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Offline Mike in Cumbria

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Re: Is it possible to identify a man by his photo?
« Reply #18 on: Wednesday 26 October 16 17:29 BST (UK) »
If you had a photograph  of his father or his son or brother  then you may be able to detect similar features, possibly?

If you read the original post you will be able to answer your own question.

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Re: Is it possible to identify a man by his photo?
« Reply #19 on: Wednesday 26 October 16 18:30 BST (UK) »
Anto,

Do you have your uncle's birth cert?

What yr was he born?

It may actually state on his birth cert. that his father is "deceased".....one never knows?
If the pic is the father & he was killed in the war?

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Re: Is it possible to identify a man by his photo?
« Reply #20 on: Wednesday 26 October 16 18:36 BST (UK) »
If you had a photograph  of his father or his son or brother  then you may be able to detect similar features, possibly?

If you read the original post you will be able to answer your own question.
   The original post  fails to answer my question.
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Re: Is it possible to identify a man by his photo?
« Reply #21 on: Wednesday 26 October 16 18:46 BST (UK) »
If you had a photograph  of his father or his son or brother  then you may be able to detect similar features, possibly?

If you read the original post you will be able to answer your own question.
   The original post  fails to answer my question.

The OP knows nothing about the man in the pic apart from his forename & that he was in WW11 i.e. his quest to find out  ::)

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Re: Is it possible to identify a man by his photo?
« Reply #22 on: Wednesday 26 October 16 19:19 BST (UK) »
I think poster has realised that the chances of identifying him are very slim and has lost interest.
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Re: Is it possible to identify a man by his photo?
« Reply #23 on: Friday 28 October 16 17:10 BST (UK) »
Thank you all for your replies. I realised that the chances of identifying this man are very slim, as my friend Treetolal wrote, but I'll let the photo here, in case someone sees it and recognises him.