Photo date please??

[Spaceman]

Hi can anyone help me with when approx this might have been taken and any thing else that might be usefull thanx
Dave

[MarkJ]

I will leave that one to the experts I think! I would suggest Boer War, but that is a pure guess!

Mark

[Julia Ball]

Definately BEF, could be India? or Africa also

[Spaceman]

Definately BEF, could be India? or Africa also

thanx for your help can i ask what is BEF?

[Shadrack]

I think it stands for "British Expeditionary Force "

[Spaceman]

Brill Thanx

[peter nicholl]

Hi Dave
BEF does stand for British Expeditionary Force.
Is he your Grand Dad? You could try and look up his records at The National Archives (TNA). First World War Medal Cards are available from them on line. It depends on whether he had a fairly common name as to how easy it is to do.
I guess it to be WWI and looking at his apparent age, I would concentrate on Army Units serving in the Middle East and Gallipoli. Try Googling "Great War Forum" and "Regiments of the British Army" and try cross referencing with the TNA info. If you can get to, or get someone to look for you at Kew it may well be possible to get his Service Records.
Peter

[castellcoch]

First world war middle east?

There are lots of books on military uniforms, try Amazon.