Private, India c1880

From 1876 to 1881 the 14h were stationed in India, first Poona and then Bangalore. This photo was taken during that period and shows a man from the rank and file with his personal servant. An earlier member of the regiment, Private George Tookey, wrote a journal of his life in India during the Sikh War of 1848 and commented that the soldiers 'live like gentlemen here'. The man in the photo is named as John Simpson Condor who was the son of John and Louisa. He died in 1890 aged 35. He wears the summer uniform of white breeches and knee boots with a blue tunic made of a light material. The cuffs are ornamented with yellow braid formed into a single loop. There also seems to be braid around the edge of the tunic and the top and bottom of the collar. There is one breast pocket without a flap. The shoulders have cords, probably of blue material, to keep the pouch-belt in place when worn on the left shoulder, and the haversack and water bottle on the right shoulder. He would have a sword attached to a waist-belt worn under the tunic. His white tropical helmet with brass spike is on the table. He carries a cane which shows that he is dressed for walking out.

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