RootsChat.Com

The image was taken sometime during the 1st ww and he is in the uniform of a British soldier. Unfortunately I can not see any markings etc to say which regiment he was in. I would suggest that this is a "going away" photograph taken shortly before he went abroad (if indeed he did).

OR.

Brilliant site Kevan...have dipped into it now and again to see what you have had on my local area. I do not know if you would be interested but The Plough at Romford Common is mentioned in the book "The Romford Outrage, the murder of Inspector Thomas Simmons, 1885" by Linda Rhodes & Katherine Abnett, as David Dredge, one of those that were involved in the murder, married Mary Ann Aylett, step daughter to John Holder the publican of the Plough. Holder died in 1866 and his widow took over the running of the public house whilst Dredge is thought to have taken over the hay & straw business previously run by John Holder at the Plough.

OR.

As China says there is not that much to go on however.....I would suggest a date line of somewhere between the 1920's to the mid 1930's and that the image is that of an after a paddle rather than going in for a dip. She is wearing her shoes, stockings and at least one piece of jewellery (there could be a brooch as well but I favour that it is more a design feature in her top -at the neck). At first glance she would appear to be dressed in a dropped waist outfit of the period but I believe this is more to the positioning of the stripes than anything else. It would also appear that she could be in a skirt and blouse, if you look closely you will see a pull of the fabric towards her waist line and above what would have been her stomach area. It is interesting to note that the other female in the image has a hemline to her skirt/dress which when she stood would reach betwix her knees and ankles but would be a tad higher than the hemline on the woman in front of the changing hut both hemlines would be concurrent with the timeline given. Lastly, and no real help with dating but staying within the 1920's-mid 30's, going by the amount of headgear set out to the right of the central subject there would have been at least four to five people on this outing to the seaside.

Tioman, all three show him being in the RHA.

OR