Reply To: Help with uniform identification please

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If I can add my own 2 cents I would put him at the end of his career and possibly about to retire sometime after 1880.

He appears to be wearing the Blue Serge Jacket that was adopted for the Anglo-Egyptian Campaign (came in before it but was first used in 82) and replaced with a Grey Alternative in 84 for the Mahdist War.

Here’s a picture of RMA in Egypt 1882 for comparison.

He appears to be wearing the Dress Uniform Version as seen of the man second from the right or a version of it possibly an earlier variety at the start of the decade.

That would make him about 45ish in this photo if it was taken in 1880-81.