Hi Linda, No, it doesn't seem silly, but it's definitely not an English Bobby's uniform. There's a rumour that they still walk about round here, although I haven't seen one for some time as they all seem to be busy filling in forms, and whilst I can see what would make you think the helmet looks similar, this one is in fact a military pith helmet. It also has a puggaree, which is the scarf or band just above the brim. There's a picture of a Boer war uniform with some similarities at http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.injersey.com/images/day/0103/lindys.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.injersey.com/day/story/0,2379,366868,00.html&h=285&w=190&sz=11&hl=en&start=27&tbnid=YX5KPRptWNRq-M:&tbnh=115&tbnw=77&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dboer%2Buniform%26start%3D20%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26rls%3DGEUA,GEUA:2006-02,GEUA:en%26sa%3DN (sorry this is the via Google link - the direct link doesn't work properly at the moment) The uniform on this link is not identical. For example the tunic collar is different, the pith helmet has a much narrower brim, and the badge is mounted mostly on the puggaree rather than above it as on Valerie's photograph. For Linda's comparison, there's a picture of an English police helmet at http://www.fotosearch.com/PHD359/os44022/ Evenin' All. Rgds, Bob Thornley, Bolton From: "Charles & Linda" <cap38@verizon.net> > This may seem silly, but could it be an English Bobby in your photo rather > than a military soldier. It looks like photos I've seen of the Bobbies. > Hopefully, some other lister will have a better answer for you but thought > I'd throw that out to you 'in case'. > Best wishes, Linda in the US > > > > > ==== ENG-LAN-BOLTON Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list, send the command "unsubscribe" to > ENG-LAN-BOLTON-L-request@rootsweb.com (if in mail mode) or > ENG-LAN-BOLTON-D-request@rootsweb.com (if in digest mode.) > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >