NAM.1978-02-37-134

Object description: Corporal and Private, 7th Middlesex (London Scottish) Volunteer Rifle Corps, 1895 (c) - 1900. They pose for the image in a camp with several white tents. Glass negative produced by W. Gregory & Co., London, and F. G. O. Stuart, 1895 (c). The London Scottish Rifle Volunteers were founded in 1859, under the command of Lt Col Lord Elcho, who decided to clothe the soldiers not in a tartan kilt but in the solid ‘hodden’ grey cloth common throughout Scotland. The private on the left wears a hodden grey undress tunic, trousers and Tam o’shanter bonnet. He holds a small notebook and pencil, and his rifle. The corporal on the right wears a hodden grey kilt, but with more of a civilian style of waistcoast and jacket. The Scottish thistle badge can be seen on his Tam o’shanter. He holds a swagger stick, and his sporran is made of black horsehair. One of a collection of 280 glass negatives, associated with Gregory & Co., London, and F.G.O. Stuart, 1893 (c)-1900.