Michael Posted 6 March , 2006 Share Posted 6 March , 2006 Here are 2 pictures. Do you think they are the same man? Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J T Gray Posted 6 March , 2006 Share Posted 6 March , 2006 Here are 2 pictures. Do you think they are the same man? They are certainly very similar, aren't they? Try scanning the ears, then fiddling with the resolution to make the pictures the same size, then look at them. I suspect that they are the same chap, but it's surprising how different ears can be shaped - if they match it won't tell you that it's the same man, but it will cut down the likelihood that they are NOT the same chap dramatically. ANy help? Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Hesketh Posted 6 March , 2006 Share Posted 6 March , 2006 They are very, very similar. I'd say yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky53 Posted 6 March , 2006 Share Posted 6 March , 2006 I'd say Yes Jane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Clay Posted 6 March , 2006 Share Posted 6 March , 2006 If they're not, then either they're identical twins or one is the other's double. Hair line, shade and style, the same. They both have the same, slightly dimpled, double chin. Ear shapes very similar. Moustaches, can't see a difference. Nose length and shape, ditto. Who are they/is he - do you know? Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 6 March , 2006 Share Posted 6 March , 2006 even the slightly raised left eyebrow similar. Could we see collar? Different regiments a vote against, same regiment a vote for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max (UK) Posted 6 March , 2006 Share Posted 6 March , 2006 Agreed with everyone - they look like the same man ! What's the story behind the pics? Who is he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt_Hazell_Great_Grandson Posted 6 March , 2006 Share Posted 6 March , 2006 I would say same man in both photos. Roland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob B Posted 6 March , 2006 Share Posted 6 March , 2006 I would say yes. Hair tash even eyes are in my mind identical. But collar badges would be a clinch. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted 6 March , 2006 Share Posted 6 March , 2006 Yes. Even in different regiments - so many men served in more than one! Phil B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ypres1418 Posted 6 March , 2006 Share Posted 6 March , 2006 I vote yes too. for all the above reasons. Mandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muerrisch Posted 6 March , 2006 Share Posted 6 March , 2006 Yes. Even in different regiments - so many men served in more than one! Phil B I think you miss my point: these uniforms appear to be pre-war tunics or frocks, and not many men served in two! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted 6 March , 2006 Share Posted 6 March , 2006 Point taken! Phil B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Posted 6 March , 2006 Author Share Posted 6 March , 2006 Thanks everyone for your input. The top picture is positively identified as Lance Corporal Cotter who won the Buffs only VC in March 1916. He was a pre war regular and was a reservist on the outbreak of war. LB (AKA Grumpy) is correct that they are both pre war tunics. The top picture is the only one I have seen of Cotter and the VC decoration has been superimposed onto his tunic as shown below. He died 8 days after the action in which he won the VC, having had a leg blown off in the craters near the Hohenzollern Redoubt. The bottom picture I recently picked up because it jumped out at me as being Cotter. He is wearing the same type of uniform as the top picture with Buffs collar badges. It is dated 1907 which makes it correct for Cotter's service with the colours or reserve (he had joined in about 1902). Cotter had lost his left eye and wore a glass one. The left eye in the bottom picture does look different. It's rather a nice find if it is Cotter Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaymen Posted 6 March , 2006 Share Posted 6 March , 2006 Most definitely one and the same , well maybe, possibly, more than likely. Hows that for a definitive answer Glyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted 7 March , 2006 Share Posted 7 March , 2006 I reckon you've found your man there - well spotted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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