Complete Novice - Possible late 1880's

[HerefordAnnie]

sadly, what you can't see clearly either is that to the left of the lads there are tents - obviously an encampment of some sort - there is also over to the right another chap in uniform with a Shako headdress just climbing the camp towards the group. Not sure that they would have in the 1880's 'pretended' that this was a cosha Military camp for these lads??