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

[liverpool annie]

Do you think he looks older Gaie ? ..... plus that photo was 1910 ... I would say the young flyer was probably near the end of the war ...... ( says she after Gaie has segs on her eyeballs looking through 100's of pictures !!  )

And another thing ...... wheres his blonde eyelashes ??   

[liverpool annie]

Though I just thought ... that'll be another one Emma puts in a frame !! ... so you did good Gaie !! 

[Gaie]

Hi Annie, you're probably right    I wouldn't know an officer's air force uniform from army, completely ignorant of medals, ribbons, badges, but I'd probably know a sailor if I saw one  

Found his card, though:

James RADLEY
Brown's Hotel, Dover Street, W.  (how wonderfully raffish)
Nationality: British
Certificate taken on: Bleriot Monoplane
At Brooklands
Date: 14th June 1910

There are loads who are definitely not your guy, Emsworthy & Annie, but the more pics I look at, the more possibles there seem to be......  

What a shame there were no photos taken of all the guys at the time of enlistment, whichever force they joined ........

Kind regards
Gaie

Just read your last post, Annie, I might even print James's picture myself and stick him on the wall 

[Gaie]

Just a thought, is there any way of tracing him through that '45464' number?  Is that a regimental number/

Gaie

[liverpool annie]

Steady on Girl ! .... Redshirt will get jealous !!  

I tried that ... about the number I mean ..... no medal card and I couldn't find anything on A* !! 

PS Though I might ask Kyt ... he may know if it's a RFC number !!

[Emsworthy]

Cor!  Ain't you two good?!

He is really reminding me of someone yet I can't think who.  It'd be wonderful if that number points us (notice the Royal 'we' I'm using here?!) in the right direction...

[Gaie]

Well, I found four chappies listed in "UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919" who all had the regimental number 45464; but they're army, aren't they?

Joseph BROOKE, born ?,  died 17/11/1917, RDC, Theatre of War: Brough-Sic
James CUNNINGHAM, born Crossgar, Co Down, died 24/4/1915, RHA + RFA, ToW: Aldershot
Benjamin DAWES, born Wells, Norfolk, died 20/6/1918, RB (Prince Consort's Own) ToW: Aldershot
John WELFORD, born Auckland Park, Durham, died 29/3/1918, Durham LI, Tow: Aldershot

Gaie

[liverpool annie]

Thing is Gaie that most RFA transferred from the Army ... so the number could be Army or Air Force but I couldn't find one that included RFC !!  and on 1 April 1918 the RFC was amalgamated with the Royal Naval Air Service to form the Royal Air Force.

Thought this might be interesting .....

[Emsworthy]

Gaie,

I'd seen John Welford in that list - think he caught my eye because of the Durham connection!  Do you think that the photo I've got here would be a copy of one that is in those albums? 

I'm learning lots here Annie...and there I was on my way to bed!!