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Who we are
The 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards is a British Foot Guard regiment with a long and exceptional history, who can trace their origin back to 1642 when, by order of King Charles I, the regiment was raised by Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll for service in Ireland, and was known as the Marquis of Argyll's Royal Regiment. As one of the senior infantry regiments of the British Army, the 3rd takes precedence after the 2nd Regiment of Foot Guards, and is subsequently followed by the line infantry in the Infantry Order of Precedence. As Foot Guards our primary focus differs little from traditional line infantry; advancing steadily across the battlefield whilst demolishing those who stand in our way, be they line infantry, rifleman or otherwise.
If you are looking for a serious, disciplined and competitive regiment then enlist with the 3rd!
Find your local recruiting party today!
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Cap Star of the 3rd.
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Muster Roll
Regimental Staff:
Lieutenant Colonel
(Regimental leader)
Lieutenant Colonel James Collinson
Major
(Junior regimental staff)
Vacant
1st Company
Company Staff:
Captain
(Company leader)
Vacant
Lieutenant
(Company second-in-command)
Lieutenant Andrew Kent
Ensign
(Company standard bearer)
Ensign Thomas Moore
Non-Commissioned Officers
Serjeant Richard Miller
Serjeant James Gosling
Corporal Joseph Graham
Corporal Owen Fitzpatrick
Men of the Line
Spoiler Lance-Corporal
Lance Corporal John Bennett
Lance Corporal Daniel Moore
Lance Corporal Dunlop MacAllister
Enlisted men
Private Shaun Gunn
Private Alexander Knight
Private Isaac Pandling
Private Cameron MacKenzie
Private Alexander Gunn
Private Urquhart Wallace
Private Lachlan Dunlop
Private George Caldwell
Private Acair MacAlpine
Private Hecter Hughs
Private James Connor
Private Ewan MacTavish
Private Adam Scott
Private Johnson Ford
Private Charles Manson
Private Francis MacDougall
Private Malcolm Wallace
Private Thomas Watson
Private William Pigg
Private Johnson Ford
Private Anderson Mackenzie
Private Adam Graham
Private John Davis
Private Ian MacGregor
Private Harry Faversham
Private Angus Maclean
Private John Cooper
Boot Camp
Spoiler Recruit Robertson Scottgunn
Recruit Peter Larson
Recruit John Andrew
Recruit Alister McGregor
Recruit Hector MacDonald
Recruit Walter Montgomery
Recruit Murdoch Monroe
Recruit Theodore Parkers
Recruit Norman Montegormery
Recruit Sinclair Hart
Recruit Henderson Smith
Recruit Andrew Manson
Recruit Alexander Grant
Recruit Ferguson Maclean
Recruit William Makintosh
Recruit Charles Sheen
Recruit William Hirst
Recruit James Lexson
Recruit James Graham
Recruit John Sheppard
Recruit Taylor Maxwell
Recruit Edward Bryan
Recruit James Munro
Recruit Charles Cameron
Reserves
Spoiler Private Rick Jones
Recruit Alexander Munroe
Recruit Walter MacKay
Attached duties
Credits
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- Thread Design & Signatures; Joseph Graham
Our Steam Group
Teamspeak; 195.154.217.184:9993
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Regimental Staff
Colonel - Col
Lieutenant Colonel - LtCol
Major - Maj
Company Staff
Captain - Cpt
Lieutenant - Lt
Ensign - Ens
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Non-Commissioned Officers
Serjeant Major - SjtMaj
Colour Serjeant - CSjt
Serjeant - Sjt
Corporal - Cpl
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Men of the Line
Lance-Corporal - LCpl
Private - Pte
Recruit - Rec
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Adjutant. [Adj]
This duty, usually held by a lieutenant or
captain, is given to the man who manages
the regimental muster roll. | Drill Serjeant. [DSjt]
The Drill Serjeant is the right hand man of
the Regimental Serjeant Major and is given
command of basic training of all new recruits,
ensuring they are of the expected standard. |
Various Musician ranks. [Bug, Fif, Drm]
Buglers, fifers and drummers. These men are
the fellows who play rousing symphonies in
battle. |
Regimental Sapper [Sap]
This appointment is given to a man of the
battalion responsible for building field works
like trenches, chevaux de frise and sandbags
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Event Schedule
As a collective the 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards attend and host a range of different events during the course of the week, ranging from simple training sessions to full-scale linebattles. Whilst we respect that our members may not be able to attend an event for various different reasons we expect some form of notification of absence, usually through a post on our forum thread or a message to one of the officers.
