Identification of regiment through uniform required, if possible.

[PabloC]

Afternoon,

I would be grateful if anybody might be able to assist in providing any information that is extractable from the attached photo.

The subject is one Edward Stanley, who it is known served in India during the First World War. Other than this, we do not have any further information.

From my own observations, given the riding crop he his holding, might he have belonged to a cavalry unit? Also, am I correct in stating that the chevron, visible on his left sleeve is a good conduct strip?

Any assistance would be much appreciated!

Regards

Paul

[John915]

Good evening,

Yes, that is a long service and good conduct stripe. Below it is what could be a marksman's badge. There is possibly a pair of collar badges as well but I am unable to make them out at the moment.

He is carrying a riding crop but does not have spurs. Whether he is cavalry is impossible to say at the moment, if we could see his puttees clearly that would have helped. Infantry wound them from the bottom up, cavalry from the top down.

He could also be artillery, service corps or mounted infantry.

John915

[PabloC]

John,

Thanks for taking the time to have a look. I was also aware of badge below the good conduct strip, but couldn't hazard a guess as to what it might be.

Unfortunately, the photo is a scan (600dpi) of a copy, however, the puttees are no clearer on the copy.

Having been told that he served in India, I was on the National Archives website earlier on and their list of theatres of war (in relation to the MIC's and their codes) states that 'Frontier regions of India' was a theatre (Code '5' - up to 31 Dec 1915 and '6g' - from 1 Jan 1916).

Reading a bit more (and I'm happy to be corrected here if necessary...) it seems to relate to the North Western Frontier of India i.e. Khyber Pass/Afghan border area.

Paul

[fred1951]

Hi Paul

Was it a family member that suggested he served in India during the First World War, if so do they have an idea where he was born or if he married?

Julia 

[PabloC]

Hi Julia,

I am looking into this on behalf of a work colleague (Edward being their maternal Grandfather). It is their mother (daughter of Edward) who has said that he served in India, and that he contracted Malaria whilst serving over there, suffering recurring bouts thereafter.

Edward was born in Liverpool in 1897 and married Sarah Jennings in Liverpool  in 1915.

Regards

Paul

[fred1951]

Hi John

Oh that's a pity I thought I found him but the chap I was tracking yesterday was born in Bristol and then lived in Wales. I'll have another look though a few more Edward Stanley's.

Julia