Reged: 07/09/05
Posts: 987
Loc: Lake Linden, Mich in the U.P. IBS-C
Hi Alicia, The uniform is a reproduction of the standard British army uniform of the period between 1868 and 1885. Specifically,it's the uniform of the British infantry 24th of foot regiment indicated by the green trim on the uniform. There are some Canadian reenacting groups out west who wear essential the same uniform except that their trim is yellow.It was convenient for Canadian militias of that period to simply adopt the standard British uniform. The Canadian Mounties also wore essentially the same uniform back then too. These Canadian reenactors that I know of do reenactments of the Whiskey Rebellion out in Alberta and BC. I got interested in British Army reenacting after seeing the movie "Zulu" which depicted the famous battle at Rorke's Drift, which was also Michael Caine's first movie. It was made in 1964. -Bob
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Re: Bob... your uniform... what does it represent??? -nt-
