Officers 1866


The officers of the 14th Hussars posed for this photo in England, probably Hounslow, in 1866 when Mole had been with the regiment about 3 years. It is interesting for the fact that it shows the only two majors in the regiment who were still there when the 14th were in Glasgow at the time of the pay mutiny.The stout-looking officer seated grandly on a chair in the middle is Major Robert Johnson Brown. He is a likely candidate for the un-named major who arrogantly refused to give the three days pay to the men on crowd control duty in Glasgow, thus causing the mutiny. He left the regiment in 1867 or early 1868. The other major was Frederick Barclay Chapman who is lurking behind the CO, Lt-Colonel Thompson, leaning on the pillar behind Brown's chair. Chapman left the regiment later, in 1870 or 71. Mole refers to the major as being young which would point at Chapman rather than Brown. But he also says the major left the regiment soon after the incident, so Brown is more likely to be the guilty man.


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