Looks to be a picture of a group of RF Service battalion soldiers taken in 1915/16 just based on all soldiers wearing leather 14 pattern equipment belts, standard RF Grenade shoulder titles and one soldier wearing the simplified jacket(introduced in Oct 1914 but probably not in widespread wear until late 1914 at the earliest) and all wearing the stiff topped 1905 pattern cap replaced in 1916 by the soft cap (aka trench cap). Of course this dating can't be proven its just my best guess. Battle insignia was not in widespread use until 1917/18 so if it is an earl war picture its quite interesting. I would say given the placement of the patch it's a battalion designation. Its a shame that the left shoulder straps of the other two soldiers are not visible to corroborate this. I'll see what my references turn up when I get home.
Mark
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