Military uniforms - help, please!

[meles]

I wonder if any Rootchatters with some military knowledge could identify the two uniforms here? On the back of the card, it says "Xmas 1924", but I was led to bleive it was earlier than that. Any views?

Thanks

meles

[meles]

Something went wrong - image attached now, I hope

meles

[Scottiedog]

Great photo

They look WW1 to my inexperienced eye.

Can I suggest you try  the Great War forum at http://www.1914-1918.net/

They have a special uniforms, insignia setion. They've recently helped me with WW1 Canadian Navy cap ribbon.

Regards
Les

[Little Nell]

The chap on the left is, I believe, in the Scots Guards and I think he is a drummer.  The chap on the left seems to be wearing medals that resemble those awarded during WWI - especially the star shaped one.  Also might he be wearing spurs?

The style of dress that Ethel is wearing is right for 1924 or later, and so is her hair style.

Nell

[meles]

Thanks for your advice and help. I know where to start now. Nell, yes indeed Edmund (my grandfather) might be wearing spurs. I understand he drove the horses that brought the guns to the battlefield in WWI. "Got in fast, set up the gun, bu***red off faster", as he laconically described it.

meles

[dee-jay]

Those WW1 medals were fondly known as 'Pip, Squeak & Wilfred' and would have been engraved with the bearer's name.  I'm not sure how long the process would have taken, but I doubt if the medals were actually issued until the early 1920s.  The hat badge on the left looks rather like the Royal Artillery's.