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An unidentified naval officer's photograph

An attempted photograph identification shows the limits of recognising an officer from facial resemblance and a cap.

Question

Can the naval officer in the submitted photograph be identified?

Short answer

No firm identification is reached. The cap is tentatively associated with a destroyer officer, while the face resembles several possible officers.

Notes

The submitted photograph does not produce a firm identification. A resemblance to several officers makes recognition from the face inconclusive. The cap is tentatively described as a destroyer officer's cap. A later suggestion is accompanied by an approximate date of 1938, but the identity remains uncertain. The photograph itself is needed to assess those suggestions.