Officers and Men, Marching Order 1845

The painter M Angelo Hayes made many studies of the Yorkshire Hussars at this time and this is one of the best. The mounted figure in the middle and the one standing near him are officers in marching order, with their scarlet shakos protected by oilskin covers and plumes removed. They have the undress black leather sabretaches and pouches and the mounted officer's pouchbelt has red edges indicating that it is the dress belt. The man saluting on the right is an other rank with a plain black sabretache that has no rose badge. His sabretache slings are white leather and there are only two attached to the tache. The officers' slings and waistbelt are of black leather and there are three attached to the tache. The men formed up on the left have a sergeant as the right marker, and a trumpeter has his back to us. His pelisse is a lighter shade of blue, as is his shako, although that cannot be seen under the waterproof cover. The men's horses have shabraques and white sheepskins while the officer has only a black sheepskin with red edge. In 1848 black sheepskins were issued to the men in place of the white ones.