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- Postilion abstract "A postilion (or postillion, occasionally Anglicised to "post-boy") rider was the driver of a horse-drawn coach or post chaise, mounted on one of the drawing horses. By contrast, a coachman would be mounted on the vehicle along with the passengers.Postilion riders normally rode the left (or "near") horse of a pair because horses usually were trained only to be mounted from the left. With a double team, either there would be two postilions, one for each pair, or one postilion would ride on the left rear horse in order to control all four horses.This style of travel was known as "posting." The postilions and their horses (known as "post-horses") would be hired from a "postmaster" at a "post house." The carriage would travel from one post house to the next (a journey known as a "stage"), where the postilions and/or horses could be replaced if necessary. Posting was once common both in England and in continental Europe. In England, posting declined once railways became an alternative method of transport, but it remained popular in France and other countries.The gun detachments of the The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery are each driven by a team of three post riders. The King's Troop is a ceremonial unit equipped with World War I veteran 13 pounder field guns drawn by six horses in much the same configuration as the guns of the 19th and early 20th century would have been. Officers and SNCOs ride separately.The United States Army's Old Guard Caisson Platoon also rides postilion, as their predecessors did in the 19th Century, carrying cannons to war. The section sergeant on a separate horse is in charge of the team and there are 6 other horses teamed together, used at Arlington National Cemetery.".
- Postilion thumbnail Postilion.png?width=300.
- Postilion wikiPageExternalLink books?id=PqdFAAAAMAAJ.
- Postilion wikiPageExternalLink postillion.html.
- Postilion wikiPageID "3960659".
- Postilion wikiPageRevisionID "605966625".
- Postilion hasPhotoCollection Postilion.
- Postilion subject Category:Obsolete_occupations.
- Postilion subject Category:Road_transport.
- Postilion comment "A postilion (or postillion, occasionally Anglicised to "post-boy") rider was the driver of a horse-drawn coach or post chaise, mounted on one of the drawing horses. By contrast, a coachman would be mounted on the vehicle along with the passengers.Postilion riders normally rode the left (or "near") horse of a pair because horses usually were trained only to be mounted from the left.".
- Postilion label "Foryś".
- Postilion label "Postilhão".
- Postilion label "Postilion".
- Postilion label "Postillon".
- Postilion label "Postillon".
- Postilion label "Postillón".
- Postilion label "Форейтор".
- Postilion sameAs Posel.
- Postilion sameAs Postillon.
- Postilion sameAs Postillón.
- Postilion sameAs Postillon.
- Postilion sameAs Foryś.
- Postilion sameAs Postilhão.
- Postilion sameAs m.0b8ssk.
- Postilion sameAs Q596033.
- Postilion sameAs Q596033.
- Postilion wasDerivedFrom Postilion?oldid=605966625.
- Postilion depiction Postilion.png.
- Postilion isPrimaryTopicOf Postilion.
