The Yeomanry


Band 1899


There had been a band since the early days of the regiment c1827. They had dress distinctions which in 1845 included a fur busby while the rest of the regiment had the bell-topped shako. The 1845 busbies had a scarlet bag and plume. Also the braid on their hussar jackets was blue-and-yellow speckled instead of plain yellow. The busby was replaced by the scarlet shako for the band in 1853, six years after the rest of regiment had been issued with it. The plume was black like those of the regiment but the cap-lines were speckled. In 1865 the whole regiment changed over to wearing the busby and the band and trumpeters followed suit but had a scarlet plume instead of the white over red plume.

The musicians in this photo wear the serge frocks issued to the regiment in 1898 to replace the stable jackets. The pillbox forage cap was scarlet with yellow cap-band. The sergeant has a wide gold band and the bandmaster, in frock-coat, has an officer-style cap with gold braid figuring on top. All the men have the new badge on their collars, the acorn and oak-leaves. The reports on the regiment usually refer to the 'excellent band'.


Band | South Nottingham Hussars


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