PUBLIC SCHOOLS (MAJOR) - UNIFORM REFERENCES

The major English Public Schools are the so-called "Clarendon" schools (so called because of the Clarendon Commission of 1861 - 1864), namely, Charterhouse, Eton, Harrow, Rugby, Shrewsbury, Westminster and Winchester. As noted in the previous blogpost, they retained their social distinction during the VBCW by entering combat in their distinctive school uniforms, rather than adopting, as per the Minor Public Schools, a more conventional military uniform (of the smaller sizes):

Eton Rifles at present - in morning dress

Eton Rifles off to war - I say, out of our way, oiks !

Harrow School Infantry Section off to the armoury to collect their (inevitable)
Lee Enfield .303 Rifles. This is clearly an early war photograph, as the white flannels
 and straw boaters proved socially correct but slightly impractical "on campaign".