Photograph from Shropshire.

[Bruce_in_Oz]

Is that electrical wiring on the eaves just behind the soldier's head?

If so, when was that part of Britain 'electrified?

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[Mk VII]

Is that electrical wiring on the eaves just behind the soldier's head? If so, when was that part of Britain 'electrified?

I think it's a on a railway station. The porcelain insulators will be part of the telegraph system. The railways had their own telegraph network, which was separate from the Post Office system.

The uniform looks South African war, or slightly later.