Photo in need of identifying.

[JayPrime]

I have this photo of two military soldiers in uniform and two men in suits behind that I'm struggling to place.
I have been told that the man at the back right was my Nan's father, who once served in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, but I have no proof to this claim. I have a second photo of only him, which shows the badge on his right in a bit more detail, though I'm struggling to identify it.

Any information would be very useful.

[Bill A]

Hello JayPrime, welcome to the Forum. Your account is active and open for posts.

[Jelly Terror]

Looks like the Silver War Badge.

JT

[GriffMJ]

10H, 12L or 3DG (seated left) ..... and its an SWB as JT said.

[Jelly Terror]

Originally Posted by JayPrime

I have this photo of two military soldiers in uniform and two men in suits behind that I'm struggling to place.
I have been told that the man at the back right was my Nan's father, who once served in the Royal Marine Light Infantry, but I have no proof to this claim. I have a second photo of only him, which shows the badge on his right in a bit more detail, though I'm struggling to identify it.

Any information would be very useful.

If you have access to Ancestry.com, and know your Gt. Grandfather’s name, you should be able, through the SWB records, (oops, sorry Nozzer) Silver War Badge records, to discover his unit, service number etc.

JT

[Alan O]

For the seated cavalryman. I think you can go for 10th Hussars or 3rd Dragoon Guards and disregard 12th Lancers: as the latter's collar badges had changed to lances from the Victorian Prince of Wales ' feathers some 10 years before WW1 started.

[GriffMJ]

Originally Posted by Alan O

For the seated cavalryman. I think you can go for 10th Hussars or 3rd Dragoon Guards and disregard 12th Lancers: as the latter's collar badges had changed to lances from the Victorian Prince of Wales ' feathers some 10 years before WW1 started.

My bad

[Sunray9]

Jay - If you know his full name try googling The National Archives - Discovery, in the search bar type in his full name followed by the letters ADM, you may well get a hit regarding his Certificate of Service, usually costs £3.50 to down load.

(Note ... for the benefit of the readership, I believe the letters ADM are short for Admiralty, not 'Initials' you understand ... just saying like !!)

[Toby Purcell]

A number of Yeomanry regiments wore the PofW feathers very prominently as a collar badge, in particular the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry. Is there any family connection with that County?