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Hello all and thank you for your responses.

I'm not sure if my grandfather went to the University of Oxford - I'm still discovering things about him but it's painstaking as both my father and my grandmother (Thomas Herbert's wife) are dead and I have no paternal aunts or uncles.  My father lost touch with his great aunts and uncles, most of whom would be dead by now anyway.  Thomas Herbert Williamson himself died in 1970, before I was even born.

Thank you for confirming the Ox & Bucks regiment and I highly doubt that he would have been commissioned from ranks given his age, if indeed this photo dates before 1920 as the vulcanised rubber buttons suggest (oh how I'm learning!  )

Please could someone tell me what the Army List is, what information would it give me and where would be best to request a lookup?

My DH had an idea - maybe he was conscripted as an officer but been conscripted too late to serve and hence no medal index card.  His birthday was July 1900 so this could be plausible.

I will ask on the 1914-1918 forum about the "C" badge.

Thank you all again so far for your kind help.

Jules

Good afternoon Board

A kind soul on a regiment specific board identified my grandfather, Thomas Herbert Williamson, as a 2nd Lieutenant in a Light Infantry regiment but I don't know which one.  I suspect the Oxfordshire & Bucks Light Infantry with my zero knowledge of service matters but there is no family connection to that part of the country as this side of my family are all from Manchester or Stockport.

My grandfather was born in 1900 but I can't find a Thomas Herbert Williamson in a Light Infantry on the WWI medal index on A**y, does this mean that this photograph was taken after 1918/19?  What year does it look as though it was taken in.  Also what does the "C" on his lapel indicate?

Last question, is there a way of getting his service number, there is a number on each of the photographs (39894 and 39896_ but I think they are just photo references as they don't bring the correct person up on the medal roll.

Many thanks in advance for any help.

Jules