'The West India Regiment', 1896

Chromolithograph after Richard Simkin, 1896.

Unlike most colonial units, the West India Regiment was an integral part of the British Regular Army. During the 1850s it adopted a uniform modelled on that of the French Zouaves. This included a red fez wound about by a white turban, a red sleeveless jacket with yellow braiding worn over a long-sleeved white shirt, and dark blue baggy breeches. The 3rd West India Regiment was disbanded in 1870.

From a supplement to 'The Army & Navy Gazette',Saturday, December 5,1896, Number 108 in the series 'Military Types'. From the first of two volumes of chromolithographs after Richard Simkin, Supplements to 'The Army & Navy Gazette', published by George Berridge and Company, London, 1894-1898.