Boy Bugler Woollaston, presumably of the 4th (Canterbury) Administrative Battalion, Kent Rifle Volunteers

Photograph, 1864 (c).

Boy soldiers were commonplace in the British Army during the Victorian era. Often recruited from military schools or from the families of serving soldiers, they were usually trained as musicians for military bands.

From a scrapbook compiled by Edward Plummer of the 5th (Canterbury) Company 4th (Canterbury) Administrative Battalion, Kent Rifle Volunteer Corps, relating to the Regiment's activities, 1859-1876.

From the collection of the former Buffs (East Kent) Regimental Museum.