A Big Furry Hat = Soldier /or Guard?

[Rod In Sussex]

Not sure!

If he was a Foots Guards Officer it is very unlikely that he would have started in a colonial cavalry unit in the middle of WW1. I would also have expected that he would have been a Captain (or at least an Acting Captain) by 1917.

See what else comes up on the London Gazette. If it is the right one and the story is correct, you should see entries for Lieut, Capt, Maj and then Lt Col. A military careare covering 20 years or so.

Another way forward is by using "Who's Who" for the 1920s and 1930s. I do not know of a link on line, but most reference sections of a local Library should be able to help. A Col in the Guards in the 1930s was a someone, usually with a private income and worth a fortune. If you are of more humble stock, you may need to think again.

Rod

[Rod In Sussex]

I assume you have looked up

http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/lists/ba1918.htm

Loads of information and links.

Rod

[Lesanne]

                            This is what I'm up against.
 
                       Grandad say's he was in the MUD guards.. 

                        and promptly fell about  laughing....

                                               Lesanne 

[Rod In Sussex]

Tow other options.

1)   He just liked the picture and made up a story for you when you were a child.

2)   He may have been a batman (army officers servant) and in later life mixed the stories of what he did and the Colonel did.

Keep looking, something will come out and I am sure that it will be interesting.   

Rod

[Lesanne]

  I have now found he was in Royal Fusiliers. I have a collar stud which has got a round bit at the bottom with a flame coming out.

There are also three medals one of these is silver with a angel, one is a horse and rider and the other one has writting which is war for civillisation.
 
We have six medal ribbons of various colour combinations. The other three medals have gone to a gr8 aunt.
 
All these medals have F.W. Cox and his army number.
He served in India, in about 1910-1913.

Could you tell me, other than going to Kew, which site could I feed this information in2.

                                              Lesanne.

[Gardener]

If you know his service no and he was in the 1st world war then his medal card should be here

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/militaryhistory/

(click GO where it says campaign medals)

[Lesanne]

      With his army number. Downloaded from the N.A. , 6 cards/forms with various details of service history.  Just going from different regiments/ battalions.

   I have a better idea of what it's about than I did yesterday. 

        Thank you all so much for your patience and great help.  Lesanne. 

[manmack]

one of those medals is a victory medal,look on the rims,his details will be engraved there,manmack