Officers 1888

The group here were photographed at Wollaton Camp in 1888. They wear the dress jacket with the blue and gold pill-box cap. The CO at this time was Lord Belper who is the bearded officer seated in the middle with his stick and sword forming a cross. On his left hand is Major Lancelot Rolleston and on his right hand is Major J L Francklin. There are a mixture of the two types of gimp braid. Three officers have the double '88' loops and the rest have the single '8'. Rolleston, the man on his left hand, Captain Fellows, and the large officer sitting third from the left of the photo, Captain Millington Knowles all have 88. The officer sitting on the left of the photo is wearing a different pouch-belt, in fact the old style that was replaced in 1866. This officer is the vet, Lieutenant G H Pyatt, who also wears the old style booted overalls. The surgeon is standing at the back near the right of the photo with another type of pouch-belt. This is black leather with straight gold stripes. The other officers are wearing the undress white pouch-belt. Next to the surgeon, on the end, is Quartermaster Bradwell who has narrower gold cord on his jacket. There is one example of the undress sabretache on display. The rank badges are worn on gold shoulder cords instead of on the collar as was the case prior to 1881. One more gentleman, the padre, is dressed differently. This is Rev H B Hamilton. There are 21 officers here, with one absent on leave.