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I'll be updating the thread where necessary; current layout is on trial. Still, a big shout out to Jezza for allowing us to use his original thread design/components of!
Battle Honours:
Historical:
- Namur 1695
- Dettingen
- Lincelles
- Egypt
- Talavera
- Fuentes d'Onoro
- Barrosa
- Salamanca
- Nive
- Peninsula
- Waterloo
Fictional:
1v1 Results
3rdFG| 6 - 4 |8e
3rdFG| 7 - 3 |90th Perth
3rdFG| 5 - 5 |78th
3rdFG| 9 - 1 |Nr2
3rdFG| 3 - 7 |18th
3rdFG| 7 - 3 |1stKGL
3rdFG| 10 - 1 |47th
3rdFG| 10 - 0 |1stRM
Victories: 6 | Draws: 1 | Losses: 1
Colours captured:
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Battle of Talavera, July 27-28 1809
In late July, the 3rd Foot Guards took part in the Battle of Talavera, one of the bloodiest and most bitter of engagements during the war. The British were commanded by Lieutenant-General Arthur Wellesley, a man who gained immortal fame in the history of the British Army, and would soon gain the honour Duke of Wellington for Talavera. The British-Spanish Army numbered about 50,000 and the 1st Battalion was part of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Division, while the French numbered over 40,000.
The battle that ensued was ferocious, with the British defenders receiving the first attack on the night of the 27 July, an attack that nearly forced the British off the Cerro de Medellin, a hill to the left of the 3rd Foot Guards position, but a counter-attack successfully repulsed the French. In the early hours of the 28th, the French attacked once more, meeting stiff resistance from the British defenders. At the Cerro position, the British poured a relentless and overwhelming fire into the advancing French formations, and repulsed the French, inflicting heavy casualties on them. Further French attacks took place, at one point, the Foot Guards distinguished themselves greatly when they poured a devastating fire into the French ranks, though the Guards advanced after the fleeing French and in doing so became the target of a French artillery battery and French infantry who duly ripped into the Guards, causing hundreds of casualties.
However, despite suffering terribly, the Guards managed to reform and, along with other infantry battalions, commenced yet another professional and overwhelming fire to repulse a large French counter-attack, which caused quite horrific casualties for the French.
The Battle of Talavera was bloody and ended in victory for the British though at a terrible price, with over 5,000 men being killed or wounded, while their French opponents lost over 7,000 men. For their role in the battle, the regiment won its fifth battle honour.
Battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815
At the climax of the Napoleonic Wars it would now be the turn of the 2nd Battalion to show it's mettle on behalf of the regiment. At Waterloo itself the 2nd Battalion was on the ridge just behind Hougoumont, with its light company in the farm buildings alongside those of the Second Foot Guards and two company's of the First's. For much of the day from eleven in the morning till eight in the evening did the foot guards much frustrate the 30,000 Frenchmen determined to capture the farmhouse.
Just after 11:00am, the battle commenced, with a French division, under the command of Prince Jérôme Bonaparte, beginning the assault on Hougoumont, with the Farm coming under heavy artillery fire. The French assaulted the farm, but the Guards' stout defense repulsed the first French attack. A second attack happened, and during that attack, the French attempted to push through the main gate. Despite the gallant efforts of the British Guardsmen to shut it, a few dozen French troops broke through before the Guardsmen managed to shut the main gate once more. What followed was a fierce hand-to-hand fight between the Guardsmen and French, until eventually all the French, minus a drummer boy who was spared by the Guardsmen, were killed.
