Heavy Camel Corps 1885 (1 Viewer)

[PolarBear]

Randy, Raymond thank you both for you interesting information about there uniforms, Im thinking maybe some of the guards regiments didn't adopt the new grey uniform & just went to war with what they already had as in there red one's? Just an idea probably completely wrong well im defiantly going to read up on it you both have sparked my interest

Cheers Craig.

Craig and others interested in this topic:

You can download from the web a pdf file to read of the complete 1888 book by Lord Gleichen who was with the Camel Corps during the Gordon Relief Expedition .

1. Select Google Books Search

2. Fill in the blank space as With the Camel Corps Up the Nile

3. A list will come up and at the top you will see this


With the camel corps up the Nile‎ - Page 1
by Lord Edward Gleichen - History - 1888 - 320 pages
WITH THE CAMEL CORPS UP THE NILE. CHAPTER I. Formation of the Camel Corps —
Start from London — Alexandria — Cairo — Camp at the Pyramids — Assiut.


Select this and the book will come up on the screen. You can either read it there or better yet, up in the right hand corner is a link to downloading the pdf. Click on that and it will download the entire book to your computer. All you need to read it is Adobe Acrobat Reader (If your computer does not have this you can download the reader for free.)

http://get.adobe.com/reader/otherversions/

As a pdf you will have the book to read at your leisure. You can even print it out. There are pencil sketches throughout the book as seen below:

 

[craig1985taylor]

thanks for the tip Randy

 

[glossman]

There are 3 sets of the "British Camel Corps on Cam" on the John Eden Studios website.

Here is the link:

http://www.johnedenstudios.com/page22.htm

I was not too sure where to insert this post, but here goes anyway.

Best, Raymond.

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[glossman]

This is a link to a short concise discussion on the British Camel Corps in the Sudan.

http://www.savageandsoldier.com/sudan/DesertColumn.html

Regards, Raymond.

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[glossman]

This is another interesting article on "Red Coats in the Sudan".

Here is the link:

http://www.savageandsoldier.com/sudan/RedCoat.html

Quote:

"Red was almost entirely absent in the Desert Column. The Guard Camel Regiment was issued red coats in England, but these were replaced by gray as soon as the Guards reached Egypt. The red coat was reserved for church parades. Only one officer wore his red coat, and he fell to a sniper's bullet."

Best, Raymond.

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[PolarBear]

There are 3 sets of the "British Camel Corps on Cam" on the John Eden Studios website.

Here is the link:

http://www.johnedenstudios.com/page22.htm

I was not too sure where to insert this post, but here goes anyway.

Best, Raymond.

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These are beauties:

 

[skeeterbuck]

These are beauties:

I agree Randy.

My favorite is the trooper wiping his brow. It helps to convey the hot conditions of the desert.

They're also available as kits for those of us that like to paint our own.

 

[glossman]

Michael Perry's Guide to Uniforms of the Sudan War 1883-85 shows both Guards and Heavy Camel Regts wearing the grey-blue tunics.
http://www.wargamesillustrated.net/gallery/download/Sudan 1883 - 85.pdf

Perhaps my scene could have been called either Heavy or Guards but I decided to follow Lord Gleichen's eyewitness account With the Camel Corps on the Nile that says the Guards had red tunics while the Heavy wore the grey-blue.

Further information on the 2nd Reference:

The book "With the Camel Corps up the Nile" was written by Count Gleichon who was a Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards. It was first published in 1888 by Chapman and Hall.

There is a soft cover reprint published by Naval and Military Press (2004) and costs GBP 13.05 not including postage. (Amazon UK)

A hard cover reprint is also available published by Naval and Military Press (2006) at GBP 32.30 not including postage. (Amazon UK)

Best, Raymond.

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