2-913-723 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

English Militia and Yeomanry Cavalry, 1854. British Army uniforms during the Crimean War. '4th Middlesex (officer); Yorkshire Hussars; Yeomanry Undress; Yeomanry Cavalry; 4th Middlesex; South Lincoln; Essex Rifles...The Illustration of the Militia Regiments...is perfectly correct as to costume; but the uniforms of the Yeomanry Cavalry there represented have not as yet been taken into general wear. The clothing of the first-mentioned force is supplied by the Ordnance, and, in texture, make, and sewing, is even inferior to that forced upon the line. Should the embodied regiments continue on permanent duty, the worthlessness of the dress, as regards durability and comfort, will be exemplified long before the period arrives which, by her Majesty's regulations, a fresh issue will be sanctioned'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.