Can anyone identify this WW1 uniform?

[medpat]

If he was similar age to his wife he could still have served in the WW1, my grandfather served and he was born in 1873.
 

[moggies12]

Thanks Frank. I hadn't realised so many records were destroyed.  I'm working on trying to get a better view of badges and buttons!
I've never really looked much into military history. I found a little bit on my other grandad but put that down to him having a slightly less common name!

[jess5athome]

There are a couple of trees on Ancestry but they don't have a lot of information, there are also a couple of "Private" ones so I don't know what information they hold.

Frank.

[moggies12]

If he was similar age to his wife he could still have served in the WW1, my grandfather served and he was born in 1873.
 

Yes Medpat, my other grandad was in the Royal Marines Labour Corps in Dieppe 1918-19 and he was born in 1869, so not a youngster!

[barryd]

In my opinion he is a regular soldier not a conscript. The daughter with him holds a swagger stick. That item may be a photographer's prop.

[Yonks Ago]

Have been watching this thread..I too have a family member in what looks to be very much the same Uniform......BUT! my problem is I can't find any records at all on my man.
Question!..would a soldier who's records are "lost/destroyed" still be named on a list...or would all information be "lost/destroyed"

Good luck moggie12 in finding more
cheers
Yonks

[medpat]

You should be able to find a medal card but there's not much info on them.

My maternal gt grandfather a master bricklayer was in the Labour Corps for a few months, either they found out he lied about his age or he couldn't keep up with the work - he was born in 1862.
 

[moggies12]

In my opinion he is a regular soldier not a conscript. The daughter with him holds a swagger stick. That item may be a photographer's prop.

Agree about the prop!
Why do you think regular rather than conscript, barryd?

[moggies12]

Have been watching this thread..I too have a family member in what looks to be very much the same Uniform......BUT! my problem is I can't find any records at all on my man.
Question!..would a soldier who's records are "lost/destroyed" still be named on a list...or would all information be "lost/destroyed"

Good luck moggie12 in finding more
cheers
Yonks

Thanks Yonks, He died the year I was born, so all memories are 2nd hand. I posted the photo on Facebook and another family member thinks he was in 51st Highland Division, so that's a bit of a clue, hoping some of my older family members might remember more. Good luck with your search too!