I recently came across this tunic from the 1st Battalion Middlesex Volunteers who were based in The Elms in Hornsey in the years around 1900. (Read more of that story on HoL here).

This is a classic British Army 'red coat' scarlet tunic, apparently of rough cloth, with 1st Battalion Middlesex Volunteer woven shoulder titles. There is also a badge on the sleeve showing a rifle (I seem to recall the regiment being referred to at the 1st Rifles at some point: perhaps it's signifying that).

The old label also survives showing that it was an order from Samuel Brothers Ltd London for a man called Harling at Hornsey.

I thought it would be interesting to see if I could narrow down the field on who this Harling might be. Allowing for Anecstry's peculiarities, I could only find one Harling in Hornsey. William Harling fits the bill, He was a 22-year-old mechanical engineer from Hornsey Park Road. 

When I was writing up The Elms story I contacted a couple of the regimental organisations, who were both very helpful. I've alerted then about this tunic and I hope I'll learn more about this tunic as a result

(Click and click again on both images to enlarge them.)