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His Majesty's Warrant for the Regulation of the Colours, Clothing, &c. of the Marching Regiments of Foot, 1768
His Majesty's Warrant for the Regulation of the Colours, Clothing, &c. of the Marching Regiments of Foot, 1768
Follow the link below to an external site of the recreated 17th regiment of foot in the UK. This site contains an excellent version of the Royal Warrant including tables, color images and videos.
Salem, Ma.
The Manual Exercise as ordered by His Majesty in the year 1764
The Manual Exercise as ordered by His Majesty in the year 1764
Follow the link below to an external site of the recreated 17th regiment of foot in the UK. This link contains an excellent transcribed version of the Royal Warrant including tables, color images and videos.
2023-A-Military Manual--the-Redcoats-and-Revolutionaries-Drill-Book (1).pdfA Military Manual
A Military Manual
The document on the left is a pdf of a training document used by the recreated 17th regiment of foot in the UK.
General Thomas Gage, Colonel of the 22nd Regiment of Foot, by J.S. Copley, 1768
Bennet Cuthbertson's System for the Complete Interior Management and Oeconomy of a Batallion of Infantry, Printed in Bristol 1776
Bennet Cuthbertson's System for the Complete Interior Management and Oeconomy of a Batallion of Infantry, Printed in Bristol 1776
Follow the link below to an external site, archive.org, where a high quality scan of the original may be found.
Photo of Original by Don Troiani
Recruitment of Soldiers in the British Army
Recruitment of Soldiers in the British Army
From The Military Guide for Young Officers, 1776, Thomas Simes. Page 205-210.
From The Military Guide for Young Officers, 1776, Thomas Simes. Page 205-210.
Follow the link below to an external site of the recreated 17th regiment of foot in the UK. This link has a transcribed version of the recruiting instructions and forms suggested by an officer from the period.
Captain William Raymond, 22nd Foot, 1790.
A Military Guide for Young Officers, Containing a System of the Art of War; etc. By Thomas Simes, Esq. 1772
A Military Guide for Young Officers, Containing a System of the Art of War; etc. By Thomas Simes, Esq. 1772
Follow the link below to an external site, archive.org, where a high quality scan of the original may be found.
Explanation of how to move a battalion across a bridge, from The Military Medley, photo by D. Hagist
The Military Medley, Containing the most necessary Rules and Directions for attaining a Competent Knowledge of the Art: etc. By Thomas Simes, Esq. 1767
The Military Medley, Containing the most necessary Rules and Directions for attaining a Competent Knowledge of the Art: etc. By Thomas Simes, Esq. 1767
Follow the link below to an external site, books.google.com, where a high quality scan of the original may be found.
Click the Image for Hardware Page
Click the Image for Hardware Page
Original Regimental Hardware
Original Regimental Hardware
While there is not a lot of surviving material from the period for any regiment, we do have a few surviving important finds that go a long way toward helping us develop our specific impression. Click the image to the right for the Original Regimental Hardware page.
The Lace & method of looping the button holes of each regiment of infantry, as ordered by His Majesty, 19th December 1768.
The Lace & method of looping the button holes of each regiment of infantry, as ordered by His Majesty, 19th December 1768.
The following is taken from the Royal Collection Trust:
This unique book records the comprehensive new warrant for military uniforms introduced by George III in 1768. The fabric buttonhole swatches represent the various ‘facings’ (originally the lining of the coat revealed by turned-back lapel, skirt tails and cuffs) and ‘lacings’ (the military braid used to reinforce the edges of buttonholes, lapels and cuffs) for 70 infantry regiments. The 18th-century 'facings' and 'lacings' are bound with typescript tables recording the facings of infantry regiments in 1768, and the changes in facings between 1751 and 1908. These tables were compiled by Charles ffoulkes. Later he was the first curator of the Imperial War Museum, but at the time of compiling the tables in 1911 he was studying arms and armour at St John's College, Oxford. His research into the 1768 collection of swatches was presumably carried out at the behest of the Hon. John Fortescue, then Royal Librarian. It is likely that up to that point the facing patterns had been kept in a bundle rather than in a bound volume.
Rebound and edited in 1911 during the reign of King George V
Source: Royal Collection Trust
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