On 30/01/2015 20:18, Richard Smith wrote: > Is anyone here an expert on WWI military uniforms? If so, could they > take a quick glance at this photograph? > > http://www.wikitree.com/photo/png/Smith-76395 > > It's of my great uncle, aged about 17 and wearing what seems to be an > WWI-era British army tunic. In later life, however, he claimed to be in > the RAF during WWI. His name (George Smith) makes it too difficult to > verify this in the historical record, but I was hoping someone might be > able to tell me whether it's an RAF or an army tunic. > > Richard Lance corporal stripe on the arm? Couldn't find anything identical using google images (eg nothing with the same combination of the collar and pointed flaps on the pockets). Some American and Canadian uniforms came close but also had big buttons on the collar.