Other Ranks, 1829


A lithograph by Edward Hull of two men of the regiment. On the left is a private on guard duty, holding a carbine. He is in full dress except for his blue overalls. His coatee has red facings, the collar decorated with a doubled strip of gold lace, and the cuff with a gilt button. Other ranks wore a stiff black stock under the collar and this can just be seen. There are three more buttons on his forarm; they don't have gold lace chevrons like the man next to him. The tails of the coatee have white turnbacks and at least three gilt buttons. The pouchbelt shows the pouch clearly and his gilt shoulder scale can be seen.
The man on the left is the Regimental Corporal-Major. His hat is in stark contrast to the private's helmet. It is a wide-topped undress cap with red hatband. His coatee is similar to the private's but he is not wearing a cuirass. The gold lace chevrons on his sleeves would be echoed on the tails of the coat where the private has only buttons. His rank is denoted not only by the aiguilette on his left shoulder but by the short-fringed epualettes peculiar to his unique rank.


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