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Posted on: 2 September 2010
Digital Book :
Soldier and Traveller - Memoirs of Alexander Gardner, Colonel of Artillery in the service of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
Edited by Major Hugh PearseIntroduction by Sir Richard Temple
Published by William Blackwood and Sons - 1893
I guess plaid was 'in' back in 1893!
The Last White Mughal.
Read Book Online : http://www.archive.org/stream/soldiertraveller00gardiala#page/n9/mode/2up
Download pdf Book : http://ia341237.us.archive.org/1/items/soldiertraveller00gardiala/soldiertraveller00gardiala.pdf
--More like "Tartan'--each of a distinctive pattern of each ' Highlander Clan' tho each 'European' mercenary usually designed his own uniform--British Officers serving with Sikh troops--usually adopted their life-style--one battalion of the Sikh Regiment--6th--had a "blue -eyed -blonde bearded Commanding Officer --Charles Mackenzie'--whose painting --one each is in the V@A London--and the 6 Sikh Officer's Mess.