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Impressive

the hat looks familiar, design still being used today

Obviously a classic!

A fine photo.

wonderful

From www.thePeerage.com Major George Henry Wyndham Bayley d. 16 August 1941 Major George Henry Wyndham Bayley married Ada Caulfeild, daughter of George Caulfeild and Thomasina Royce, on 14 July 1904. He died on 16 August 1941. He gained the rank of Major in the service of the Royal Artillery

George Henry Wyndham Bayley was Commissioned from the Royal Military Academy Woolwich into the Royal Artillery on 15 Jun 1895 (London Gazette 4024 of 16 Jul 1895). The officer depicted is wearing the uniform and accoutrements of the Rifle Brigade - that in itself is a puzzle? George Henry Wyndham Bayley died at Pleasant Point, South Canterbury, New Zealand - the brief obituary refers to him as late Major Royal Artillery. His name is also mentioned in the London Gazette of 10 Nov 1922, as an executor of the will of a George Caulfeild of Tunbridge Wells - his father-in-law?

George Henry Wyndham Bayley, (b. 1875), married Ada Caulfeild at Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, Paddington, Middlesex on 14 Jul 1904. Their daughter Mary Beatrice (or Beatrix) Bayley was born in 1906 and they are recorded in the 1911 census as living in Keylong, Mortlestown, Co Tipperary, Ireland. //

I am the granddaughter of George Henry Wyndham Bayley and this is certainly not his photograph. I do have a photo of him in army uniform and can supply it. During his army career he served in Sierra Leone, India and in the Boer War. He was wounded in the Battle of the Marne in August 1914 and this effectively ended his army career. He lived in Headcorn, Kent from 1922 to 1930 when he, his wife, one daughter and two sons emigrated to New Zealand. He is buried in the Pleasant Point, South Canterbury cemetery. One son, Michael was the 26th Battalion, NZ Infantry and was killed in North Africa in 1941. Another son, Peter served in World War 11 in the Royal Navy and died in 2009. His daughter died in Dublin in 1990.

Hi Geraldine, it would be great if you could add the photo of your grandfather to the Your Faces of the First World War group at: www.flickr.com/groups/your_faces_ww1. Thanks for your comments.

Beautiful photograph, perfectly composed. These military boots with straps are very stylish :-)

beautiful

Wonderful image and capture. Have a happy Easter.

I've been scouring Google and Wiki to see if I can get a match on the cap or collar badges to no avail. As each officer was expected to provide himself with a horse it may be that these are infantry officers rather than cavalry. There are two different regiments on display here, the chaps with the boots and jodhpurs have their rank markings on their cuffs while the officer on the right front has his on his epaulette. Looking at the young man at the front and the other at the rere they look so young, their chances if they got to the front were slim to put it mildly.

Swordscookie Five of the men have collar badges of the Royal Artillery, the fact that they are wearing spurs would indicate Field Artillery and not Garrison Artillery. The officer seated on the right might be an infantry officer, possibly a Captain judging by his shoulder badges. Royal Artillery Collar Badge