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Hot weather shako cover worn by Lieutenant-Colonel John Lewes, 2nd West India Regiment, 1855-1861

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Hot weather shako cover worn by Lieutenant-Colonel John Lewes, 2nd West India Regiment, 1855-1861

British troops serving in tropical regions were issued with white cloth covers for their shakos as a means of warding off sun stroke. Between 1855 and 1861 Lewes' regiment served in Gambia, British Guiana (now Guyana) and Sierra Leone.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1995-04-4-2

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Global Role gallery

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1995-04-4-2