The third attack came from the east of the farm, at the orchard. A few companies of the 3rd Guards subsequently confronted the French troops and, after some hard fighting, drove them from the orchard and back into the woods. The fourth attack soon came, this time with the use of a fearsome howitzer, and thus, the Grenadier Company of the 3rd Guards was sent into the woods to destroy the howitzer, but were faced with a superior French force and were forced out of the woods. The 3rd Guards were then sent to repulse the French from the orchard which they duly did, driving the French back into the woods once more.
Further attacks occurred on the farm, and the gallant defenders never wilted in the face of such French attacks, and held the farm against all odds, even when the farm was set ablaze by howitzer fire, the defenders still repulsed all French attacks. The elite Guards had proven their professionalism and valour once more in the field, and contributed greatly to the British and Allied victory at Waterloo, gaining the praise of the Duke of Wellington in the process. The defenders of Hougoumont suffered over 1,000 men killed or wounded during the Battle for Hougoumont, with the 3rd Guards suffering well over 200 men killed or wounded; while the French suffered many thousands of casualties in their numerous attempts to capture the farm. Napoleon was defeated and as before, he was exiled, this time to the British territory of St. Helena, where he would remain until his death in 1821.
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Media & Community Downloads.
Downloads:
Banner Pack:
Reskin:
- 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards [V2]
Screenshots
Centre Company - replaces 33rd
OfficerRankerSerjeant
Light Company - replaces 51st
OfficerRanker
Grenadier Company - replaces Coldstream
OfficerRankerSapper
Regimental Staff
Lieutenant Colonel James MacAllisterGallery.Kudos to Willhelm for his original 3rd FG skin; some components of which (Serjeant and Ensign banners, updated appropriately) have been used in this pack.
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Signatures.
1st Company
Company Staff.
NCOs & Enlisted men.
Requests.
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- Humans vs Bots
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Head Administrators:
- [3rdFG]Admaa
- [3rdFG]Primus
- [3rdFG]Sharko
- [Arctic Servers] Felix
Administrators:
- [15th]Archer
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- [15th]Gammelfar
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- [17e]Thomsen
- [3rdFG]Joe Mackenzie
- [3rdFG]Judge
- [3rdFG]Richard
- [3rdFG]Salty
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- Oscar XI Hederlööf/Wismar*
Server Rules:
General Rules
- First and foremost; 2 bot commanders when the defenders team has 20 or less people.
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- Do not block your own spawn.
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- 83rd (County Of Dublin) Regiment Of Foot - [Partial]
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The 83rd Regiment Of Foot is a regiment based in EU, We are a very disciplined regiment and have the goal of becoming one of the best regiments around! We are a friendly regiment with a fair number of highly experienced officers who are always recruiting! Think this is the regiment for you? Join here!
blah blah blah fill this gap up somehow.
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Cap badge of the 83rd
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Battle Honours:
Historical:
- Cape of Good Hope 1806
- Talavera
- Busaco
- Cidudad Rodriguo
- Badajoz
- Salamanca
- Vittoria
- Nivelle
- Orthez
- Toulouse
- Peninsula
Fictional:
1v1 Results
Colours captured:
Credits
Spoiler
- Thread Design & Signatures; Joe Mackenzie
Our Website
- Feel free to drop by anytime!
Teamspeak; 37.187.88.24:9988
|  Lieutenant Jacob Brunt, Adjutant, 1975. | History
In 1793 Britain had just entered the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802) and needed to expand its Army. That year William Fitch was commissioned to raise a regiment of foot in Dublin with the numeral 83. At the time the regiment was known as William Fitch's Regiment of Foot or by their nickname, Fitch's Grenadiers (when first raised the regiments men were short, so the nickname was intentionally ironic - grenadiers were supposed to be the tallest men in the army).
