KC Service Dress Photographs

Mounted Troopers of the Australian, British African and New Zealand Troops of the King’s Colonials Imperial Yeomanry wearing a mixture of standard British Army Service Dress tunics and Undress tunics at signal training probably at annual camp circa 1908. The Sergeant is wearing a standard British Army Service Dress tunic with ‘C’ Squadron headdress and matching collar badges (Courtesy of Iain Davidson collection).A group photograph at annual camp circa 1905-10 of 'D' Squadron (British African) of the King's Colonials wearing Service Dress. The Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant is wearing his crown above the four Quartermaster chevrons on both lower sleeves. He wears the Regimental badge in his cap unlike the majority of the Other Ranks wearing Squadron headdress badges and Squadron collar badges.Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant (left, front row) wearing a Second Pattern Regimental headdress badge, the Squadron Sergeant Major (left, rear row) wearing the ‘D’ Squadron (British African) headdress badge, Sergeant MacIntosh (right, rear row) and a Corporal ( right, front row) of the 3rd Troop (New Zealand) of ‘D’ Squadron (British African) wearing Australasian headdress badges of the King’s Colonials Imperial Yeomanry wearing standard British Army Service Dress tunics, overalls and the first pattern khaki forage caps circa 1904. The Officer of the 3rd Troop, ‘D’ Squadron (British African) (middle, rear row) is wearing Undress uniform with the Australasian headdress badge. Sergeant MacIntosh is equipped with a Boer War period, 50-round Mills equipment webbing bandolier and puttees.Private Sydney Harris (sitting) and fellow Troopers of ‘B’ Squadron (British American) during the annual camp of the King’s Colonials Imperial Yeomanry wearing different styles of unofficial Undress uniform headdress and Boer War period, 50-round Mills equipment webbing bandolier circa 1905. Private Harris and the Trooper on the far right are wearing a distinctive New Zealand ‘Lemon-Squeezer’ headdress and the Trooper second from right is wearing his Full Dress Sombrero hat with the brim turned up to one side and without the plume of cock’s feathers (Courtesy of Carole McEntee-Taylor. From Colonial Warrior to Western Front Flyer: The Five Wars of Sydney Herbert Bywater Harris. London: Pen and Sword, 2015).Postcard taken by J. T. Newman, a Berkhamsted photographer depicting members of 'A' (British Asian) Squadron of the King's Colonials at lunch at the Fox and Hounds Inn, Bourne End, Hertfordshire, posted in 1908. At the time the Inn was owned by a Corporal B. Ball of the King's Colonials. (The Fox and Hounds Inn was first licensed in 1863 and was demolished some time after 1940. The Bourne End area is now designated as being in Bedfordshire). They are wearing Service Dress uniforms and the thin (scarlet) cord straps are clearly visible. The Officer (with pouch belt) standing on the left is wearing a New Zealand headdress badge whereas the others are all wearing British Asian headdress badges and matching collar badges. The seated figure to the immediate left of this Officer is wearing an 'A' (British Asian) Squadron headdress badge as an NCO's arm badge. Colonel Lionel James is seated with his back to the camera and is wearing a field service cap. The Other Ranks are all Service Dress tunics with bandoliers and Full Dress Sombrero pattern headdress without plumes.A King's Colonials Service Dress tunic for the New Zealand Troop of 'D' Squadron (British African) circa 1905-1910. The tunic has New Zealand fern brass collar badges, King's Colonials brass buttons, a scarlet King’s Crown at the top of the right sleeve for a Squadron Sergeant Major with a pair of holes in the tunic through which a New Zealand NCO's arm badge would have been attached, and a scarlet woven marksman badge at the bottom of the left cuff. The shoulders are fitted with thin scarlet cord straps (Photographs courtesy of Medallion Militaria).A King's Colonials Service Dress tunic for the New Zealand Troop of 'D' Squadron (British African) circa 1905-1910. The tunic has New Zealand fern brass collar badges, King's Colonials brass buttons, a scarlet King’s Crown at the top of the right sleeve for a Squadron Sergeant Major with a pair of holes in the tunic through which a New Zealand NCO's arm badge would have been attached, and a scarlet woven marksman badge at the bottom of the left cuff. The shoulders are fitted with thin scarlet cord straps (Photographs courtesy of Medallion Militaria).

