I have a picture of my ggg-grandfather in a uniform, and can't seem to
find any information on it's origin. I have been searching everywhere and
found the Coldstreamers, the cap star seems to match. Was he a
Coldstreamer?? He was born about 1825 in Ireland, but was living in
eastern Canada by 1855 as his first child was born here. He died May 1900
in Emily, Victoria County, Ontario. I have attached the picture, anything
you can tell me would be much appreciated.
I e-mailed the photograph to Canadian War Museum, and the following is the
reply I got from them, suggesting I contact you.
Thank you so much for your time.
Dear Ms. Wandler,
The uniform in your photograph has
greatly puzzled us here. The firearm the gentleman is holding is
definitely a Snider-Enfield breech loader, which was in use by the
Canadian militia from 1867 to 1896. But the uniform is definitely NOT
one used by the Canadian militia in these years. The double breasted
frock-style coat he is wearing went out of use in the mid-1850's and
no-one here recognizes the style of shako or head wear as one that was
ever used by the Canadian militia.
We note that at the bottom of the
photograph is the word "Hull." Are you sure that this is not
Hull, England? There were in England at this time a great number of
volunteer units, which tended to be adopt their own style of
uniform. The Snider-Enfield was the standard firearm of the British Army
from 1866 to 1871 and possibly was used by volunteer units a bit
beyond this. However, our knowledge of British Volunteer units is not
great here. Possibly, if you contacted the National Army Museum in
London, England, they might be able to tell you more.
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