Fitch remained its colonel until his death in Jamaica - the regiment’s first overseas posting, which began in 1795. There it fought against a slave uprising and also sent three companies to assist in the capture of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti). Following this they were returned to Europe, and fought under Wellington in the Peninsular campaign. In this they saw action at Talavera, Busaco, Badajoz and Salamanca. In 1815 they again served under Wellington in the Waterloo campaign, which saw the final defeat of Napoleon.
The 83rd was stationed in Canada from 1834 to 1843. During this time the 83rd was posted in Halifax 1834 through 1837, Quebec 1837, Montreal 1837, Kingston 1838 through 1843, and Quebec 1843. During this period the 83rd supplied detachments to London, St Thomas, and Amherstburg. The primary role of the 83rd while in Lower and Upper Canada was to maintain order during the Rebellion of 1837, and to repel invaders from the United States. A key engagement with rebels and invaders took place at the Battle of the Windmill 1838.
In the post-war colonial period the 83rd were stationed in India, and were engaged in the Sepoy rebellion of 1857.
Rank Structure
I'll leave this section to you.
Event Schedule
As a collective the 83rd Regiment of Foot attend and host a range of different events during the course of the week, ranging from simple training sessions to full-scale linebattles. Whilst we respect that our members may not be able to attend an event for various different reasons we expect some form of notification of absence. All events that we host and attend are situated in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
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Sunday Linebattle (19:00 - 20:00)
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Training (19:00)
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N/A | | | Wednesday
Conquest Event (19:00) | | | Thursday
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1v1 Linebattle (19:00 - 19:30) | | | Saturday
83rd Linebattle
(18:30 - 19:30) | |
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- 44th (East Essex) Regiment of FootSpoiler 
Who are we?
The 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot is a North American (equally composed of Canadians and Americans) regiment based on skill, activity, and discipline. We are a community that plays games together, fights in line-battles and conquests, and finally consider each other more as a community than clan. In the regiment you may find yourself surrounded with veteran players who can significantly increase your melee skills or even show simple tricks that advanced fighters use. The intention of the 44th is to provide a fun, enjoyable, yet disciplined unit that fights primarily as line infantry. Based on a historical regiment that participated throughout many battles in the Peninsular campaign and finally into Waterloo (The entire history is posted below), we hope to reenact the 44th in an awesome way.
If you are interested in joining a serious, disciplined and rather fun regiment then join the 44th!
Interested recruits are always welcomed to try a linebattle with us before making a decision.
Take the King's Shilling (44th East Essex Regiment Website)
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Private of the 44th, 1812.
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Battle Honours:
Historical:
- Egypt
- Badajoz
- Salamanca
- Peninsula
- Bladensburg
- Waterloo
Fictional:
1v1 Results
Colours captured:
Credits
Spoiler
- Thread Design; Joseph Graham
Our Website
- Feel free to drop by anytime!
Teamspeak; your TS here
| | Rankings
Officers
Major - Maj
Captain - Cpt
Lieutenant - Lt
Ensign - Ens
| | Non-commissioned Officers
Serjeant Major - SjtMaj
Colour Serjeant - CSjt
Serjeant - Sjt
Corporal - Cpl
| | Enlisted Men
Lance-Corporal - LCpl
Kingsman - Kgm
Fusilier - Fus
Private - Pte
Recruit - Rec
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History of the 44th through the Napoleonic Wars - "The Fighting Fours", the Salamanca Eagle and Quatre Bras
The outbreak of war with revolutionary France in 1793 found the 44th and the 56th in Ireland. Both Regiments were sent to the West Indies, being employed in operations against the French islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique. While the 56th Foot was to remain in the West Indies until 1799 fighting both the French and the yellow fever until decimated, the 44th returned home in 1794 to be sent, ill-prepared and under strength, to fight under the Duke of York in Flanders. This ill-conceived campaign ended for the 44th in the spring of 1795, when it returned with the other remnants of the army to England, only to be sent once more to the West Indies. Returned home in 1797, the 44th next garrisoned Gibraltar from October, 1800, at a time when Napoleon conquered Egypt only to have his fleet destroyed by Nelson at the Battle of the Nile. Isolated by British sea-power, the eventual fate of the French was certain and only depended on when the hard-pressed England could spare the force necessary for their destruction. In 1801 the 44th was made part of this expedition. It took part in the Battle of the Pyramids and the Siege of Alexandria. It was awarded its first battle honour, "The Sphinx Superscribed Egypt", to be borne on the Regimental Colour. A Sphinx formed part of the Regimental cap badge.
