Need help to restore and date an image of a soldier in uniform from late 1800s

[ShaunJ]

There are Dexters at 11 Factory Street in 1939

[Heyokah]

Are they there earlier than that? Is their occupation shown?

[ShaunJ]

The photo is of a soldier in tropical uniform, 1890's, possibly a Lancers regiment.

Probably a relative of the Dexters: George Frederick Dexter (1906) and wife Lillian May Knight (1904) both born in Bristol. 

[Heyokah]

Would there be any earlier Dexter information available from the 1800s? Were Dexters photographers? We think the soldier may be an EDWARDS.

[ShaunJ]

Were Dexters photographers?

George was a furniture removal man; his father was a police sergeant.

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/29687190/person/12208721042/facts

[Heyokah]

Thanks for that information. Can you see any links with Wales and Edwards or Williams families for the Dexters in the 1890s? The soldier's picture was much older and hidden behind a wedding picture from the late 1920s - early 1930s. We think the soldier was from an earlier generation.

[Heyokah]

Is the sun helmet a Wolesley design and does that help to date the soldier or the campaign?

[Treetotal]

Thanks for that information. Can you see any links with Wales and Edwards or Williams families for the Dexters in the 1890s? The soldier's picture was much older and hidden behind a wedding picture from the late 1920s - early 1930s. We think the soldier was from an earlier generation.

There doesn't appear to be a match in Wales for a Williams or Edwards marriage to a Dexter. on Freebmd:

https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
 
In my experience of restoring and collecting old photos and postcards, the photographers would write the recipient's name on the back of it. Does it look like a postcard back?

There is always a possibility that the soldier may not be Family, these photos were collected and shared amongst friends as well as Family.
Also, the frame may not have been new.

Carol

[Heyokah]

Thanks Carol. It was not a postcard but rather a large oval portrait. There are two matching frames from the family home. It is an interesting process to try to discover the hidden history. We can see a few clues to the dating with the type of sun helmet and the type of belt buckle. Looks like it could have been Boer War. Where the family lived suggests that the 24th Regiment is a possibility. Still working on it and thank you so much for your help.