Judging by the TNA research guide on the subject http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/passport.htm, you are unlikely to find a photograph and it looks as if the Passport Office only deals with living passport holders Colin From: Denis McElhinney > Sent: Tuesday, 21 January 2014 19:31 > To: SOG-UK@rootsweb.com > Reply To: sog-uk@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SOG-UK] Passport photos > > My father had two uncles who emigrated to Africa in 1921 to work on the > railways. Within 15 years both had died there of Malaria. I have > details of > the passports issued to them in London before the journey and I have a > variety of documents from Northern Rhodesia including their death > certificates. > Does anyone know whether the Passport Office would have copies of their > passport photos and if so whether I could apply for these? > Thanks > Denis >

The Wikipedia entry for 'British passport' includes the following: "The British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914 was passed on the outbreak of World War I. A new format was introduced in 1915: a single sheet folded into eight with a cardboard cover. It included a description of the holder as well as a photograph, and had to be renewed after two years." The Wikipedia entry for "Passport" includes: "During World War I, European governments introduced border passport requirements for security reasons (to keep out spies) and to control the emigration of citizens with useful skills, retaining potential manpower. These controls remained in place after the war, and became standard procedure, though controversial. British tourists of the 1920s complained, especially about attached photographs and physical descriptions, which they considered led to a "nasty dehumanization"." David