Expansion of the army during the Napoleonic Wars resulted in the raising of the 2/44th (1803) and the 2/56th (1804), while the 3/5th was raised in 1813. The 2/44th was raised in Ireland, and it is perhaps to commemorate this and the many Irishmen who served with gallantry in the ranks of the 44th and 56th in their earlier years that both regular battalions of The Essex Regiment always marked St Patrick's Day by the beating of reveille by the Corps of Drums playing traditional Irish airs - a custom still observed today. The 44th served in Malta, Sicily, Spain and North America. In the latter campaign the battle honour "Bladensburg" was awarded for the part the Regiment took in the advance to and occupation of Washington, the American capital, 1814.
The 2/44th in its short life crowned itself with glory, gaining great distinction under Lord Wellington in the Peninsular War and at Quatre Bras and Waterloo. It won for the Regiment the battle honours of "Badajoz", "Salamanca", "Peninsula" and "Waterloo". It was a party of the 2/44th, under command of Lieutenant W. Pearce, that captured the Eagle Standard of the 62nd Regiment of French Infantry during the Battle of Salamanca in 1812. This Eagle (only five were taken in battle in all the wars with the French) rests in the Museum and an Eagle badge is worn as an arm badge by the Royal Anglian Regiment. The gallantry of the 2/44th in the Peninsular War gained them the nickname "The Fighting Fours".
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 The Eagle of the 62e Regiment d'Infanterie captured at Salamanca | | Capture of an Eagle at Salamanca
Battle of Salamanca, 22 July 1812 - the attack by Sir James Leith's 5th Division. At about 1640hrs the 5th Division, after enduring a prolonged period under fire from French artillery, began its attack on Maacune's division just above the village of Los Arapiles. When the 5th reached the crest of the heights they found Maucune's division drawn up in squares. In the ensuing contest, the British firepower broke the squares apart.
The eagle of the 62nd was taken by Lieutenant Pearce of the 44th English, who appeared in front of its bearer at the moment when he was taking it off its staff to protect it under his coat. They got involved in a fight, in which they were joined by a 2nd eagle-bearer, a French soldier and three English of the 44th. The French soldier was going to drive his bayonet into the Lieutenant, when Private Finlay shot him in the head, saving the Lieutenant’s life and spraying the eagle with the soldier’s blood. The two French bearers also died straight away, one of them killed by Lieutenant Pearce, who snatched the eagle from the hands of one of the dead, then nailed their trophy to a sergeant’s pike, carrying it triumphantly throughout the remainder of the battle, presenting it to Wellington the following day.
Brevet Lieut Colonel Hardinge gained a medal for this victory and the 44th were permitted to bear the word Salamanca on the regimental colour. The battalion had Captains John Berwick Ensign William Standley and four rank and file killed two sergeants one drummer and twenty rank and file wounded at the battle.
