British Napoleonic Uniforms

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Rifle armed. (Sapherson, 1991). Sapherson says the facings were Red with grey trousers but Rafftery (1988a) says dark green facings and dark blue trousers. Regiment of (Light) Dragoons — red facings (maybe yellow), silver lace and buttons, blue and red belt Before this date surgeons wore the same uniform as warrant officers. Items and information from the collection: British foot batteries: Lawson’s, Gardiner’s, Greene’s, Douglas’, May’s, by this time the 9pdr had replaced the majority of the 12 and 6pdrs, however Lawson and Mays batteries still retained 3 2gun divisions with the long version of the venerable 6pdr. Uniforms and guns Scarlet: The Blues and Royals, Queen's Royal Hussars, Royal Horse Artillery, Royal Artillery, The Rifles, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Educational and Training Services (part of Adjutant General's Corps), Royal Military Police (part of Adjutant General's Corps) Royal Army Physical Training Corps, Royal Corps of Army Music, Honourable Artillery Company (Infantry dress), The Royal Yeomanry

The British Army also raised units in territories that were allied to Britain or that British troops occupied. These included the Royal Sicilian Volunteers and two battalions of Greek Light Infantry. Initially the 1st Regiment Greek Light Infantry was formed, [36] which by 1812 became the 1st (Duke of York's) Greek Light Infantry Regiment [37] [38] and in 1813 a second regiment composed of 454 Greeks 2nd Regiment Greek Light Infantry) which occupied Paxoi islands. [39] These regiments included many of the men who were afterwards among the leaders of the Greeks in the War of Independence, such as Theodoros Kolokotronis. I have the Digby Smith book, Franklin's Artillery and Infantry plus many Opsreys, including Funken and Lawson plus many other sources. My main interest is the British napoleonic army particularly units that were invloved in the War of 1812. There were eventually 104 regiments of the line. They were numbered and, from 1781, were given territorial designations, which roughly represented the area from which troops were drawn. This was not entirely rigid, and most regiments had a significant proportion of English, Irish, Scots and Welsh together, except for certain deliberately exclusive regiments. [3] The majority of regiments contained two battalions, while some had only one. One special case, the 60th Foot, ultimately had seven battalions. [3] Battalions were dispersed throughout the army; it was rare for two battalions of any regiment to serve in the same brigade.I'll have a search as well, just because someone does lots of books, doe not mean they are reliable Material Regulations for the Army, Volume 3, Pamphlet 16, Optional Items of Dress (Note that Mat Regs have now been replaced by Army Dress Regulations so this reference is no longer current) For campaign, the gunners wore loose white or grey trousers. Originally they were worn over the breeches and gaiters. Later they were worn in their own right as trousers and the buttoned side fly was abandoned. Life Guards, Blues and Royals, 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards and Royal Dragoon Guards wear metal helmets with plumes, the plumes variously coloured to distinguish them.

Light Dragoons, 25th Light Dragoons [UK]". 2007-10-16. Archived from the original on 2007-10-16 . Retrieved 2021-02-22. The 71st did not wear highland dress in the Peninsular (Haythornthwaite, 1995). In the Corunna campaign of 1809 they wore a mix of tartan trews and grey overalls . Their pipers, however, retained highland dress even when the the regiment converted to light infantry.British Army Dress Committee (August 2005). Joint Service Publication 336: The Defence Supply Chain Manual. Vol.12 , Part 3, Pamphlet 12, Sect. 1 (3rded.). p.Para. 104. Archived from the original on 2007-11-06 . Retrieved 2008-07-29. This section covers all British foot (Foot Guards, Line, Light Infantry, Fusiliers, Highlander) plus the foreign regiments wearing British uniforms. Main sources are Rafferty (1988a), Sapherson (1991), Haythornthwaite (1995) Item The wear of campaign led the highland units to gradually abandon their kilts and adopt a variation on the standard uniform ( Haythornthwaite, 1995; Sapherson, 1991). This was not an even process. The 42nd still had kilts in 1814, although by then some men were wearing trews. Men of the 92nd were wearing trousers at Talavera (27-28 Jul 1809), although at least one officer was wearing a kilt at Vittoria (21 Jun 1813). Once a unit had abandoned highland dress their distinctive features were:

Haythornthwaite, P. (1995). Uniforms of the Peninsular Wars 1807 – 1814. London: Arms and Armour Press. It is worn with medals and decorations. Commissioned officers below the rank of major general have a special cut of uniform which is cut very much like British Army service dress but in blue, and is worn with a shirt and tie. General officers wear a uniform very similar to that worn by other ranks, but features gold shoulder cords and gorget patches. [23] When officers are taking part in parades and formations with other ranks in warm weather areas, they wear either No.3 or No.6 dress. The nominally Swiss Regiment de Meuron was transferred from the Dutch East India Company in Ceylon in 1798. It consisted even when first transferred of soldiers of mixed nationalities, and later recruited from among prisoners of war and deserters from all over Europe. It later served in North America. Two Swiss units in French service were also taken into British service about the same time. The Regiment de Roll was originally created from the disbanded Swiss Guards in the pay of France. Dillon's regiment was also formed from Swiss émigrés from French service. These two regiments were merged into a single provisional battalion, termed the Roll-Dillon battalion, at some stage in the Peninsular War. The Regiment de Watteville was another nominally Swiss unit, which actually consisted of many nationalities. It was formed in 1801 from the debris of four Swiss regiments formed by the British for Austrian service, and served at the Siege of Cadiz and in Canada in 1814.This is normally worn only by the Royal Marines Band Service, while the simpler Number 1A dress or "blues" are worn by any other Royal Marine unit undertaking ceremonial duties. [22] The Full Dress dates from 1923 and consists of a royal blue single-breasted tunic with red facings (with gold piping) and yellow cuff slashes. Royal blue trousers with a scarlet stripe and a white pith helmet are also worn. The uniform of the drum major features hussar style braiding across the front of the tunic. This uniform is also worn by the corps of drums of the Royal Marines Volunteer Cadet Corps. [23] Number 1A Regimental Blues Dress - 'Blues' [ edit ]

White cloth lapels and cuffs were added to the flag officer's full dress uniform. A crown was added to the buttons. White lapels and cuffs and gold lace were introduced on admiral of the fleet's undress uniform, the same as in full dress except that buttonholes were unlaced. The undress uniforms of other flag officers remained the same except for the addition of the new button. Admirals of the fleet had five rows of lace round the cuffs, admirals four, vice-admirals three and rear-admirals one. The Dutch Emigrant Artillery was formed in Hanover in 1795 from remnants of Franco-Dutch units. It consisted of three companies and between 1796 and 1803 served in the West Indies to man guns in forts there. In 1803 it was amalgamated into the Royal Foreign Artillery.Barnes, R.M. (1972). Military Uniforms of Britain & the Empire. Sphere Books London. ISBN 978-0722114063. After the end of the War in 1815, almost all the fencible and volunteer units were disbanded. Many of the troops and British soldiers discharged in Canada received land grants and became settlers. In 1812 the Spanish Majorca Cazadores were uniformed like the British 95th (Haythornthwaite, 1995). Fusilier