Original WW2 Era Photo showing British Soldier Aiming Pistol at Camera.

[Heartfeltzero]

[Willmore]

Hi JB.

Really interesting photo, thank you for sharing it with us.

I may be wrong but I would say the soldier is an American, note his webbing, m1936 suspenders, m1910 pistol belt and colt 45 holster. Along with this he is wearing gaiters. I know the US used a similar style of helmet to the British before they used the m1, maybe it is the m1917a1 Kelly Helmet.

Kind regards,

Will.

[Heartfeltzero]

Hey Will,

It certainly could be. What made me wonder though was the uniform itself, which I compared to some British photos online and it looked exactly like it. But I’m certainly no expert when it comes to uniforms, belts, etc. I will definitely look more into it. But you’re most likely right. Thank you for letting me know!

Good day,

JB

[Willmore]

Hopefully a US military uniform collector will see this and help out. I was thinking that he might be either Army or USMC, but I am the same and am not sure about the actual uniform.

I don't know if this will help, but I found this link which shows a video from the Battle of Wake Island and you can see the Marines are wearing the same style helmet.

Wake Island Survivor - UNIFORMS - U.S. Militaria Forum