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Quatre Bras & Finale
The Battalion then moved to quarters in Ostend until April 1815, when they where posted to the 95th British Infantry Brigade under the command of Sir Dennis Pack. The 2nd Battalion suffered 165 casualties during the Waterloo Campaign and was particularly hard pressed at Quatre Bras, where on June 16th Ensign Christie, despite receiving serious injuries, distinguished himself by saving the regimental Colour. After the battle of June 18th, the 44th marched to Paris, not returning to England until January 1816. In January 1816 the 2nd Battalion of the 44th Regiment of Foot embarked at Calais for Dover and on the 24th January was disbanded. The Officers received full pay until 24th March and all men fit for service were transferred to the 1st Battalion. The 44th East Essex remained a one battalion regiment, winning more glory and honours until 1881, when on 1st July, as a result of the territorial reorganisation scheme, the 44th became the 1st Battalion, the Essex Regiment and the 44th East Essex ceased to exist. Gone but never forgotten.
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 Last stand of the 44th at Gandamak, painted by William Barnes Wollen
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The 44th Foot fought in the First Anglo-Afghan War and the regiment formed the rearguard on the retreat from Kabul. After a continuous running battle in two feet of snow, the force had been reduced to fewer than forty men. On 13 January 1842, the few survivors of the decimated regiment made a last stand against Afghan tribesmen on a rocky hill near the village of Gandamak. The ground was frozen and icy. The men had no shelter and were starving. Only a dozen of the men had working muskets, the officers their pistols and a few unbroken swords. When the Afghans surrounded them on the morning of the 13th the Afghans announced that a surrender could be arranged. "Not bloody likely!" was the bellowed answer of one British sergeant. It is believed that only two survived the massacre.
Most notable was Captain Thomas Souter, who by wrapping the regimental colours around himself was taken prisoner, being mistaken by the Afghan as a high military official. The other was Surgeon William Brydon who rode his exhausted horse for days until he came to the British garrison at Jalalabad. A vivid, if romanticised, depiction entitled "Last Stand of the 44th Regiment at Gundamuk" was painted by the artist William Barnes Wollen in 1898 which now hangs in the Chelmsford and Essex museum in Oaklands Park, London Road, Chelmsford. This disaster to British arms served to encourage the Indian nationalists who were leaders in the great mutiny in India. |
Crimea
The 44th Foot was reconstituted and saw active service in Turkey and Russia during the Crimean War. The regiment was awarded three battled honours to its Regimental Colour for service in the Crimea. These were the battles of The Alma, Inkerman and Sevastopol.
Second Opium War
The 44th were serving in Madras, India in 1860 as the garrison for Fort St George. Drafts of reinforcements arrived during 1859 and the regiment was composed of 35 officers and 1,176 organised in 10 companies. At the outbreak of war with China, 5 companies of the regiment embarked on transports on 31 January. The remainder of the regiment embarked on 3 March. On arrival in China the commanding officer Colonel Charles William Dunbar Staveley was appointed to command the 1st Brigade of the 1st Division, and command of the 44th fell to Lieutenant Colonel MacMahon. The regiment participated in the capture of the Taku Forts on 21 August 1860 as part of the Anglo-French forces under command of General Sir James Hope Grant. The 44th were in the vanguard of the assault on the North Taku entrenchments. The attacking force crossed a series of ditches and bamboo-stake palisades under heavy Chinese musketry, and tried to force entrance by the main gate. When this effort was unsuccessful, an assault party climbed the wall to an embrasure and forced entry to the fort. The first British officer to enter the fort was Lieutenant Robert Montresor Rogers of the E Company, who was awarded the Victoria Cross for his conspicuous bravery. He was closely followed by Private John McDougall who was also awarded the VC. During the fighting the 44th had Captain George Ingham and Lieutenant Robert Montressor Rogers severely wounded, fourteen men killed, one drummer and forty-five men wounded. For this bloody action the Essex Regiment was awarded the battle honor "Taku Forts" to its Regimental Colour. On 25 August the 44th embarked for Shanghai and landed at the city on 10 September. The regiment garrisoned the city until 15 November when it embarked for Hong Kong, where it spent the rest of the war. After the end of the Opium War, it returned to India.
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Battle of Inkerman, during the Crimean War, in 1854 |
 Voluntary Enlistment Poster | | The Essex Regiment - The Great War
On 1 July 1881, as part of the Childers Reforms which removed the numbering of Regiments, the 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot united with the 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot to form the Essex Regiment.
