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Officer's jacket of the Stirlingshire Yeomanry Cavalry

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Postcard of Officer's jacket of the Stirlingshire Yeomanry Cavalry.
000-100-028-346-C
© National Museums Scotland

Officer's jacket of the Stirlingshire Yeomanry Cavalry

This officer's jacket is of the Stirlingshire Yeomanry Cavalry - a part-time rural mounted force. Such units, recruited from local landowners and their tenants, were used as a means of policing and control.

Stirlingshire Yeomanry Cavalry - Officer's jacket

In April 1820, this regiment was called out to disperse a small group of armed men who had marched from Glasgow in a supposed attempt to seize artillery stored at the Carron ironworks near Falkirk.


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Online ID: 000-100-028-346-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  M.L1930.64
Date: 18th/19th century
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Dimensions: 640 mm H
What: Jacket
Subject: Uniform : bodywear
Who: Stirlingshire Yeomanry Cavalry (British land forces)
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