Uniform help please

[BarbW]

My grandfather was born in Bethesda, Wales in 1898 but grew up in Penmaenmawr, Wales.  I did upload a copy of this photo a long time ago but it was too blurry.  A relative found on Ancestry sent me the original photo.

Does anyone think this uniform could be the Royal Welsh Fusiliers?  I can find no military records on Ancestry so they must have been in the burnt records.

[Cas (stallc)]

The cap badge does look similar/same

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Welch_Fusiliers

Cas

[ptdrifter]

I'd agree with Cas.
Ancestry should at least have his medal card , that will tell you his regiment.

[BarbW]

The cap badge does look similar/same

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Welch_Fusiliers

Cas

Thank you, yes that's what I thought too.

[BarbW]

I'd agree with Cas.
Ancestry should at least have his medal card , that will tell you his regiment.

I can't find anything.  Weren't all many WW1 records burnt in WW2 I believed?  I know there is a museum but they state they don't hold any records of the men who served.  I thought because of his age he must have been conscripted. 

[ptdrifter]

A lot of service records were burnt, but the medal cards are available. If you have his name you should be able to find him. I'm sure many Rootschatters would rise to the challenge:)

[BarbW]

A lot of service records were burnt, but the medal cards are available. If you have his name you should be able to find him. I'm sure many Rootschatters would rise to the challenge:)

Well I've just looked and with the name being so common, it won't be easy 😬 plus I don't understand all the military abbreviations so I don't know which is the right one.

The photo  was taken in a photographic studio in Llandudno.

Thomas John Williams
DOB 22 FEB 1898
Bethesda

Son of Robert John Williams and Ellen Owens.

He died in a road traffic accident in Whitchurch, Shropshire in 1943 when a member of the RAF, I do have some records of his life after he married my grandmother in Liverpool.

[BarbW]

P.s.  is this a WW1 uniform as I thought or could it be later?  I only know as it looks familiar from old photos and films with the leg wear. 

[ShaunJ]

is this a WW1 uniform as I thought or could it be later?

It's an early WW1 uniform.