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victorian221b2019-03-13 10:16 am
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Watson’s uniform: red or blue?
In TAB John’s uniform is red:
In New Russian Holmes it’s dark blue:
So which is it?
I’m no history expert, and I just tried googling. This is Royal Berkshire Yeomanry Field Officer’s Tunic, Edward David Sterne, Captain, 1888 (source):
Red, makes sense. But here’s the uniform of a member of a Royal Army Medical Corps, although of a later period (source):
Here’s Army Hospital Corps Sergeant, c. 1878:
And here’s a print of a postcard “Royal Army Medical Corps” by Richard Caton Woodville:
This is a photo of Surgeon-Major Alexander Francis Preston, who might have been one of Watson’s prototypes. It’s impossible to tell the colour of his tunic, though:
Anyone with more knowledge in history, help?
In New Russian Holmes it’s dark blue:
So which is it?
I’m no history expert, and I just tried googling. This is Royal Berkshire Yeomanry Field Officer’s Tunic, Edward David Sterne, Captain, 1888 (source):
Red, makes sense. But here’s the uniform of a member of a Royal Army Medical Corps, although of a later period (source):
Here’s Army Hospital Corps Sergeant, c. 1878:
And here’s a print of a postcard “Royal Army Medical Corps” by Richard Caton Woodville:
This is a photo of Surgeon-Major Alexander Francis Preston, who might have been one of Watson’s prototypes. It’s impossible to tell the colour of his tunic, though:
Anyone with more knowledge in history, help?