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Can anyone identify this uniform, please?
« on: Saturday 23 July 16 16:25 BST (UK) »
Hello - I have a photograph of (who I think) is my great grandfather, William Severn b. 1877 in Stavely.  I had no idea he was affiliated to any service, but he seems to be wearing a uniform here with his grandmother.  Can anyone identify the uniform, please?
Any help much appreciated,
Frosty
West - Derbyshire, Staffs - Frost - Derbyshire, Staffs -Salmon - Kent, Canada - Severn - Derbyshire, Sheffield - Cary Williams - Kent - Taylor-Harden - Staffs - Berresford - Derbys - Dennis - Derbys/Staffs - Tibbert- Nthhnts - Blackham - Derbys - Slade - Bucks
Dewberry - Nthhnts/Loughborough - Barron - Cornwall - Hunkin - Cornwall

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Re: Can anyone identify this uniform, please?
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 23 July 16 16:28 BST (UK) »
Sorry, realised that you can't see the insignia on the sleeve in the pic I posted, so here it is:
West - Derbyshire, Staffs - Frost - Derbyshire, Staffs -Salmon - Kent, Canada - Severn - Derbyshire, Sheffield - Cary Williams - Kent - Taylor-Harden - Staffs - Berresford - Derbys - Dennis - Derbys/Staffs - Tibbert- Nthhnts - Blackham - Derbys - Slade - Bucks
Dewberry - Nthhnts/Loughborough - Barron - Cornwall - Hunkin - Cornwall

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Re: Can anyone identify this uniform, please?
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 23 July 16 16:37 BST (UK) »
Hi, what I can tell you is that he appears to have a "Wound Stripe" and he's definitely wearing the sleeve patch of a "Lewis Gunner"
Hope that helps a little.

Frank.
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Re: Can anyone identify this uniform, please?
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 23 July 16 17:15 BST (UK) »
Wow, that was quick - thank you, Frank - I wondered what the stripe meant.
Frosty
West - Derbyshire, Staffs - Frost - Derbyshire, Staffs -Salmon - Kent, Canada - Severn - Derbyshire, Sheffield - Cary Williams - Kent - Taylor-Harden - Staffs - Berresford - Derbys - Dennis - Derbys/Staffs - Tibbert- Nthhnts - Blackham - Derbys - Slade - Bucks
Dewberry - Nthhnts/Loughborough - Barron - Cornwall - Hunkin - Cornwall

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Re: Can anyone identify this uniform, please?
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 23 July 16 17:16 BST (UK) »
Hi, just coming back in with a couple of observations  :) , your man was born in 1877, this would make him 37 years old at the outbreak of the war, he looks to be wearing a tunic which was changed in 1916 to one without pleats on the breast pockets so he presumably enlisted before 1916.

Also I don't know which,if any, British Regiments wore the Kilt so am wondering why a Lancashire lad would join a Scottish regiment, tho' I suppose it's totally feasible, and finally how old do you think he would be in the photograph.

Sorry to waffle on, I'm sure one of the experts will be along soon to put all of the answers forward  :)

Regards
Frank.
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Re: Can anyone identify this uniform, please?
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 23 July 16 17:17 BST (UK) »
Does. Anyone recognise which tartan it is please?
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Re: Can anyone identify this uniform, please?
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 23 July 16 17:22 BST (UK) »
Quote from: jess5athome on Saturday 23 July 16 17:16 BST (UK)

Also I don't know which,if any, British Regiments wore the Kilt so am wondering why a Lancashire lad would join a Scottish regiment, tho' I suppose it's totally feasible, and finally how old do you think he would be in the

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War time you were sent to wherever men were most needed.

Just a guess, Gordon Highlanders could be a possibility.

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CHOULES All ,  COKER Harwich Essex & Rochester Kent 
COLE Gt. Oakley, & Lt. Oakley, Essex.
DUNCAN Kent
EVERITT Colchester,  Dovercourt & Harwich Essex
GULLIVER/GULLOFER Fifehead Magdalen Dorset
HORSCROFT Kent.
KING Sturminster Newton, Dorset. MONK Odiham Ham.
SCOTT Wrabness, Essex
WILKINS Stour Provost, Dorset.
WICKHAM All in North Essex.
WICKHAM Medway Towns, Kent from 1880
WICKHAM, Ipswich, Suffolk.

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Re: Can anyone identify this uniform, please?
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 23 July 16 17:23 BST (UK) »
Quote from: ScouseBoy on Saturday 23 July 16 17:17 BST (UK)
Does. Anyone recognise which tartan it is please?


Still looking  ;D

Frank.
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Re: Can anyone identify this uniform, please?
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 23 July 16 17:25 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Jebber on Saturday 23 July 16 17:22 BST (UK)

Just a guess, Gordon Highlanders could be a possibility.

Jebber


That shoulder title could possibly say "Gordons"  :-\

Frank.

EDITED TO ADD:- It could also say "Cameron"
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