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Need help to restore and date an image of a soldier in uniform from late 1800s
« on: Friday 01 April 22 17:05 BST (UK) »
Behind a family wedding picture from the 1930s in Wales was this faded image. The families in the wedding picture are WILLIAMS (bride) and EDWARDS (groom). The soldier is not known to the WILLIAMS family members so we think he must be an EDWARDS. If the approximate date could be established or the insignia identified, it may help to figure out who he was.  On the back of the soldier's picture are written in pencil the name, "Dexter, 11 Factor St, Barton, Bristol", but no one knows if that was the photographer or the soldier. Any information would be helpful thank you.

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Re: Need help to restore and date an image of a soldier in uniform from late 1800s
« Reply #1 on: Friday 01 April 22 23:00 BST (UK) »
Hi Heyokah and welcome to RootsChat, you will get a more informed response on the Armed Forces Board, so I have requested it to be moved there for you.
Carol
CAPES Hull. KIRK  Leeds, Hull. JONES  Wales,  Lancashire. CARROLL Ireland, Lancashire, U.S.A. BROUGHTON Leicester, Goole, Hull BORRILL  Lincolnshire, Durham, Hull. GROOM  Wishbech, Hull. ANTHONY St. John's Nfld. BUCKNALL Lincolnshire, Hull. BUTT Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. PARSONS  Western Bay, Newfoundland. MONAGHAN  Ireland, U.S.A. PERRY Cheshire, Liverpool.
 
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Re: Need help to restore and date an image of a soldier in uniform from late 1800s
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 02 April 22 07:27 BST (UK) »
The cap badge looks like the General Service Corps:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Service_Corps


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Aucock/Aukett~Kent/Sussex, Broadway~Oxfordshire, Danks~Warwickshire, Fenn~Kent/Norfolk, Goatham~Kent, Hunt~Kent, Parker~Middlesex, Perry~Kent, Sellers~Kent/Yorkshire, Sladden~Kent, Wright~Kent/Essex

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Re: Need help to restore and date an image of a soldier in uniform from late 1800s
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 02 April 22 08:44 BST (UK) »
General Service Corps might be too late for this image as that corps seems to begin in 1942. Could there be a link to the Anglo African Wars in the type of helmet?

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Re: Need help to restore and date an image of a soldier in uniform from late 1800s
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 02 April 22 08:55 BST (UK) »
The Wikipedia article is a bit odd and may not be entirely correct.
There are cap badges available which claim to be from WW1:

https://www.britishmilitarybadges.co.uk/products/ww1-general-service-corps--regiment-cap-badge-12.html


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Re: Need help to restore and date an image of a soldier in uniform from late 1800s
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 02 April 22 09:00 BST (UK) »
Still hunting for information about the dates and wars when those helmets were used.

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Re: Need help to restore and date an image of a soldier in uniform from late 1800s
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 02 April 22 09:02 BST (UK) »
In WW1 the cap badge was used for the General List.

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Re: Need help to restore and date an image of a soldier in uniform from late 1800s
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 02 April 22 09:11 BST (UK) »
Aucock/Aukett~Kent/Sussex, Broadway~Oxfordshire, Danks~Warwickshire, Fenn~Kent/Norfolk, Goatham~Kent, Hunt~Kent, Parker~Middlesex, Perry~Kent, Sellers~Kent/Yorkshire, Sladden~Kent, Wright~Kent/Essex

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Re: Need help to restore and date an image of a soldier in uniform from late 1800s
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 02 April 22 09:14 BST (UK) »
Possibly still too late for this chap.
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