What is this Victorian era British uniform?
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A little research leads me to conclude this individual was an officer of the Royal Artillery. Two elements of the photo give information to pursue, the jacket and the cap.
The uniform displayed in the above image is listed as an 'Officers Patrol Jacket' at the Australian War Memorial website:
There is a good amount of information you can read describing the uniform at the above site, but from the 'units' section in the description
- Artillery units
- Victorian Military Forces
it appears that this jacket may have been used by various units throughout the UK.
I did find another very similar jacket to the one in the OPs photo listed for sale at a site called Oakleaf Militaria.
The identification of this item also lists it as an officers 'patrol tunic', but the pattern on the top of the forage cap doesn't seem to match that of the OP's image, so I do not think this would be the correct unit.
British Army Victorian Zulu War period Lieutenant's "patrol" tunic with matching cap of Somerset Light Infantry. Excellent condition brocaded silk front rosettes with velvet lined collar.
A little further browsing, and associating the Artillery info from the Australian War Memorial site has lead to a couple of hits concerning the headgear.
The site The British Empire has a good image showing a pillbox cap with what appears to be the same design:
The caption there says (emphasis mine)
This item of undress headwear was discontinued after 1902. The star-shaped decoration in gold braid on top was special to the Royal Artillery.
This does seem to narrow the cap to one used by Royal Artillery Units.
Another image of a similar cap:
This item from an auction site, The Saleroom is identified as
Victorian Royal Artillery Volunteers Officer’s Pill Box Cap.
So we can safely conclude from the jacket, an officer, and by the cap design, a member of the Royal Artillery. (and since the cap was discontinued in 1902, this gives us an end limit to the date range)
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