What is this Victorian era British Uniform? Royal Horse Artillery?
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There is a materially different aspect that I need to add that seems to warrant a separate answer. If the moderators disagree please feel free to add this to my original answer.
The image is quite faded and so I missed a key aspect at first. On both cuffs appear to be decorative Austrian knots and these were a feature of Volunteer Battalions (VB) for infantry regiments of the British Army. Originally part of a stand alone Rifle Volunteer Movement formed from citizenry during an invasion scare of 1859, during wide ranging reforms instituted by the government ministers Cardwell and Childers, the rifle volunteers were allocated as auxiliary units to the regular infantry. Although this involved many of the auxiliaries to completely change the style of their uniforms, they retained the Austrian cuff knots as a mark of their auxiliary status. This indicates that the man in the photo is from a VB of the Royal Fusiliers and bases in London where he was required to attend weekly and weekend training sessions at so-called drill halls, near to his home.
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He's definitely a soldier from a British infantry regiment and the collar badges show he is a Fusilier. Lancashire and Northumberland were still wearing a white collar and cuffs at that period (going by the the cap, circa 1897), which leaves the Royal Regiments with dark blue collars and cuffs. The exact style of collar badge suggests the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). He is dressed for walking out of barracks. If you can indicate a location from a photographic studio I can corroborate the regiment further.
Collar badges as per Churchill’s book, uniforms as per Simkin prints and others, although he made a lot of mistakes. Most of it’s from my own study during 40 years in the Army and 50 years collecting and researching.
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