The Yeomanry


Other Ranks in Undress c1886


The regimental shooting team c1886 pose with their Martini-Henri carbines. They are in stable dress which does not differ much from that worn by John Drennen c1870. Their jackets do not have white collar and cuffs like the officers' stable jackets but they are decorated with white cord. The sergeant-major sitting on the ground with boots and breeches has an embroidered crown badge and silver lace cuff loops instead of white cord. His cap has a wide silver lace cap-band, contrasting with the narrow white cap-bands of the corporals and private. The boots and breeches were worn for mounted duties from around 1885 although the regular cavalry adopted them from the early 1870s. Some of the men have a special shooting badge on the upper left sleeve which is for the Lloyd-Lindsay Shooting Competition. There are also marksman's badges of crossed carbines. The sergeant standing at the back, behind the RSM has a large crown badge over his carbines whereas the sergeant signaller seated second from the right has a smaller crown over his marksman's badge.


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