Hello
I have to admit I had not scrutinised this image, and as Griff and others have quite rightly pointed out there are anomalies such as the way the puttees are worn, which put doubt on my assertion that this is a cavalry man.
I have to say that in Griff's close-up image the cap badge does IMO look like a RSG's one, but that said, I also noticed a further anomaly in that the shoulder title does appear to have three letters or digits, 2D is what I would expect, or is this an unofficial RSG? as the wearing of unofficial titles and other insignia is not exactly unheard of when Cav. Regt's are serving overseas.
I cannot for the life of me find the reference I had/have which attributed this image to the 2nd Dragoons RSG, though I'm still looking.
I have, in view of the doubts these anomalies have raised, I have contacted the Regimental museum in Edinburgh to ask if they could verify if indeed this is 2D RSG.
I'll keep you all posted.
Rob
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