| Title |
Army uniforms of the Empire and Commonwealth, 1860s-1940s |
| Reference |
GBR/0115/Y3011Q |
| Creator |
Tylden, Geoffrey, 1883-1970, Major |
| Covering Dates |
1860–1949 |
| Extent and Medium |
16 images in 1 file |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library |
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| Content and context |
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The collection was compiled by Major Geoffrey Tylden (1883-1970), an authority on imperial military units.
A collection of loose prints of various sizes, printed reproductions and other ephemera relating to the uniforms of overseas military units. The prints are by various photographers. The file also includes a photocopy copy of Tylden's Royal Commonwealth Society Library Talk - 'The history of the overseas armed forces' (10 April 1960).
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Access and Use
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Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Army uniforms of the Empire and Commonwealth, 1860s-1940s, Y3011Q |
| Further information |
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Indexed
This collection level description was entered by KS using information from the original typescript catalogue.
This collection is available on microfiche: General Collections, fiche number 15.
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| Index Terms |
| Africa |
| Barbados |
| Europe |
| Greater Antilles |
| Jamaica |
| Lesser Antilles |
| North and Central America |
| South Africa |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
| United Kingdom |
| West Indies |
| Tylden, Geoffrey (1883-1970) Major |
| RCS/Y3011Q contains: |
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The Commanding Officers of the Cape Town Volunteers. 114 x 140 mm. Group portrait of Colonel Eustace, Captain Porter, Colonel Dupray and Colonel Tucker. Various handwritten annotations, in both ink and pencil, can be found on the reverse of the print. Photograph by Arthur Green.
Creator: Green, Arthur.
Good condition.. |
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2
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Captain John Manning, St Thomas Troop, Barbados Yeomanry Cavalry, 1861. 104 x 155 mm. Full length uniformed portrait of Captain John Manning. There are ink annotations probably made by two different hands on the reverse of this photograph. One appears to be instructions to a printer for how this photograph is to appear in a publication. The other gives details of the uniform worn by Manning. Photographer unknown.
Good condition.. |
1861 |
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3
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Jamaica Militia Volunteers, 1885. 118 x 71 mm. Photographic copy of a watercolour view of morning parade at Up Park Camp, Jamaica. The annotation on the reverse gives details of the uniforms.
Good condition.. |
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4
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The Officers of the Jamaica Militia. 152 x 67 mm. Group portrait. The ink annotation on the revserse reads 'N. and A. Ill. 1899 Oct. Jamaica Infantry Militia. Scarlet, blue facings[?]'. Photographer unknown.
Good condition.. |
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'members of the Newcastle Mounted Rifles, May, 1879'. 95 x 55 mm. Group portrait of members of the Newcastle Mounted Rifles, taken at Fort Pine, Zululand. The figures in the group are H. Simpson, K. Osborne, J.O. Player, W. Napier and J. Grant. The photographer is unknown, but the caption below the photograph reads 'Photograph given by Mr. H.C. Player, Empangeni'.
Good condition.. |
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6
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Officer of Jamaica Light Horse Volunteers, 1862-1867. 53 x 86 mm. Full length portrait of an unidentified officer. The annotation continues 'From the collection of the Marquess of Cambridge'. Another annotation, in a different hand and ink, appears to give instructions to a printer as to how this photograph should be subtitled in a publication.
Good condition.. |
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7
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Cape mounted Rifleman, Full Dress. 114 x 147 mm. Photograph, mounted on card, of a painting from an unidentified publication. There are a number of annotations on the reverse, at least some of which refer to uniform. Unfortunately, they are not all complete as the card upon which the photograph has been mounted has, at some stage, been reduced from its original size losing some of the annotations in the process.
Good condition.. |
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8
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Kaffrarian Rifles acting as M.I. [i.e. Military Intelligence] S.A. [i.e. South African] War 1900 in O.F.S. [i.e. Orange Free State]. 101 x 53 mm. Showing a mounted unit on patrol. The annotation continues 'after [?]Jammenberg, and so mounted on Basuto ponies'. Photographer unknown.
Good condition.. |
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9
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D Coy., Cape Town Highlanders. 201 x 137 mm. The annotation on the reverse, in a different hand to the title, reads 'Darling St., Cape Town, before embarking for Port Nolloth in transit for O'okiep. Time: some time early in 1900. D Coy spent about a year in garrison there before returning'. It then appears to be initialled but these are not clear. Photographer unknown.
Good condition.. |
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10
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June 1911 Cape Regiments Lord Roberts inspecting S.A. [South African] Contingent in London. 127 x 86 mm. Showing Field Marshall Earl Roberts inspecting troops from various South African units at the Duke of York's School, london. These troops formed some of the many contingents which came to London for the Coronation procession of King George V. A number of different annotations appear on the reverse including one which may identify some of those pictured. Photograph by Gale and Polden, Aldershot.
Creator: Gale and Polden.
Good condition.. |
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11
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Officer, Trinidad Light Horse, 1896, 'A Typical Yeoman'. 106 x 124 mm. Portrait of a mounted member of the Trinidad Light Horse. The annotation continues 'Nov. 1896 N. and A. JU' and then details the uniform. Another annotation, in a different hand and ink, appears to give instructions to a printer as to how this photograph should be subtitled in a publication.
Good condition.. |
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12
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1st Bn. Trinidad Vols. 1938. 229 x 140 mm. Showing the march past of the batallion, on parade in Trinidad. A pencil annotation reads 'First B parade - march past'. Photograph by Guardian Photonews, Trinidad.
Creator: Guardian Photonews.
Good condition.. |
1938 |
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13
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Local transport, Trinidad Volunteers, 1939. 248 x 179 mm. View looking across the parade ground towards the spectators, with units of the Trinidad Volunteers driving past the Governor's entourage in lorries with mounted guns. The Governor, seated on his horse at the left of the print, would be Major Sir Hubert Winthrop Young (1885-1950), Governor of Trinidad and Tobago 1938-42. Photograph by Guardian Photonews, Trinidad.
Creator: Guardian Photonews.
Good condition.. |
1939 |
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14
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2nd Reserve Bn. Trinidad Volunteers, 1940. 230 x 154 mm. Group portrait of officers of the Trinidad Volunteers. An ink annotation on the reverse reads 'centre in white [3 illegible words]' and appears to be identifying on of the people in the photograph. Photographer unknown.
Good condition.. |
1940 |
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15
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Lieut Lee Lum, OC [Officer Commanding] Light A.A. Battery, Trinidad 1940. 71 x 110 mm. Full length uniformed portrait of Lieutenant Lee Lum. Photographer unknown.
Good condition.. |
1940 |
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Band of the Barbados Volunteers, 1945. 131 x 83 mm. The annotation on the reverse reads 'To show the Zouave Uniform worn also by the Band of the West India Regiment of today. Worn by the old West India Regiment from 1858-1927'. Photographer unknown.
Good condition.. |
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