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We note English boys wearing both hats and caps with sailor suits in the late-19th century. The caps followed the tyles worn by he Royal Navy. At first we see the saucer caps. Than at the end of the cebtury we begin to see soft caps. We begin to see boys in the late-19th century wearing round soft caps like the boy here is wearing (figure 1). We do not see these caps commonly in the mid-19th century. They were very common in the late-19th century. We believe this reflect a change in Royal Navy uniforms. We are not sure just they were introduced. We find more information about officers' caps than ratings' caps. The tally seems to comport with regulations adopted to formalize tehe tallies (1879). Many caps were already using the style. This change when side bows began to be worn (1893). We are not sure just what the name for these caps were. We just note thm being referred to as sailor caps. These were in keeping with the idea of an enlisted (ratings) uniform because officers had different styles. Younger boys might wear broad-brimmed sailor hats. The fashion ditim followed y many monthers was the younger the boy the larger the hat. Unlike the caps, these were not headwer actually worn in the Rotal Navy.
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