Lina can you make out the badge? A crown might mean that he was an Company Sargent Major (or the cavalry equivalent) or WOI, and if something else a WOII or RSM - I think Mike Boyd ----- Original Message ----- From: Lina Moffitt <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 8:51 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 > > > ==== AUS-MILITARY Mailing List ==== > Please support RootsWeb who make this list possible > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html >