A handsome man with a very pretty wife.
I was interested to see that by the time of the photo taken when he was a sergeant, the three bar chevrons were made from a single width of one inch ‘bias-and-stand’ Guards pattern lace. Previously each bar had been made up from two strands of half inch lace stitched together, a method that continued to be used for the white worsted tape chevrons for ranks below full (gold) sergeant. It is from such differences that dates or periods can be ascertained. Incidentally the expression ‘gold sergeant’ originates not from the gold lace stripes, but the wide bands of Guards pattern lace that until 1902 surrounded the forage caps of full sergeants (and above) of all the regiments of Foot Guards, except the Scots.
Last edited by Toby Purcell; 16-01-20 at 11:25 AM.
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