The illustration shows, from the left, a corporal of the Grenadier Company, a colour sergeant of the Battalion Companies, an officer of the Light Company and in the background, a musician. The grenadier corporal wears the rank and file pattern coatee, with white lace buttonholes in bastion shapes. The Colour sergeant is distinguished by having no lace on his chest, and a double-breasted coatee. However, he does have white lace on his collar and cuffs. The shoulder wings on the grenadier are red with white lace stripes and tufted edges while the battalion companies had shoulder straps with small tufts at the ends. The corporal is in marching order, with rolled greatcoat visible, resting on his valise. A haversack strap is hidden by his bayonet belt, and a water-bottle strap lies on top of that.
The shakos worn by all ranks were introduced in 1844 and were referred to as Albert shakos, being sanctioned by Prince Albert. It was 6.75ins high, almost straight sided, tapering towards the top and having a back peak as well as on the front. The Grenadier Company wore a white ball tuft, Battalion Companies a white over red tuft, and the Light Company a green tuft. The gilt plate on the front of the officer’s shako was star-shaped while other ranks retained the badge introduced in 1839. A plain leather chin strap for other ranks and a gilt chin chain for officers.
The Light Company officer is in dress uniform, with gold embroidery on the collar, cuffs and rear pocket flaps. As a flank company officer he has gilt shoulder wings, and his white leather shoulder-belt has a gilt boss, chains and whistle, symbolic of light infantry. Both he and the sergeant have crimson waist sashes but the sergeant’s has tassels hanging on the right side while the officer’s better quality silk sash has cords that end in tassels attached to a button on his coat front.
The band corporal wears a white coatee with blue collar, cuffs, shoulder straps and chevrons. An order of 1830 stated that bandsmen should have white, double-breasted coats with the same facings as the rest of the regiment. Instead of a shoulder-belt they had a white leather waist-belt for their sword.
