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UNIFORMS OF THE BRITISH ARMY

1908-1914

By Harry Payne

ABOUT THE ARTIST

(Taken almost verbatim from the Wikapedia entry.)

Henry Joseph Payne was born at Newington, London, the son of Joseph and Margaret Sophie Payne. His father was a solicitor's clerk.

With his brother, Arthur C. Payne, he produced many series of oilette postcards for Raphael Tuck & Sons and also did extensive work for Gale and Polden producing illustrations for their postcard series along with contempories including Edgar Holloway, John McNeill, and Ernest Ibbetson. In 1898, he and his brother Arthur created a series of chromolithographic and lithographic illustrations for an edition of Robert Browning's The Pied Piper of Hamelin.

Harry Payne served with the Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry becoming a sergeant. In 1905 he received the Imperial Yeomanry Long Service Medal.

Harry Payne's series here depicts the British Army on the brink of the Great War. These are selected regiments basically shown in Full Dress and marching order (in 1908 Service Dress). They are grouped by orderof precedence, i.e. Cavalry, Guards and Infantry

The 1st (Royal) Dragoons

The 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) Mounted Band

The 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own)

The 16th (Queen's) Lancers

The 17th (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Lancers