More on Grey Sudan Uniforms (1 Viewer)

[PolarBear]

Sudan expert Col. Mike Snook on the Victorian Wars forum mentioned that Wolseley chose grey uniforms for the British forces during the Ashanti Wars of the 1870s and this may have served as a precedent for the Sudan. Mike has suggested a link to Wolseley's admiration in the 1860s for the Confederacy and its leaders whom he met with during the Civil War as referenced in a book on Wolesely and the American Civil War quoted below with example of Ashanti War uniform.

 

[GICOP]

ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS February 21 1885

Here is a drawing of the Army Clothing Factory at Pimlico

Here is a description of the uniforms from the ILN

Cheers

Martyn

 

[Martin Tabony]

Another clothing factory.

Martin

 

[GICOP]

Another clothing factory.

Martin

Excellent

Cheers

Martyn