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Originally Posted by grenadierguardsman
Toby did the Quartermaster actually wear the forage cap ? Just been reading dress regs for officers 1834-1911. Says they wore the cocked hat as the medical officer and epaulettes of a subaltern ?
Andy
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Yes, you are quite right that the quartermaster wore the brigade cocked hat with full dress review order (and still does when on parade). In undress, however, he wore the round forage cap. Ergo for day-to-day duties around barracks that was his headwear. The third headdress (equivalent of the beret) was generally worn in the field, see photo blue patrols. Interestingly, he was uniquely authorised to wear an officer’s sash, unlike quartermasters of the line. See quartermaster at centre in B&W photo. The sergeant major wears second tunic as used in undress by the First Class battalion staff.