NAM.2006-08-49-1

Model of an officer of the Guards Camel Corps, 1885 (c). Associated with Mr Colin Clegg. Officer is wearing a blue tunic, buff-coloured trousers, and a white helmet with goggles, he is armed with a Martini-Henry carbine and is carrying a bandolier of ammunition. The Guards Camel Corps were formed during the Sudan Expedition, 1st Sudan War (1884-1885), they were formed of officers and men of the Guards regiments and the Royal Marines.

1st Sudan War (1883-1885)