Help identifying miltary dress in photograph
Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2017 3:20 pm
Afternoon all! I have very limited experience with military records, and the few military men in my family tree served almost exclusively with the Seaforth Highlanders (couple Gordon Highlanders, and a pre-amalgamation 92nd Highlander in there too) so this is stumping me.
My dad gave me a collection of photos from his side of the family, and most of the people in them are identified - apart from one formal portrait of a soldier that nobody seems to know the name of. I'm looking to see if I can narrow down the regiment, rank, time period etc. based on the photograph and see if it matches up with any known military men in the family - it wouldn't be definite proof, but it would be a possibility.
Can anyone advise resources I can use to do this? If anyone recognises any aspect of the photo, please feel free to chip in!
My dad gave me a collection of photos from his side of the family, and most of the people in them are identified - apart from one formal portrait of a soldier that nobody seems to know the name of. I'm looking to see if I can narrow down the regiment, rank, time period etc. based on the photograph and see if it matches up with any known military men in the family - it wouldn't be definite proof, but it would be a possibility.
Can anyone advise resources I can use to do this? If anyone recognises any aspect of the photo, please feel free to chip in!