Hi Wendy, The four stripes and Crown sound very much like the 19th century ranking of a Regimental Sergeant Major of the British Army with the crossed rifles perhaps indicating a marksman or sniper proficiency award. If you have a scan of the photograph I'd be more than happy to help you out with identification. Gary Canterbury, Kent > -----Original Message----- > From: Wendy Atkin [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 26 September 2003 6:01 pm > To: [email protected] > Subject: [BOER-WAR] Rank - four stripes? > > > Dear List, > > I have a photograph of a soldier of the 2nd VB, Lincolnshire > Regiment who went out to South Africa. He has four chevrons > on his right sleeve and over this is a pair of crossed rifles > and a what looks like a crown. Could anyone please tell me > what rank this man would hold? > > Wendy > [email protected]