Please Help Identify Regiment
 

As far as I know the chap on the left was conscripted in 1917 and served in the Labour Corps. He was from Manchester and had been refused service before, due to poor eye sight.
Any help appreciated?

Looks like it could be the fat bugle DLI (Durham Light Infantry) to me.

My first thoughts too, looks like DLI.

Must be someone else as the man in the photo has 3 overseas service chevrons so was overseas in 1916 at the latest and probably joined up in 1915.

Agreed DLI, and no Labour Corps connection seen?

regards

He has three overseas service chevrons on his right sleeve so he joined before 1917. He is wearing a Light Infantry cap badge, either DLI or KSLI, hard to tell.

Looks like a crown to me rather than a knot of KSLI. But it is difficult to tell as the badge is clearly bent back into the fold of the cap.

Thanks everyone. I'll find out more and come back to you. What is the single chevron on his left arm?

One thing's for sure, it's not the Labour Corps.:)

Believe it’s a good conduct stripe, however I’m no uniform aficionado. Am sure others will correct me if wrong.

The chap's son tells me his father enlisted in May 1917 and the photo was taken in August 1919. He's checking details to solve the mystery.
I'm presuming the chap was transferred to the Light Infantry after overseas service, explaining why only LC service is shown on medal records.
Thanks to all.

That's probably not right. The usual practice was to transfer out of the infantry into the Labour Corps : often on medical downgrading after injury. However it was often common for the soldiers to retain their original infantry badge and not wear the LC badge.

He also appears to be wearing a Medal ribbon but the image quality is not good enough for an identification.

Simon.

I agree with Alan O. Strange to see transfer to Infantry and may be original badge.
No known gallantry award, so the Medal Ribbon is another anomaly. I thought it was a Star Ribbon, but that makes no sense with Enlistment in 1917. I'm suspecting he may have served with DLI or KSLI and the transferred to LC. Hope to find some new evidence soon.
BTW his name is John Archibald Brown, from Manchester. His brother Herbert (the Sgt photo) was in 17th Manchesters and killed at Manchester Hill on 21/3/1918 att to 90/TMB.

Duplicate post.

A lot of John Browns in the army during WWI, a John Brown, service number 184266 served in the DLI followed by 352nd Home Service Works Company of the Labour Corps but of course may be a completely different man.
The ribbon in the photo may be the BWM or VM if he was still in the army for a year or so after the end of the war.
If he didn't leave the UK or served in some areas of India he would have received only the BWM.