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Modern British Household Cavalry soldiers
- ... that a version of the Albert helmet proposed by Prince Albert in 1842 is still worn by the British Army's Household Cavalry (pictured)? "The present style of helmet was introduced in 1842 by Prince Albert ( hence known as the Albert helmet )" from: Hoare, Nell; Marsh, Geoffrey; Commission, Great Britain Museums and Galleries (1990). Exploring Museums: The Home Counties. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-11-290471-7.
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow ( talk). Self-nominated at 11:28, 12 July 2021 (UTC).
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New, long enough, DYK check all clean, well reffed, good to go. In the future, a companion article on the bearskin helmet it replaces seems like a useful addition.
Maury Markowitz (
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- Thanks for the review Maury Markowitz. I'm also working on the Albert shako and the Albert bonnet. But yes, plenty of opportunities for new articles in 19th-century British Army headgear! - Dumelow ( talk) 16:47, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
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- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by
MeegsC (
talk) 14:49, 27 July 2021 (UTC)
( )
Modern British Household Cavalry soldiers
- ... that a version of the Albert helmet proposed by Prince Albert in 1842 is still worn by the British Army's Household Cavalry (pictured)? "The present style of helmet was introduced in 1842 by Prince Albert ( hence known as the Albert helmet )" from: Hoare, Nell; Marsh, Geoffrey; Commission, Great Britain Museums and Galleries (1990). Exploring Museums: The Home Counties. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-11-290471-7.
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow ( talk). Self-nominated at 11:28, 12 July 2021 (UTC).
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New, long enough, DYK check all clean, well reffed, good to go. In the future, a companion article on the bearskin helmet it replaces seems like a useful addition.
Maury Markowitz (
talk) 16:03, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
- Thanks for the review Maury Markowitz. I'm also working on the Albert shako and the Albert bonnet. But yes, plenty of opportunities for new articles in 19th-century British Army headgear! - Dumelow ( talk) 16:47, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
Categories:
- B-Class military history articles
- B-Class British military history articles
- British military history task force articles
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