Barney09 Posted 22 December , 2014 Share Posted 22 December , 2014 Thanks for previous help.... A new picture has come to light..... This Gent is my Great Uncle Frederick Hill born 1880 ish South Molton Devon ... I have no idea about anything else.... Can anyone suggest where to start with this photo?What's with the shorts?????? Many Thanks Barney.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4thGordons Posted 22 December , 2014 Share Posted 22 December , 2014 Gave him a bit of a clean up - makes some things more obvious. Tropical shorts/Wollsely(Pith Helmet) suggest it was probably taken in India or the Middle East (Egypt/Palestine etc). He appears to have a medal ribbon visible but I cannot identify it.(it may be a blemish but I don't think so) Can't see any unit insignia on the pith helment. It is possible that he has Khaki drill shorts but a wool Service Dress Jacket - a mixture more common in Mesopotamia/Salonika etc. but I don't see any evidence of lower pockets so it is probably a KD jacket too Is there anything on the back of the card? (photographer mark/language hint etc?) Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon92 Posted 22 December , 2014 Share Posted 22 December , 2014 He is wearing a single medal riband. With a birth date of 1880 it is probably a Queen's S. Africa medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 23 December , 2014 Share Posted 23 December , 2014 I agree that the jacket looks as if it is serge. It might be an India Pattern serge jacket. A number of patterns were used in India that fell outside those used at home. Tailoring was so cheap there that much local purchase was carried out for clothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HERITAGE PLUS Posted 23 December , 2014 Share Posted 23 December , 2014 Hi Barney Could the man - holder of the Queens South Africa Medal - detailed in these forms be your man? Father - John and Wife - Emily Dave Second Form Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 23 December , 2014 Share Posted 23 December , 2014 If it is the same man, he was previously in the Militia/Special Reserve with the 4th Battalion Devonshire Regt. I think that would probably have made him a Group D Reservist upon the outbreak of war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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