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. > The RAF wasn't formed until April 1918, from the Royal Flying Corp (Army) and the royal Navay Air Service (Navy) So your gt-uncle would probably have been in the RFC initially. -- Graeme Wall This account not read, substitute trains for rail. Railway Miscellany at <http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail>