Can anyone help me decipher this signature?

[LaBelleSauvage123]

I’m doing some family tree research and can’t find this person - it’s definitely a male. What do you think?

I haven’t actually read the letter (although I really should - I find historical letters so interesting!) but if there’s a military connection I would research on websites specifically set up for military history. US and U.K. to start off with.

I haven't read back over the thread so apologies if it has already been suggested but could he perhaps have had the first name Hamish?

Ignore that. Have now just started to read back and seen that suggestion already.

My mum is German and she's trying to decipher and is a bit confused by the full stop after the first name. She was wondering if she could see more of the text?

Well, except that Kythwitz doesn't really look like a German name. Ky- isn't a letter combination that really gets used in German.

Judging by the last few letters of the word “affectionately” written above it, I’d say the name ends in “ty”. (I’d be looking at the handwriting elsewhere on the page to decipher the entire name)

Any chance it starts Kz?
Kz.h..ts?

I see Kyltwutz

For posters who are asking, I’ve posted the whole letter earlier in the thread.

Here is more detail about Jack’s movements
www.theargylls.co.uk/service1stash1921.php

Is he a John with the nickname Jack?

Sorry I had missed the letter earlier in the thread, sometimes when you scroll it jumps bits.

Still over-invested!

That’s brilliant thank you! Yes he is, as was his father.

I think it ends in ty, the long stroke belongs to the last up stroke not the middle one

Kylb...?
I think he's added the long line after to underline 'affectionately'

Agree could end in t z

Kali tzigane?

Sorry auto correct
Kalbitz
(Kyalbitz)

Could the first name be Harris?

Would a Harals Kjbelson (as transcribed) be a possibility? Born c.1884 and shown on a passenger list leaving Liverpool for New York on the Teutonic in 1902.

Harris Kyducuty?

Kyllucuts?

Hans kylbunz ???

Riftgibbon - did you find that person on ancestry? I can’t find anyone of that name.

I really think I’ve exhausted all possibilities starting Ky that appear on ancestry. I don’t subscribe to any other genealogy sites but have got the premium subscription on ancestry so can search worldwide.

LaBelle - I am on Findmypast. But some of the transcriptions are a little off.
If you can see passenger lists on ancestry you should be able to find the ship and compare info?
I am not on the computer right now but can ping you what I found, later.
I think the correct name lies somewhere in the mix here. I tried to look at the list that was scanned in, but didn't get time to look thoroughly to come up with alternatives to what the transcriber had written. Again will try to do that later.

Thank you Rift