Resources
Uniformology.com
Basically a helmet plate dictionary (Under British Army Insignia 1881-90)
Victorianstrollers.co.uk
Examples of different full dress uniforms and their system of ranks (Under Infantry Officer Ranks)
http://www.victorianstrollers.co.uk/stevesuniforms/ranks.html
Military Manufacturers List
Shows many helmet manufacturers and their labels by date, allowing you to date some helmets by their manufacturers label (Only shows manufacturers information until 1899) (Was originally compiled to identify buttons)
http://parkscanadahistory.com/series/saah/military-button-mfg.pdf
Hart’s Annual Army Lists
Allows you to date helmets if they are named as well as get general information on the owner
https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/100739612
Books
Dress Regulations for the Army 1900
(Descriptions of uniforms & helmet plates)
Head-dress Badges of the British Army Volume One by Kipling & King
(Examples of helmet plates)
A Guide to the British Home Service Helmet and its Badges 1878-1914 by Ray Westlake
(Information and Examples)
Home Service Helmet 1878-1914 with Regimental Plates
(Information and Examples)
The Thin Red Line by D.S.V. & B.K. Fosten
(Uniform examples)
A Gallery of Military Headdress by Stuart Bates & Peter Suciu
(Information and Examples)
Military Headdress, A Pictorial History of Military Headdress from 1660 to 1914 by Robert Rankin
(Information and Examples)
Regimental Facing Changes After 1881
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