[QUOTE=Graham Stewart;234680]
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Originally Posted by BROOKIES
C'mon Dave stick to your Mons, cavalry wearing trousers and putties !!!.
Again due to infantry uniform not likely to be MI also the Mons did send companies out to S.A with the SWB.
Obviously you're not familiar with dress of the "Mounted Infantry", who actually wore infantry uniforms, when serving on campaign - as shown. It includes members of the Welsh Regt. All Infantry Regiments of the British Army had within their Battalions men who had passed the M.I. Course and who later served within M.I. Companies - which in turn were attached to M.I. Battalions.
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The 'Volunteer Service Companies' to which you also possibly refer served within the elements of their Regular Battalions in South Africa, but under certain conditions - one of which they were 'Discharged' from their Volunteer Battalion and re-enlisted into a V.S.C. under a 'one year' term of enlistment. On completion of that year, they were again Discharged and returned to their V.B. for re-enlistment. |
Point taken but i'm sure that he is wearing riding breeches in the photo.