A SERGEANT DRUMMER of the Royal Fusiliers. City of London Regiment, about 1914. He is wearing a uniform of red tunic, dark blue trousers, and a white plume on his head-dress. It was known as the short bearskin, worn by officers and sergeant-drummers (or drum-majors). Other ranks wore a busby made of racoon skin or seal skin. This was much shorter.
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31500, 14 October 1967, Page 5
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61A SERGEANT DRUMMER of the Royal Fusiliers. City of London Regiment, about 1914. He is wearing a uniform of red tunic, dark blue trousers, and a white plume on his head-dress. It was known as the short bearskin, worn by officers and sergeant-drummers (or drum-majors). Other ranks wore a busby made of racoon skin or seal skin. This was much shorter. Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31500, 14 October 1967, Page 5
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