My alleged star is eclipsed by ShaunJ's uncanny ability to find things other researchers have not found. His suggestion makes a great deal of sense. Stanley served over 4 years so the good conduct badge adds up. While his surviving record does not record a wounding, he was sent home from France in August 1918 after four months in the field which may have been a result of wounds. That said, the man in the photo has two wound stripes which should have warranted an entry on his history sheet. The specific records on which woundings were also recorded, his AFB 103, is not with these records.
Frankly I am at a loss. I don't find him on a casualty list (although by coincidence Lionel Albert in the Manchesters does appear in November 1918).
It doesn't help but he is wearing black cloth covering one of his tunic buttons which indicates mourning for a dead soldier relative - presumably Gordon Sidney who died in 1916
MaxD
