After getting in touch with distant family for the first time this week, I thought I'd dig out a few photographs that I inherited from my grandparents and their parents again in hope that they could help me identify a few of them.
Two photos of one person in his uniform (https://imgur.com/a/Zeypz), written "Uncle Bill RAF" on the back came up. I sent them over and he didn't seem to know who they were, but I'm trying to identify what war the photos were taken during by the clothing - if any war at all - in hope I can narrow down a few possibilities!
He would have most likely been on the side of the British.
Thank you!
Hello there! As your question is related to looking for identification/information regarding military personnel, our Guide on Military Identification may be of use to you. It provides a number of different resources, including how to request service records from a number of national agencies around the world, as well as graphical aids to assist in deciphering rank, unit, and other forms of badges or insignia. While the users here may still be able to lend you more assistance, hopefully this will provide a good place to start!
Early World War II seems likely; the hat appears to be an RAF pith helmet or ["Helmet, Wolseley pattern (Tropical)"] (http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30100814), and according to Malcolm Hobart's Badges and Uniforms of the Royal Air Force they were issued until 1942 (though they wouldn't all suddenly have disappeared at that point). Andrew Cormack's The Royal Air Force 1939-45 from Osprey's Men-at-Arms series says that "Bush shirts developed into jackets during the war, acquiring pockets in the skirts, a belt, and, usually, large black plastic buttons", suggesting wartime rather than inter-war, but with local variations it's not an exact science.
The RAF was not formed until after WWI, so definitely not WWI.