Identity of Great War Soldier.

[abbeybarrie]

This is a great longshot , but i have exhausted all other means to place an identity to this man. Seems a great war soldier of the 13th London Regiment (Kensington) , picture taken by Sweatman Hedgeland LTD in Maidstone UK . Any information is helpful .

[jim1]

The style & quality of the picture indicates to me that this is post war & probably 1920's, also if this was WW1 I would expect to see a shoulder title.

[Girl Guide]

Ooo, tough one here Abbey, isn't it?

He looks quite fresh faced so I'm wondering if this was taken before he went to do any fighting.

You say the photo was taken in Maidstone which suggests that either he lived there or was stationed there before going out to the war front.

Have you considered contacting the Imperial War Museum to ask them if they have a list of soldiers from the relevant regiment?  Do they have any photos with names at all?  If you haven't contacted the IWM, below is their contact page link:

https://www.iwm.org.uk/form/contact-iwm

When you have filled in your contact details, choose London for which branch etc.

For what is your enquiry about, I would pick the 'Doing research at IWM' option

Then you can fill in the boxes at the bottom and see what happens from that.

Worth a try.

You don't say what avenues you have already explored but have you tried local family history societies in the Maidstone area?  Or maybe tried to get the photo put in local papers?