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which war would this be?
« on: Friday 28 January 22 01:16 GMT (UK) »
I have come across this photo of 3 distant cousins in the Zealey family, I am fairly sure that it is prior to WW1 as one of them immigrated to Australia in 1912.  So can anyone identify what uniform and which war (if any) they relate to?  They would be UK uniforms.
Heard - Ballymoney, Ireland & Surrey, England
Clark - Kent, England.  Bendigo, Vic. Australia.
Stettler - Switzerland
Fisher - Australia
Farr - & La Farre - Surrey, England
Kernos - Ukraine
Ellis - Surrey, England
Littleboy, Buckinghamshire, England
Zealey, Surrey, England

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Re: which war would this be?
« Reply #1 on: Friday 28 January 22 01:28 GMT (UK) »
With the number on the collar, I wonder if the middle chap was a policeman.  :)

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Re: which war would this be?
« Reply #2 on: Friday 28 January 22 01:58 GMT (UK) »
I’m not having much luck trying to ID the medals. The chaps on right and left have a lot of clasps on theirs - one on right obscures the ribbon.

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Re: which war would this be?
« Reply #3 on: Friday 28 January 22 03:12 GMT (UK) »
At least one of them (William in the middle) was a policeman 1902-1920.  I also have the same person with a military service age 18 in 1891, but no further information on his service.
Heard - Ballymoney, Ireland & Surrey, England
Clark - Kent, England.  Bendigo, Vic. Australia.
Stettler - Switzerland
Fisher - Australia
Farr - & La Farre - Surrey, England
Kernos - Ukraine
Ellis - Surrey, England
Littleboy, Buckinghamshire, England
Zealey, Surrey, England

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Re: which war would this be?
« Reply #4 on: Friday 28 January 22 03:18 GMT (UK) »
I looked through pages of medals but couldn’t see the policeman’s medal. Closest match I could find was Indian Mutiny Medal 1858 which is wrong time wise.

Where did you find the information on his military service? What was the duration of his service? It might help to narrow down what conflicts were going on in the world at that time.

India general service medal also looks right (right stripe placement at least) but the light stripe is too light to be the brown as in the medal ribbon, and unsure if dates work.

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Re: which war would this be?
« Reply #5 on: Friday 28 January 22 03:41 GMT (UK) »
Sydney Charles (bc.1881 Sevonoaks) seems to have taken part in the Boer War 1901-1902 in Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment - reg.no.6983.   Plus a Thomas (bc.1878 Seal, Sevenoaks) in the same regiment - no.6835.

So, would seem the photo would have been taken after return from Boer War ca.1902-3.

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Re: which war would this be?
« Reply #6 on: Friday 28 January 22 03:45 GMT (UK) »
Good find Annette. Boer War was my first port of call to try to ID the medals (clearer on the chap on the left) but I didn’t think the second boer war medal/s ribbon tallied with the left one on his chest. (Not the Queens medal at least)

It’s not very clear on my screen but the three stripes of the medal on the right could align with the green white and yellow of the Kings South Africa medal.

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« Reply #7 on: Friday 28 January 22 07:45 GMT (UK) »
They could be Victorian Commemorative medals such as coronation or jubilee medals 

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Re: which war would this be?
« Reply #8 on: Friday 28 January 22 08:32 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: mmm45 on Friday 28 January 22 07:45 GMT (UK)
They could be Victorian Commemorative medals such as coronation or jubilee medals 

Ady

I wondered that too, and it may be true of the middle chap’s medal, but the other two have clasps along the lines of:
https://www.bwm.org.au/medals.php

I’m just guessing though.  :)
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