The Great War
During World War I the Essex Regiment provided 30 infantry battalions to the British Army. The 3rd (Special Reserve) (formerly Militia) battalion was mobilised to supply drafts to the two Regular battalions. On the outbreak of war, the Territorial battalions (4th-7th, and 8th (Cyclist) Bns) all formed second line (2/4-2/8th) and eventually third line (3/4th-3/8th) battalions. Three service battalions (9th-11th) and one reserve battalion (12th) were formed from volunteers in 1914 as part of Kitchener's Army, and a further service battalion (13th (West Ham)) was raised by the Mayor and Borough of West Ham. Reserve battalions created as the war progressed included the 14th (from the depot companies of the 13th), 15th-17th (from provisional battalions), 18th (Home Service) and 1st and 2nd Garrison Bns The regiment's battle honours for the First World War include Le Cateau, Ypres, Loos, Somme, Cambrai, Gallipoli and Gaza.
Battle of the Somme
1st Battalion took part in the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916. The battalion (comprising W, X, Y, and Z companies) took up position in the British trenches at 3:30 am. At 8:40 am, the battalion received orders to advance and clear the German first-line trenches. The battalion was delayed by heavy enemy fire and congestion in the communication trenches. The Newfoundland Regiment advancing to the left of the Essex battalion was almost entirely wiped out as they advanced towards German lines. At 10:50 am, the Essex companies were in position and received orders to go "over the top". Companies came under heavy artillery and MG barrage immediately they appeared over the parapet, causing heavy losses. The attack became bogged down in no man's land. The battalion received orders from 88th Brigade headquarters to recommence the attack for 12:30 pm, but at 12:20 pm the battalion commander advised brigade HQ that "owing to casualties and disorganisation", it was impossible to renew the attack. The survivors of the battalion received orders to hold their position along the line of Mary Redan – New Trench – Regent Street. |
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- 28th Regiment of Foot - "The Slashers"Spoiler 
Who we are
The 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot was a British Infantry regiment with a long and exceptional history, who can trace their origin back to 1694 when Sir John Gibson, the Lieutenant-Governor of Portsmouth raised the regiment. Three years later he was instructed to take 'Gibson's Regiment of Foot' to Newfoundland to counter French expansionism. He arrived in June 1697 to find the colony there wiped out. The 28th takes precedence after the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot, and is subsequently followed by the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot and so forth in the Infantry Order of Precedence. As Light Infantry our primary focus is to act in support of the line infantry, positioning ourselves on the flanks of their formations to act as both a deterrent against enemy charges and to skirmish against the French.
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Rear shako badge of the 28th.
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Muster Roll
Light Company
Company Staff:
Captain
(Company leader)
Vacant
Lieutenant
(Company second-in-command)
Lieutenant Joseph Graham
Ensign
(Company standard bearer)
Vacant
Non-Commissioned Officers
Men of the Line
Spoiler Lance-Corporal
Enlisted men
- Recruits will be signed on to the muster roll upon promotion.
