A very interesting read thanks for posting.
Whilst I know nothing about battledress or cloth insignia, my own thoughts would be firstly a Lt. Col. is very likely to be wearing tailored attire and second a person of such rank is unlikely to get pulled up on positioning of their insignia.
If the BD, insignia and ribbons individually pass the muster with those in the know as being genuine and period then I’d lean towards it being correct and belonging to the man named but with the trousers as a later addition.
Sadly with the proliferation of fakery and sexing up of all manner of militaria especially by several highly skilled forgers who are well known to this forum it’s unsurprising and wise that everything not strictly matching what is known to be correct is questioned and scrutinised.
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