The uniforms in 1848 conformed to the 1846 Dress Regulations, the scarlet coatee remaining unchanged since the 1830s. However, in 1848 the gold lace on the pocket flaps on the coat tails was removed. Both officers in this engraving by G E Madeley, have extravagant gold epaulettes on both shoulders. The officer on the left is a battalion company officer, either a subaltern or captain. The officer on the right is a field officer; the difference being that they wear their swords differently; the company officer has a 3 inch wide white leather belt on his right shoulder while the field officer has a slim waist-belt which should be 1.5 inches wide with one-inch wide slings. They both wear either winter trousers; Oxford mixture with a red welt down the outside seam, or summer trousers; grey tweed. If they were serving in India or the Mediterranean the summer trousers were white linen. The engraving appears to show these officers in the UK but the regiment embarked for India in 1842 and did not return home until 1859.
The shako is the 1844 Albert pattern. It was almost cylindrical, 6.75 inches deep with a front and back peak. The gilt chin-chain was fastened to the sides with a rose pattern gilt ornament. The ball tuft on top is incorrect in this illustration; it is shown as all white, it should be red on the lower third, and white on the upper two thirds. Grenadier companies had white tufts, light companies had green, and battalion companies and field officers had white over red. The gilt star plate on the front had X in the centre and battle honours for EGYPT and PENINSULA.
