mess jacket, mess jacket
Accession Number

NAM.1961-07-181-1

Description

Mess jacket, Middlesex Imperial Yeomanry (Duke of Cambridge’s Hussars), worn by Lord T Denman, 1905 (c). Rifle green with black velvet facings trimmed with gold lace and braid shoulder cords bear Majors’ badge of rank (a crown). Upright collar. Gold olivettes down centre front. Buttons bear the initials ‘UYC’ (Uxbridge Yeomanry Cavalry, the original name of the regiment).