This illustration is not contemporary and contains inaccuracies, but gives an idea of the uniform style in 1822. The officer has a coat that resembles the major’s full dress coat shown on this page, although he only has one epaulette. The Dress Regulations for 1822 specify that this full dress coat should be worn with white kerseymere breeches or pantaloons and Hessian boots. The officer here has trousers which were to be worn in undress, and coloured blue grey. However the series of prints produced by D Alexander between 1824 and 1828 show infantry officers in dress coats with similar trousers.
The private’s uniform shows the laced button loops to be bastion shaped which agrees with the style worn in 1815. The tails were longer at this time, although the Light Company had shorter tails. In 1823 grey trousers were introduced for dress wear instead of white breeches and black gaiters. For ceremonial wear, white trousers were worn. The shako has a small badge on the front which conforms to known rank and file shako badges of the period.
