Hello All, Stew here. Have successfully reentered the 21st Century after a lovely four days on San Juan Island where I was temporary SBO for the English side...
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Great photos, Stew!! And sounds like a good time was had by all. Troy ... lovely four days on ... the 2007 Pig War ... Office financing the ... the tune of...
I second that. Well done, Stew! Very good to see the proud scarlet. John 35th Royal Sussex royalsussex.org ... From: Troy Thompson <troyw2@...> To:...
A question to the members. Given the existence of the Fenian Brotherhood, and their struggle for an independent Ireland, was there any such organization...
Does the Scottish National Party count? God Save the Queen and the Union, John 35th Royal Sussex royalsussex.org ... From: Troy Thompson <troyw2@...> To:...
John, You ask a fair... and fairly unanswerable question. W.Y. Carman, in his 'Dictionary of Military Uniforms,' gives only a vague date of "late 19th Century....
How about... Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother? Once on a tour of British colonies in Africa, she was told by a native, "You have no idea what it...
Reminder from: BVMS Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/cal Battle of Omdurman, 1898 Sunday September 2, 2007 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (This event...
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Not in this case, but I appreciate the response. I guess I should have qualified my questions. Were there any "groups" working for Scottish independence...
Richard, Thank you for the informed response.? Once again we see highlights as to how un-uniform the British army was.? I tried wearing puttees over the...
Reminder from: BVMS Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BVMS/cal Massacre at Kabul, 1879 Monday September 3, 2007 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Notes: Murder at...
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(U.S. Civil War Reenactment as British Observer) Monroe, New York 1 September 1862 Horse Guards Commander-in-Chief London Copy: Colonel Sir George Goldie,...
Sounds like your puttees are made of the wrong material. Real ones were made of stretch cloth (wool usually, I think), either material cut on the bias, or...
Were there any "groups" working for Scottish independence during the Victorian area? And, as with the Fenians, was there a military arm? Not that I have ever...
For anyone interested, the National Parks Service photo album here <http://www.nps.gov/sajh/photosmultimedia/photogallery.htm> has 80 pictures of this year's...
Dear Stew and List, In the ongoing effort to find more resources on saluting, we can see that while palm down may have been in vogue for some regiments, if not...
That illustration is identical to the one in the 1870 Field Exercises, as I described in Message #2221. I have a friend with a copy of the 1867 Field...
Pretty much my thoughts, but you never know. The little unit I portray was supposedly made up of those with strong Jacobite sympathies, but with the loss of my...
Thanks, Troy. The Yankees always tease me and every one of them turns into a Leprechaun when I talk to them. Oh, the abuse Britain gets. But when...
Hi Bruce, It would seem to me then that there is much more evidence of the palm out salute being used than palm down.? We see it in the 18th Century, we see it...
... Plenty of Irishman down South too. Remember Confederate Major General Patrick Cleburne whom Lee himself called one of the best stragedists of the war, and...
Stew, ol' boy! I carried a (crummy) sword with me during this observation. Military Heritage still hasn't sent my sword and knot out to me, though I've not...
Hi Bruce, Knitted?? Hm.? The puttees I have are made of normal wool (got them from What Price Glory actually) and I just suspect the trousers underneath made...
... Yes, easy duty really, just lots of standing about and holding a telscope or binocs. I wear my pillbox usually, which makes the question thing much worse...
The abuse sounds about right. You'll always have the few in the ranks (be they Confederate or Union) who somehow or the other will have a comment or two. The...
I've seen all sorts of WWI puttees, and most are that woolen material, knitted ones seem somewhat rare and might just be a product of New Zealand, land of...
This from Wikipedia entry on the salute (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salute). It applies to the current period, but by implication, it looks like in the late...
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