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13th Hussars 1896?
Is this a 13th Hussar?
I can't quite make out the name written on the back of the photo,Trooper Mountford? There is no photographer's name or address. |
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.... the jacket appears to have Light Dragoon frogging.
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Thanks. The 13th were Light Dragoons but the title changed to Hussars in the 1860's?
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That would be the 13H, if it is indeed that regiment, at the date taken. I don't know what to make of the collar design however. I have never seen that before to my recollection. Are we looking at a Yeomanry trooper instead?
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.... I think its Yeomanry. The Austrian knot on the collar is not a Regular feature that I have seen? But it could be a "Bandsman" feature...
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That's what I thought about the collar ornamentation, possibly a bandsman, although I've not seen that in photos.
I suggested 13th Hussars simply because of the very light coloured facings. Was "Trooper" rather than "Private" the term in use for Hussars etc circa 1896, could it indicate specific cavalry or Yeomanry regiments? |
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