in that and other photo's all appear to be in the same colour.

John915

[jim1]

I have often wondered what colour my grandmother was wearing. She and her sisters in that and other photo's all appear to be in the same colour.

Probably a dressmaker somewhere in the family John.It's cheaper to buy in bulk.

[James1950]

To be photographed reading a book imports a feeling of the lady making a mission statement.