Officer and Private 1917


The 14th Hussars were in Mesopotamia in World War 1. This detail from Lambert's painting of the 14th at the surrender of Kazimain in March 1917 shows a seated officer watching the town through binoculars and a private with his and the officer's horse. Another private lies on the ground under his horse to the left of the picture. They wear light coloured hot weather uniforms for the Middle East. The private has jodhpurs and puttees, and a Wolseley helmet. On the other side of the helmet is a coloured regimental flash which appears to be a square with green and yellow either side of a diagonal. That is how they appear on figures on the other side of the painting. The horses are fitted with saddles that have bags of feed and other items attached. The private's horse is the paler chestnut coloured animal with a blanket over the front of the saddle. The officer's saddle has leather wallets at the front. There is a bucket attached to the private's stirrup for the rifle butt to rest.


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