WW1 soldiers (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Saturday, January 18, 2014, 03:43 (3957 days ago) @ ritpetite

Hi again Rita,
Yes, by the time of WW1 all British Army Regiments wore essentially the same khaki green Service Uniforms as per your photo, so to aid identification each Regiment had different cap badges (the best identifier for WW1 soldiers) plus smaller matching tunic collar badges and buttons. (For ceremonial/parade use - so not in WW1 France - they also had their "dress" uniforms which were the oldfashioned redcoat style). The Glosters were unique in also wearing badges to the back of their caps.
Some links which may help you re the Glosters are in this old post http://forum.forest-of-dean.net/index.php?id=41234, those most relevant to you are as follows:

The Regimental Museum;
http://www.glosters.org.uk/research/

Also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soldiers_of_Gloucestershire_Museum
http://www.glosters.org/
This pdf document details the various military archives of Gloucestershire.
http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/archives/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=11841&p=0

You can search the Glosters' website for soldiers, but this isn't conclusive without further contact with them. Their site does show three William H.James and very helpfully gives their Service Number and Battalion within the Regiment, altho sadly not their middle name:
http://www.glosters.org.uk/soldier/19813
http://www.glosters.org.uk/soldier/19814
http://www.glosters.org.uk/soldier/19815
It may help to search these service numbers on Ancestry etc.

The Museum site also carries thousands of photos of uniforms, badges and soldiers etc which maybe worth browsing for comparison with yours.
http://www.glosters.org.uk/collections/