SillyOldGrandad

No DCM awards to RN until 1916 (Royal Naval Division) and 1942 (Royal Navy and Royal Air Force). RN had the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal instead. Pete.

It would depend on how long he served for. If he had any other service medals the most likely one would be the UN medal for Cyprus. Pete.

A small correction for the record, the King's Regiment (Liverpool) was amalgamated with the Manchester Regiment in 1958 to form the King's Regiment (Manchester and Liverpool). The medal belongs to the latter. Pete.

Badly fretted, pimply finish, apparent artificial ageing especially to the rear, not one that I would throw money at, sorry. Pete.

I would advise you to join the British and Commonwealth Military Badge Forum for the best advice on the authenticity of those badges. I usually avoid giving opinions myself on what is good or bad as it generally tends to be too much hassle. I will only say that several of yours would not appeal to me if I was still a collector. Pete.

Tony, he could have served in WW1 entirely on home service in which case he would have had no medal entitlement at all. Pete.

The photo is definitely post-WW1 as shown by the medal ribbons worn by the two men in the centre. The corporal is wearing the ribbon of the Military Medal as well as the WW1 trio and the other man wears the ribbons of the WW1 trio as well. The photo has more of a late 1920s/early 1930s look about it. Pete.

The 1914 Star ribbon is the wrong way round, it should be red white blue from left to right. The oak leaf should be on the ribbon of the Victory Medal. Pete.

My blunder.

Going by the buttons I would say Durham Light Infantry and if so the facings should be dark green. Pete.

Thanks, I thought that might be the case but it seems rather odd somehow. Pete.

I am wondering if a holder of the QGM on being awarded the KGM would receive the KGM or a clasp to be worn on the QGM. Just a thought. Pete.

Nice one No one. Pete.

He is a cadet with the Sedbergh School Officers Training Corps. The town of Sedbergh was, back then, in the former county of Westmorland but, thanks to interfering Government pen-pushers, is now of course in Cumbria. The arm badge is the shield from the school crest and bears representations of 3 wolves, 3 lilies, 2 escallop shells and the Tau Cross. Pete.

Terry, if you look at it as a red x instead of a red + you have, with the blue circle, the emblem of the Saint Andrew's Ambulance Association. In 1904 they formed the Saint Andrew's Ambulance Corps which had sections serving in France attached to the medical services in WW1. They would have worn standard British Army uniforms with Red Cross insignia so maybe you have a StAAC sleeve badge or something like that. Pete.