To help we will need to know where on the arm the stripes were. Upper arm, lower arm, left or right or both? Ted ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lina Moffitt" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 9:51 AM Subject: four stripes, help pls > what rank is signified by 4 stripes on the arm of a WW 1 uniform? there is a badge above these as well. nothing on the collar, he's wearing leather boots to the knee and a strap over the right shoulder down the chest, joining on the left side of a waist belt. photo dated 1918. > > This guy, Hilton John Dewar, served with the Queen's household cavalry and was a standard bearer at her funeral (Qn Vic), then was in the Boer War and then came to Australia as an adviser to our military. > > I cant find anything about him on the AWM site. > > thanks and regards > Lina >