United Kingdom



Carte-de-Visite, studio W.G.Lewis in Bath.
North Somerset Yeomanry Trooper.

This Trooper is still wearing the Light Dragoon pattern tunic, with five rows of braiding (that would be replaced by a model with 6 rows by the late 1870s).
We will note that the cuffs appear to be scarlet.

The helmet sports q white horsehair plume, reputedly introduced in 1856.