Officer or not?

[manmack]

rowley,you are ok with both dates,its after the great war,somewhere in your date range,up and till 1936,mack

[old rowley]

as an aside to this posting mack, am I right in thinking that if he had been an officer in the light Infantry (Somerset or otherwise) he would have worn a Sam Browne only it would have been black in colour to "blend" in better with the dark green uniform?

old rowley

[harribobs]

certainly rifle regiment officers wore black sam brownes and their buttons were black, i don't think light infantry regiments did, as for the green uniform???......hmmm i thought that had been dropped by this time  ( i'm not an expert on this) they'd be wearing normal infantry colours

i suspect and only by colour, that he's wearing patrol blues ( but ................)

below a famous rifleman..note the black buttons

[manmack]

i agree chris,the uniform does look darker than the normal issue,the LI usually have a light green piping around their rank stripes or badges,hes not wearing any pips on his shoulders,BUT,he could be an officer cadet/training corps,i reckon old rowleys spot on with regt and date range,mack

[Pilly]

Thank you all for the information, it'll be a great help.
Pilly
 

[pwenlock]

Green Patrols (No1 Dress) were still in use & would more likely to be worn with a cross belt than Sam Browne.  The Sam Browne would have been worn with No2 Dress (Service Dress)

Yours
Paul

[harribobs]

right!

thanks paul