Mounted Troopers of the Australian, British African and New Zealand Troops of the King’s Colonials Imperial Yeomanry wearing a mixture of standard British Army Service Dress tunics and Undress tunics at signal training probably at annual camp circa 1908. The Sergeant is wearing a standard British Army Service Dress tunic with ‘C’ Squadron headdress and matching collar badges (Courtesy of Iain Davidson collection).A group photograph at annual camp circa 1905-10 of 'D' Squadron (British African) of the King's Colonials wearing Service Dress. The Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant is wearing his crown above the four Quartermaster chevrons on both lower sleeves. He wears the Regimental badge in his cap unlike the majority of the Other Ranks wearing Squadron headdress badges and Squadron collar badges.Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant (left, front row) wearing a Second Pattern Regimental headdress badge, the Squadron Sergeant Major (left, rear row) wearing the ‘D’ Squadron (British African) headdress badge, Sergeant MacIntosh (right, rear row) and a Corporal ( right, front row) of the 3rd Troop (New Zealand) of ‘D’ Squadron (British African) wearing Australasian headdress badges of the King’s Colonials Imperial Yeomanry wearing standard British Army Service Dress tunics, overalls and the first pattern khaki forage caps circa 1904. The Officer of the 3rd Troop, ‘D’ Squadron (British African) (middle, rear row) is wearing Undress uniform with the Australasian headdress badge. Sergeant MacIntosh is equipped with a Boer War period, 50-round Mills equipment webbing bandolier and puttees.Private Sydney Harris (sitting) and fellow Troopers of ‘B’ Squadron (British American) during the annual camp of the King’s Colonials Imperial Yeomanry wearing different styles of unofficial Undress uniform headdress and Boer War period, 50-round Mills equipment webbing bandolier circa 1905. Private Harris and the Trooper on the far right are wearing a distinctive New Zealand ‘Lemon-Squeezer’ headdress and the Trooper second from right is wearing his Full Dress Sombrero hat with the brim turned up to one side and without the plume of cock’s feathers (Courtesy of Carole McEntee-Taylor. From Colonial Warrior to Western Front Flyer: The Five Wars of Sydney Herbert Bywater Harris. London: Pen and Sword, 2015).Postcard taken by J. T. Newman, a Berkhamsted photographer depicting members of 'A' (British Asian) Squadron of the King's Colonials at lunch at the Fox and Hounds Inn, Bourne End, Hertfordshire, posted in 1908. At the time the Inn was owned by a Corporal B. Ball of the King's Colonials. (The Fox and Hounds Inn was first licensed in 1863 and was demolished some time after 1940. The Bourne End area is now designated as being in Bedfordshire). They are wearing Service Dress uniforms and the thin (scarlet) cord straps are clearly visible. The Officer (with pouch belt) standing on the left is wearing a New Zealand headdress badge whereas the others are all wearing British Asian headdress badges and matching collar badges. The seated figure to the immediate left of this Officer is wearing an 'A' (British Asian) Squadron headdress badge as an NCO's arm badge. Colonel Lionel James is seated with his back to the camera and is wearing a field service cap. The Other Ranks are all Service Dress tunics with bandoliers and Full Dress Sombrero pattern headdress without plumes.A King's Colonials Service Dress tunic for the New Zealand Troop of 'D' Squadron (British African) circa 1905-1910. The tunic has New Zealand fern brass collar badges, King's Colonials brass buttons, a scarlet King’s Crown at the top of the right sleeve for a Squadron Sergeant Major with a pair of holes in the tunic through which a New Zealand NCO's arm badge would have been attached, and a scarlet woven marksman badge at the bottom of the left cuff. The shoulders are fitted with thin scarlet cord straps (Photographs courtesy of Medallion Militaria).A King's Colonials Service Dress tunic for the New Zealand Troop of 'D' Squadron (British African) circa 1905-1910. The tunic has New Zealand fern brass collar badges, King's Colonials brass buttons, a scarlet King’s Crown at the top of the right sleeve for a Squadron Sergeant Major with a pair of holes in the tunic through which a New Zealand NCO's arm badge would have been attached, and a scarlet woven marksman badge at the bottom of the left cuff. The shoulders are fitted with thin scarlet cord straps (Photographs courtesy of Medallion Militaria).