"British Light Dragoon Uniforms - trumpeters" Topic
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| straylightOz | 07 Mar 2018 6:19 a.m. PST |
Just checking, did the trumpeters wear reversed colours, like the infantry drummers did ? (ie: facing colour used for jacket). Pimlott (British Light cav) has several plates showing trumpeters in red coats (17th, 15th, 18th) for various years, alongside the blue coats of the troopers. tia |
| Artilleryman | 07 Mar 2018 7:55 a.m. PST |
They generally wore reversed facings until 1812 and then the same as other troopers. |
| straylightOz | 07 Mar 2018 3:15 p.m. PST |
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| Artilleryman | 07 Mar 2018 3:41 p.m. PST |
You are welcome. As with all matters British military it is wise to check the individual regiments, but the above rule of thumb is good. |
| Jabba Miles | 08 Mar 2018 5:17 a.m. PST |
What Artilleryman said, reversed with Tarleton helmets, same colour as others with shako. |
| straylightOz | 08 Mar 2018 8:15 p.m. PST |
cool, thanks. This was harder to track down than I thought, lots of references to wade through. How simple would it have been for one of the "authorities" to add the line in the post above ? anyway, the 23rd take shape, red jacket for you Mr Trumpeter Loving the AB range, painting is a delight. |
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