http://www.members.dca.net/fbl/

Note the listing for Sgt William Drinkwater is a little hard to come up on the following index
http://www.members.dca.net/fbl/phtobrit.html
-here it is
http://www.members.dca.net/fbl/pdrinkwater.html

Note his son James William Drinkwater- Serjeant Drummer like his ...

Similar query at http://www.britishmedalforum.com/viewto ... =2&t=97425

Im Not a expert but that could be a Freemason uniform

Its now the Queen's Royal Lancers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Royal_Lancers

Try to get in touch with the Regimental Museum

try placing your query at the following website
http://military-historians.org/company/forums.htm

hope it is helpful

Note he has been identified
http://www.britishmedalforum.com/viewto ... =2&t=73709
http://www.britishmedalforum.com/viewto ... 61&t=97427

Gerhardi Davis wrote a book about standards carried by the Americans; French, Germans and British durung US Revolutionary War Period. One puzzle is at link at http://www.usa-flag-site.org/forum/briitsh-union-jack-story-11307.html#post36190

According to davis the flag Staff had Number XII on it ...

try placing query at http://www.military-historians.org/comp ... CWUS.htm#z
Note-must register to place query

Link of interest
http://www.britishmedalforum.com/

try and see if there is a Regimental Museum of the unit your father was with and try to contact them

Link of Interest:
http://www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine. ... 10041.html

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/323274079471697678/
Clues to Identity:
He is missing his left arm
Can anyone tell what service Branch Uniform he is wearing?
Can anyone tell what decorations he is wearing?

This picture-apparently reveresed! is that of a British War Veteran and his wife about 1860
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: ... rotype.jpg

Can anyone id the medal he wears on his jacket?