Unknown named soldier.

[High Wood]

This one should be easy to identify but I cannot make out the surname or the regiment. The shoulder title is indistinct but appears to have straight edges at either end, such as R.M.L.I. However, I think that his belt might indicate service with a Corps. I had thought the the first letter of the surname was P but it might be a fancy L. If so, I have a candidate in 28366 Pte Harry Lowe of the Durham Light Infantry who later served in the Labour Corps.

Your thoughts are welcome.

[Milmed]

I read the s/t as RFA - Royal Field Artillery !

[Alan O]

Yes he is a gunner.

[Pembird]

Possibly Powes ?

[Phil2M]

RFA is what I see, too

[Chipper]

This might be way off, but could the first 2 letters be "Pr"?

Cheers, Tim

[High Wood]

Originally Posted by Chipper

This might be way off, but could the first 2 letters be "Pr"?

Cheers, Tim

I originally thought that it read Proves but there are no soldiers of this name amongst the medal index cards. I also tried Powes and Prowes. There are quite a few Gunners called Harry Lowes.

[leigh kitchen]

Gower? Rowe's? I'm working through the alphabet.......

[tarabelle]

Perves?

[High Wood]

Originally Posted by tarabelle

Perves?

How dare you, I was acquitted and the judge said that I was free to go without a stain on my character.

Oh, you mean as a surname? Well actually there is one but he was in the K.R.R.C. not the Royal Field Artillery.

[grumpy]

No lanyard though

[Hoot]

I think it's either Gower or Power going by the way the writer did his letter "r".

[High Wood]

There were three Harry Powers in the R.F.A but with no way of identifying the right one. I think I will never be able to narrow this down.

Harry Power. Royal Field Artillery. 19996

Harry Power. Royal Field Artillery. 826, 740372

Harry Power. Royal Field Artillery. 91694

Thank you for your help.

[Paul Spellman]

Simon,
With the full stop after his first name it may be a place name, if it’s sent to a wife/girlfriend he wouldn’t have to put his surname.
Paul

[High Wood]

Originally Posted by Paul Spellman

Simon,
With the full stop after his first name it may be a place name, if it’s sent to a wife/girlfriend he wouldn’t have to put his surname.
Paul

Paul,

good point, but a full stop can also indicate that a word has been abbreviated, in this case Harold to Harry.

M.M. and R.F.C. to indicate Military Medal and Royal Flying Corps is correct, MM, RFC is wrong. However, I suspect that young Harry was probably not bothered about the finer points of punctuation.

Simon.