1st Dumfries Mounted Rifles
The 1st Dumfries Mounted Rifles, with an establishment of
one company and headquarters at Lockerbie, was formed on November
25th 1874, and was attached to the 1st Administrative Battalion
Dumfries R.V. It was disbanded in 1880, numbers having fallen off on
account of agricultural depression.
Its uniform was scarlet
without facings, blue pantaloons with scarlet stripes, butcher
boots, black leather helmets with silver ornaments, brown “Sam
Browne” belts, and scarlet forage-caps with white (silver for
officers) bands. The armament, equipment, and saddlery were similar
to those of the Border Mounted Rifles.
Its commanding officer throughout its existence was
Captain
Arthur Johnstone Douglas, late English 42nd Foot, November 25th
1874.
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