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Army Lists
Military Head Dress 1750 - 1810
1750 - 1810 | 1811 - 1830
| 1831 - 1852 | 1855
- 1869 | 1870 - 1904
19th Regiment of Foot |
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15th (The King's) Light Dragoons
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Grenadier's cap 1750 |
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This cap was worn by Grenadiers of Line Regiments during the
first half of the 18th century. The front and back bands were
cloth, of the colour of the regimental facings (after about
1749). The decoration was white, the front bearing either the
Crown and Royal Cypher or the regimental badge. The scarlet
front flap bore the white horse of Hanover with the motto "Nec
aspera terrent", and surmounting the cap was a tuft of
the colour of the facings mixed with white. |
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Officer's full dress helmet 1768
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The 15th Light Dragoons wore a helmet of this pattern, the front
turned-up peak bearing the regimental device.It was of black
steel, with mountings of white metal and enamel and a short
horse-hair plume. The "turban" worn by this regiment
was scarlet, the ends with their silver tassels, hanging behind.
On either side of the Royal crest is a Regimental Guidon and
a Bourbon flag. The scroll at the base bears the words "The
King's Regiment". The words "At Emsdorf" appear
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Grenadier's Cap |
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Infantryman's Cocked Hat |
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1768-99 |
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The mitre shaped cloth cap of the early part of the eighteenth
century was followed by a bearskin cap with a black enamelled
front-plate bearing the Royal crest with helmet and mantling,
beneath a scroll with the words "Nec aspera terrent".
The device was gilt for officers, the white metal for other
ranks. Officer's had gold cords and tassels, rank and file white.
At the back was a scarlet cloth patch and below this a small
gilt grenade with the number of the regiment on it. |
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1773 |
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The Infantryman of the British Army, during almost the whole
of the eighteenth century, wore a black felt hat with a wide
brim, which was at first looped up at the left side only. Eventually
it was looped up on three sides, thus forming the well-known
three-cornered hat. The brim was bound with white or yellow
braid, officers wearing silver or gold lace. On the left side
was a black silk bow or rosette, with a regimental button in
the centre. |
Royal Horse Guards |
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Highland Regiments |
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Trooper's cocked hat 1785-1810
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At this period the Royal Horse Guards wore a plain black cocked
hat of large dimensions, the edges being bound with gold lace.
On the right side was a strap of gilt metal scales terminating
at the top in the Hanoverian cockade of black leather. At times,
according to the whim of the colonel, this hat wa worn cross-wise,
the ends being over the shoulders. At another period the hat
was worn with the front side bulging over the wearer'd forehead
and tilted over the left eyebrow. |
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Full dress bonnet 1790 |
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When the Highland Regiments were raised, during the latter half
of the eighteenth century, the head-dress was a "pork-pie"
shaped cap of thick blue cloth with a diced border at the bottom.
This dicing is said to represent the "check fesse"
in the Stuart Arms. To make this cap (or "hummle"
bonnet as it was called) more imposing for ceremonial parades,
ostrich feathers or pieces of black bearskin were attached on
the left side, drooping over the crown and right side. |
Royal Horse Artillery |
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Infantry Private's Shako |
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Officer's full dress helmet 1793-1820
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This head-dress was worn by Light Dragoon Regiments as well
as by the R.H.A., the former Regiments giving it up in 1812.
The head piece was of black leather of enamelled metal with
a metal bound peak, and a crest of black bearskin. The plume
was a red and white hackle feather with a regimental badge on
the left side. The "turban" was of leopard skin or
of silk, the latter being as a rule black, but sometimes of
the colour of the facings. Across the front peak was a metal
band bearing the regimental title. |
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1800-1806 |
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The first shako worn by the British Infantry was of plain black
felt, cylindrical in shape, with black leather peak. The large
plate in front was of brass, stamped with the Royal Cypher within
the garter, and bearing a crown above, a lion beneath, and a
trophy of arms and flags at each side. Above this plate was
a black leather cockade or rosette with regimental button in
the centre, behind which was the socket carrying the plume.
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7th (Queen's Own) Hussars
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Highland Regiments |
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Officer's full dress shako 1807
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The full dress shako worn by Officers of this Regiment is shown
in the accompanying picture. It was a tall shako, the upper
part being covered with light blue cloth and the lower with
black. The bands round the shako were of silver cord, and the
lines of plaited gold cord terminated in flounders and tassels.
In front was the badge, made of gold and crimson lace, and surmounting
the sako was a red and white plume which fitted into a socket.
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Feather bonnet 1810 |
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At this time and for a few years afterwards, a black leather
peak was worn with the Highland bonnet, which was gradually
increasing in height as more feathers were added. The feather
hackle for Battalion Companies was red and white, for the Grenadier
Company plain white, and for the Light Company dark green. At
the base of the hackle was a black silk cockade or rosette with
the regimental button in the centre. |
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