WW1 & WW2 Soldiers - Pic heavy - Any idea who they could be?

[liverpool annie]

It's not him ....

In Memory of
Serjeant JOHN WELFORD

45464, 19th Bn., Durham Light Infantry
who died
on 29 March 1918

Remembered with honour
POZIERES MEMORIAL

[Gaie]

Hi Emsworthy  

Blimey, I'm driving to the Forest of Dean tomorrow morning, look at the time  

Yes, my eye was caught by John Welford as well, and I'd looked up Bishop Auckland on the map to check how near it is to Durham/Darlington; I think we'll have to keep him in mind.  Added: well, in the light of your post above, Annie, we'll still have to keep him in mind, but not quite the same way...

It could be a copy, but all my great-uncles who served in the 1WW seemed to have had more than one different photo/card that was sent home to mothers, sisters etc, so unless we can find him in the albums.....

Annie, you really are a font of knowledge for us, aren't you?  History made fun  

Must go to bed now, back Sunday
Night night
Gaie

[liverpool annie]

Night Girl !

Have a great day ... drive safe !

Annie   

[Emsworthy]

I might be off now too Annie...no driving for me, but I have to get myself ready tomorrow for a friend's birthday meal...doesn't sound like much of a chore, but believe me...it is!!

Thanks to you and Gaie for all your help so far...I'm sure you'll find me trawling through those photos on there forever more!!  I'm telling you, there are some handsome young men there...I'm sure I was born in the wrong era!

Emma

[liverpool annie]

Story of our lives Emma ... we always like the ones who've been dead 80 something years !! 

God love them !! 

[kyt]

On the back it reads '45464', 'Love & Best Wishes to you all, Florrie & Jack' and also 'Photograph by S. E. Taylor, Darlington, Harrogate, Bishop Auckland.

This is an early RAF (1920s), rather than RFC, uniform. He has the corporal stripes and if the service number hasn't been truncated (or the number could justs be a studio number - is it written in the same hand as the rest of the message?) then he sounds like he was an RFC transfer, having joined the RFC in mid-1916. No point looking in the London gazette for the number because he doesn't have any have any medal ribbons.

On the back is printed 'Hardy.  Photographer.  Cleethorpes'.

RAF Aircraftman 1930s onwards

Printed on this one - 'Kirton's Colonnade Studios, Harris Promenade, Douglas, I.o.M'

The white bands on their caps indicates that they were trainee aircrew. 1930s (possibly durinng the war)

[Emsworthy]

Thanks kyt for the info!  This is a HUGE learning curve for me! 
The number on the back of the RAF man isn't written in the same hand as the other writing - it's written in pencil.  45464 or if the first 4 isn't a 4, it could be an H.

[kyt]

Looking at the uniform again, and him (he looks too young to have been an original RFC recruit), I am more convinced that the number is a studio number, or the number has been truncated.

The high collar does indicate a post-1920, pre-early 1930s uniform.

K

[kyt]

Missed this one.

A very casual picture of a RAF Wing Commander, mid-war or after, as that looks to be a Jeep

K