Do you recognise this uniform

[James1950]

Is the 'horse' not a mule or a hinny ?

James

[scrimnet]

Secondly, his putties are not wound in a mounted fashion, they are wound a la infantry or other unmounted soldiers. These would unwind within 5 mins rubbing against the flanks!

Hi Scrimmet, could you describe what type of putties  the mounted ranks had then , as my grandad's picture shows what appears to be a very similiar uniform.  His cap badge was that of the Westminster Dragoons and I know that at some point he was in a mounted section.   

Fue

To the uninitiated, most British and some Empire and Dominion uniforms look rather the same... There are many varied and subtle differences 

On mounted troops, the putties are worn wound from top to bottom...On dismounted troops they are wound bottom to top.

The rationale behind this is that the manner in which dismounted troops wore their putties would mean that they rubbed against the flanks and unwound.


The 1902 ptn Service Dress was worn by all ranks up to officer, with little variation. The 1915 (economy) ptn did away with shoulder pads and pocket pleats. The 1922 ptn varied in that the collar did up, had but one pleat and was of of a closer fitting. It also returned to having plearts on the pockets. Collar dogs were also worn with the 1922 ptn.

This was in use right up to WW2 and infact the army kept a stock untiol muich later. I have seen examples made in the 1960s!

[Fue]

Wow, that is amazing! - such subtleties but so obvious now you point it out.
Thanks Scrimmet, once again

Sorry it does not help you out koha but at least it has confirmed to me that my grandad was in  a mounted troop when the picture was taken.

Fue