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British Camel Corps and the Egyptian Army1884-1885

 Richard Brooks

In a good way ‘I hate that Gerry Webb’ at Castaway Arts in Oz. He keeps making these great

figures that I got to hae. !ery time I sae a "itt"e to buy someone’s new figs# Gerry has beatenme to the pun$h with some rea""y great figures. %his time is no e&$eption with his new $aa"ry ''

 both !gyptian and (ritish '' and )aa" Came" $orps figs and %uaregs to go with his **+. We""#

you know I ,ust hae to add these to my troops# but I wasn’t sure what kind of numbers I needed.

-o I did a "itt"e resear$h on the (ritish Came" Corps and the !gyptian army.

British Camel Corps

Unit 12-25-1884 1-17-1885

O OR O OR 

Heay / 01 23 145

+ight 5 1 ' '

Guards 0 246 7 1508

9ounted Inf. 22 167 23 107

 )aa" (rig. ' ' 0 01:

Cavalry

7th Hussars 0 240 6 24

O;Offi$ers# O<;Other <anks# 8in$"udes the <oya" 9arines# : Gardner gun

Heavy Camel Corps  $ompany 3O and 65O< = 2 +ife Guards

2 $ompany 3/ and 65O< <oya" Horse Guards = >ueens ?ragoons

1 $ompany 3O and 65O< 3 = 0 ?rag. Guards3 $ompany 3O and 65O< -$ots Greys = <oya" ?ragoons

0 $ompany 3O and 65O< 0 = 5 +an$ers

Light Camel Corps 2O and 31O< from ea$h of 7 Hussar <egiments.

Gar!s Camel Corps 2O and 31O< from ea$h of 4 Guards <egiments. @"us 3O and /2O< <oya" 9arines

"onte! #n$antry Camel Corps A $ompany

O and 1/O< from ea$h

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9y mounted units are based on appro&imate"y fig ; / to 2/ re$orded men. I know that is a big

spread but some units are a"ready fi""ed out and others wi"" hae to wait unti" I $an afford more#

espe$ia""y sin$e some units not on"y reEuire dismounted figs but the "ater !gyptian $aa"ry needto rep"a$e their front "ine with "an$ers. -o one !gyptian ?ragoon $ou"d $onsist of two riders# a

horse# and dismounted fig. Instead of a simp"e $aa"ry unit of si& figures Foffi$er# bug"er = four 

other ranks representing 4/ man troops that same unit has two more figs F"an$ers for the frontrank. I’m a"ready $onfused. %hen of $ourse it $ontinues to $hange in 67/ when the !gyptian

army $hanges from 4/ man troops to sEuadrons of 0/ and goes from 6 troops to 0 sEuadrons

than more sEuadrons# what fun# now how many is that in figures. I don’t know who’s on first