Uniform help please

[BarbW]

I did s a v e this document but many details have been redacted.  I definitely know it's him as this was the date he was killed.  Perhaps it was from Fold 3 on a free weekend or something. 

Anyway on the part where it says previous service it says Army Reserve Section "D".  I have been googling and from what I can understand is it was for those who had previously served in the military and were some kind of reserve but at a lower level.  Don't know if this is significant or not.

[BarbW]

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[scrimnet]

Northumberland Fusiliers Circa 1917/8

[scrimnet]

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

It's an early WW1 uniform.

The belt is the 1914, but this Northumberland Fusilier is dressed more in the 1917/8 style when the 1914 belts were used for walking out by many

[scrimnet]

I did s a v e this document but many details have been redacted.  I definitely know it's him as this was the date he was killed.  Perhaps it was from Fold 3 on a free weekend or something. 

Anyway on the part where it says previous service it says Army Reserve Section "D".  I have been googling and from what I can understand is it was for those who had previously served in the military and were some kind of reserve but at a lower level.  Don't know if this is significant or not.

This is a 1939 card... He re enlisted for ww2

[AllanUK]

Having had a good look at the photo, I believe that scrimnet is correct in that the cap badge is that of the Northumberland Fusiliers and that the uniform is a walking out uniform of circa 1917.
As the OP posted an image that shows his service up to 1927, his service record should have survived and a copy can be obtained from the Ministry of Defence for a small fee.
An internet search on how to do this would give you instructions.

[scrimnet]

Its helpful in that I wrote the book on Identifying Cap Badges    

Also I had a Gt Uncle in the NF in ww1.

[BarbW]

Thank you both.  Even more for me to think about now.  What would be the reason for being in a regiment so far away from Wales?  I know from the 1911 census nobody in his home spoke English, only Welsh, so he must have learnt it along the way.

[scrimnet]

Thank you both.  Even more for me to think about now.  What would be the reason for being in a regiment so far away from Wales?  I know from the 1911 census nobody in his home spoke English, only Welsh, so he must have learnt it along the way.

My Gt Uncle was from London, and had previously been in the Army Veterinary Corps!

Soldiers were sent as to where they were required after 1916.

It was only the Kitchener Pals bns of 1914 that had some semblance of local affinity, even then they had many from other areas of the country,

Sadly its a fallacy that soldiers only went into their county regiments.

Look on the 1918 absent voters list for him...bearing in mind not all are online and you may have to consult the county record office of where he was living when he enlisted.

I suggest that you look for a medal index card that matches the family
name...and has Northumberland Fusiliers on it