“””Looks like they’re a buncha bowlegged farmers who are more used to ridin’ than marchin’! ;-)”””
Very astute observation. Since they were Englishmen they possibly suffered from the medical disorder “rickets”, resulting from a vitamin D deficiency and evidenced by soft bones.
Also another term ‘limeys’ is derived from sucking on limes to increase vitamin C.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickets