Regulations only authorised the regimental number to be worn on the 1834 Kilmarnock forage cap, with grenade or bugle horn emblems where appropriate for flank companies, fusilier and light infantry regiments.
Forage caps continued to be something of a law unto themselves, however, and amongst the various deviations to be found was the occasional wearing of sergeants' chevrons above the number. It's not easy to turn up many examples. One sergeant of the 65th LI company in New Zealand was photographed with chevrons between the number and the bugle horn emblem (see top left). It's not a particulary good 'look.'
If that is the function served by your set of chevrons, above regimental identifier is where it would have been placed. Between 1850 and 1870 the 47th spent only four years 'at home' so its quite feasible that NCOs may have had some freedom to flout regulations regarding badges on forage caps
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