Stuart Bates

I am afraid not Shams as these are subject to copyright. I posted this one because I know the owner of www.youroldbooksandmaps.co.uk and got his permission. You will have to buy the CD I am afraid. Stuart

Hi Benny, I've said it before, but what a superb collection. Congratulations on it and the display. Stuart

Here is an example from the book that I mentioned above. It shows a group of British Indian Army Officers. Stuart

Shams, I am not quite sure what you mean here. The plates would not scan at all well so my advice is to buy a copy of the 1900 DRs. There are plenty of copies out there and cost from as low as A$19. I use www.bookfinder.com to locate books worldwide. Stuart

I think Graham may be refering to The Armies of India 1911 by Major A.C.Lovett & Major G.F. McMunn. I have a copy on CD which I bought from www.youroldbooksandmaps.co.uk and has many colour plates and costs £7.99 Stuart

I just found this item in the Sydney Morning Herald of 27th September 1950 http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/18175465 where he was appointed general manager of the Auckland Harbour Board from the Port of London Authority. Stuart

I found an A.C. Clarke, Royal Engineers, in the Army List 1940 where he was an Acting Captain having been commissioned Lieutenant 11th December 1939. The 1940 Army List is the last in my library. There are two entries in the London Gazette for an Arthur Cecil Clarke but to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/36977/supplements/1366 & http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34939/supplements/5396 I searched for Arthur Cecil Clarke from 1939 to 1945. Stuart

This site has a lot of prints and here is a link to an Army Medical Service one - http://www.military-art.com/mall/dynamic2.php?ProdName=Army+Medical+Corps&action=name&Submit=Search... Stuart

Shams, I googled 6th Bombay Cavalry and came across this site http://www.military-...hp?ProdID=17158 The prints are expensive but the thumbnails may be of some use. Ah! I just rechecked the site and the Open Edition Prints are around £14. Stuart

Shams, there is a rather nice publication called British Uniform Pattern Book 1886 or Jones's Tailors Pattern Book 1886 which contains several full colour plates of uniforms of 1886. Unfortunately for you it only has one of the uniforms that you specify and that is a Surgeon, Medical Staff. It is a D P & G reprint http://www.military-...ges_colours.htm and I notice that they now accept PayPal. When I got my copy they only accepted a UK cheque and only gave out their postal address! I had to get a friend in England to buy it and then ship it out to me. Stuart

I agree with CB that it looks like the 18th Hussars. Can you post the whole photo as the uniform may give some clues. Stuart

This brings back memories. I well remember a high school friend who had a Martini-Henry in .308 calibre. I think it was called the "cadet" version and used by school cadet units back in the days when we had such things. Stuart

Clive, I used Photoshop as it gives better results than Green Screen Wizard. Since I am red/green colour-blind I will always have trouble shooting on a green background so I will revert to a light blue next time. I have now learned how to use Contract and Feather in Photoshop and having acquired a studio flash which is triggered by the camera's flash I hope to get better results. We shall see when my new Green Cloth and Blue Cloth helmets arrive. Stuart

There is another illustration in the corresponding Infantry book page 33, but it does have a different stopper, has an elongated neck and leather strips sewn to the fabric to secure the shoulder strap. Stuart

Jock, it gets worse as I need one with the cup and ball top. I have four - 1. Ordnance 2. Artillery 3. Medical Service 4. Artillery Volunteers I would like an Army Veterinary one Stuart

Hi Patrick, I need (want?) one more Blue Cloth to even up the shelves. I have already overflowed into my office and there are storage/transit tins everywhere. I have three pine trunks also full of tins. Stuart PS. Going to get Skype? Shot with my little Sony as the Canon lens isn't right for a shot like this.

Jock, it certainly looks to be the goods. There is an illustration in the Men-At-Arms series British Cavalry Equipments 1800-1941 Figure E9 to confirm this. Stuart

Hi Brian, yes it was the new camera. I am slowly getting better. I shot it on the Chroma Green background and then added my blue background via Photoshop. My first attempt was with the helmet at an angle (a tad more interesting) and mounted on a perspex tube wrapped with the green cloth but Green Screen Wizard knocked out the part of the helmet where the tube was - indeed as it should. I don't think I will bother buying GSW now as the green contrasts so well that Photoshop does the job. Now I just need a couple of lights that are triggered by the camera's flash. Then I may become a good average snapper Stuart

So that's why they export them I thought it was just the money.

Chris, at my age nubiles have to be paid for but I am in the depths of the country so they won't even come here (I think). Gad! back in the gutter again. Stuart

Here is my latest Blue Cloth (thanks Benny) and is for a Cadet Officer of the Royal Military College. Instructors did not wear the Home Service Helmet.

Hey Rod, kangaroo feathers? Don't you mean emu feathers? Stuart

Rod, the Victorian helmet in #30 seems to be made of leather. Is this correct or is it another material with a hardening coating? Can you put a date on the one posted and why is the ventilator cap a different colour? I presume these pre-fed helmets were imported from England, yes? Vero & Everitt opened a shop in Melbourne c1852 but they imported their headgear from their factory in England. Thanks for posting and I am sure we will all learn a great deal from your having joined the forum. Cheers, Stuart

Paul, have you looked at Geoff Newman militaria? He has a good reputation and is a member of the Military Heraldry Society, as am I. He will chase a plate down for you if he hasn't anything in stock. Stuart