British and Indian officers of Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides, 1879 (c)

Photograph by John Burke, 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880), 1879 (c).

The Corps of Guides was raised in 1846-1847 by Lieutenant (later Lieutenant-General) Harry Burnett Lumsden and consisted of a unique combination of infantry companies and cavalry squadrons. The Guides were the first military force to adopt khaki as service dress.

From an album of 28 photographs by John Burke associated with Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides.