"Stovepipes at Waterloo" Topic
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| Slasher | 16 Jul 2026 2:53 p.m. PST |
Hello everyone It's been received wisdom for some time that the 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment wore the old fashioned stovepipe caps well after the false-fronted Belgic model was introduced, but on being challenged I realised I don't have any primary sources for that. The closest I came was "Recollections of Waterloo" by a Staff Officer in Colburn's United Service Magazine (1847) where the officer in question relates "I recognised Picton's division… The old 28th followed, having their number both in front and rear of their low caps – a memorial of Egypt". Does a "low cap" have a specific meaning? And does anyone have sources for the old 28th stovepipe? |
| cavcrazy | 16 Jul 2026 4:53 p.m. PST |
The 28th regiment wore the stovepipe shako with their own badge, a crown surmounted by a lion over the number 28, with a scroll bearing the honour Barrossa above and Peninsula ' below. The rear of the head-dress was ornamented with a small diamond shaped brass badge, commemorating the battle at Alexandria when the rear rank of the 28th 'faced about' to repel an attack from the rear.
My information is from the book "Uniforms of Waterloo" by Haythornthwaite. |
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