Photo identification WWI(?)

[Nick Hill]

Hi been going through some old family photos and a couple of unknowns turned up.  Any help in identifying age and regiments greatly appreciated.  \will post separately for clarity


Nick

[Salty]

Royal Army Medical Corps.

Salty

[Nick Hill]

Thanks for the quick reply I guess the red cross was a give away ;-)

can you hazard a guess at the era (or War) and rank?

cheers

Nick

[Salty]

I would only be hazarding a guess by saying possibly between the wars.

He would be an Army Medic, same status as a Private.

Salty

[Nick Hill]

Many thanks Salty

Just to work out who he is in my wifes family now 

[osprey28]

Just a thought - could he have been a medic in a mounted artillery unit - see my post

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,618799.0.html

The tunics look very similar - and in Nick's photo the man has a riding crop  - why would a RAMC medic have that? (or is it a swagger stick)

I'm not claiming any expertise - just an observation.

Osprey 

[Nick Hill]

that certainly makes sense Osprey

would a zoom in on the collar badges help at all?

Nick

[ainslie]

The collar badges are clearly RAMC.  If you Google RAMC you will discover when it was formed, which will give the earliest possible date for the photo.
I would guess at 1920s/30s.
No artillery evidence visible.  The swagger stick was part of walking out dress, in the days when it was normal to be seen in uniform.

[Nick Hill]

Thanks Ainslie

More investigation required to pin down which generation this fellow was from, we can then try and work out who he was

Cheers

Nick