Uniform ID help Please

[John915]

Good evening,

The spurs do not necessarily mean cavalry. He is an officer and quite senior with the braid on his peak.


I will try and find the IMS shoulder titles.


John915

[Treetotal]

Thanks so much for your helpful response John, it's very much appreciated 
Carol

[jess5athome]

Definitely looks to be the "Indian Medical Service" shoulder title.


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/IMS-Indian-Medical-Service-Shoulder-Title-Badge-/192213388443

It's a shame you don't have a name, there is a list of officer's here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_Medical_Service_officers


Frank.

[Treetotal]

Thanks for the info Frank...it's much appreciated. At least I can put the info with the photo which could help with a lead.
Carol

[SiGr]

One thing I note is he has no collar badges.  Regiments that typically do not wear those are Household Division units, i.e. the Household Cavalry and the Foot Guards (Coldstreams, Grenadiers, etc.). Of course, times change so that might have been different in the past. That said, identifying units whose officers did not wear collar badges might help you narrow things down. If he was Guards, the arrangement of buttons would tell you which Regiment - but the IMS suggests he is not Foot Guards. On his rank - you can see a Crown which would indicate a Major. There might be a 'pip' below that in the fold of the fabric, in which case he would be a Lieutenant-Colonel. If he had two 'pips' he would be a Colonel - but as he has no gorget patches on his collar that means he is not, so he is either a Major or a Lieutenant-Colonel. On the spurs, 'Field Officers' (i.e. Lt-Cols and Majors) typically wear them as, by convention, they would have been on a horse. In other words, spurs do not always mean someone was/is in a cavalry unit. Hope that is of some little help. Happy, as always, to be corrected if I have got any of that wrong.