Battle Honours:
- Egypt
- Corunna
- Talavera
- Barrosa
- Albuhera
- Pyrenees
- Nivelle
- Nive
- Orthes
- Toulouse
- Peninsula
- Quatre Bras
- Waterloo
Titles:
- The Old Braggs
- The Back Numbers
- The Fore and Afts
- The Slashers
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Company Staff
Lieutenant - Lt
Ensign - Ens
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Non-Commissioned Officers
Serjeant Major - SjtMaj
Colour Serjeant - CSjt
Serjeant - Sjt
Corporal - Cpl
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Men of the Line
Lance-Corporal - LCpl
Private - Pte
Recruit - Rec
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The Napoleonic Wars
1801
The French revolution began in 1789 and from then on set the whole of Europe alight with conflict. Under the genius of Napoleon Bonaparte the French had won battles against nearly every major nation and now dominated the European mainland. She now turned her attention outward towards Great Britain and Her overseas possessions. France had sent an expeditionary force to Egypt with a view to the invasion of India. The 28th were sent as part of a British force under General Sir Ralph Abercromby to counter that threat. They made an amphibious landing near Alexandria on the 8th of March. The French General Menou advanced towards the British who were camped about four miles to the east of Alexandria. He had the advantage of 1400 cavalry and superior artillery. He made a feint towards the British left but made his main thrust at the British right which included the ground the 28th were holding which was an old ruined fort on the Mediterranean coast. The fighting was very fierce and whilst under heavy attack to the front and flanks French cavalry was thrown at the 28th's rear. Lieutenant Colonel Chambers who had assumed command when Colonel Paget was seriously wounded was undaunted by this alarming turn of events and gave the order ' 28th, rear rank only, right about face, and although assailed from both sides the regiment calmly repelled all attacks in fierce hand to hand fighting. By 10.00 am the French were in full retreat along their entire line.
In honour of the 28th's conduct on that day they were granted the unique distinction of wearing a badge on the back of their head dress as well as at the front. This badge takes the form of a sphinx with the word 'Egypt' beneath.
1808
An expedition under sir John Moore including the 28th was sent to Spain to link up with the Spanish army and drive the French out of the country. However General Moore soon realised that the Spanish army was not going to stand against the French. He also learned that the French were moving to isolate and destroy his force leaving him with no choice but to withdraw the 240 miles to the port of Corunna. The withdrawal began on Christmas Eve, and was carried out in terrible weather conditions over snow covered mountains. The 28th formed part of the rear guard under their own General Paget, now recovered from his wound and Divisional Commander under General Moore. Throughout this gruelling retreat the 28th had been in almost constant contact with the French and had fought many holding and delaying actions. The army reached Corunna on the 11th January and were able to regroup, get some much needed sleep and food, and be issued with arms and ammunition. They then fought the French again just outside of Corunna and succeeded in beating them before being successfully taken off by the Royal Navy. A precursor of Dunkirk? Although the main part of the regiment left the Peninsula it left a detachment behind in Lisbon which as part of a composite battalion under the Duke of Wellington took part in the battle of Talavera. Many more famous battles were fought before the final push in 1813 which saw the defeat of the French at the battle of Toulouse in 1814 and the abdication and exile of Napoleon to the island of Elba.
1815
In March of this year Napoleon escaped from Elba and returned to France gathering popular support as he travelled slowly from the coast to Paris. Whole regiments that were sent to intercept and arrest him defected to his cause. An allied army was assembled in Belgium which included the 28th who had hurried across the sea from Ireland where they had been stationed for several years. Napoleon was aware that he had only a short time to obtain a quick victory whilst the allies were still bickering about who should do what and before the allied army grew to an overwhelming size. He therefore marched towards Brussels on the 15th June. He met the Prussian army at Ligny driving them off and nearly destroying them completely. Wellington had decided to stop the French advance at Quatre Bras some 25 miles south of Brussels and on 16th June at the crossroads the battle was joined. The 28th in square against cavalry valiantly resisted every effort to break them and eventually Marshall Ney, the French Commander was forced to withdraw. During the height of the battle Sir James Kempt, the Brigade Commander rode into the 28th's square, doffed his hat and cried 'Bravo 28th, The 28th are still the 28th and your conduct this day shall never be forgotten'.
After the battle of Quatre Bras the 28th joined the main army at Waterloo. Wellington had chosen the location for it's suitability to his now well known tactic of hiding the exact number and strength of his force by screening parts of it behind dips and rises in the land. As a bonus this also served to protect some units from direct damage from artillery. He intended to deny the battlefield to the enemy until Blucher's Prussians could recover from their mauling at Ligny and come up to re-enforce him. As he said afterwards, "It was a damned serious business, the nearest thing you ever saw in your life". During the course of the evening Napoleon was informed that the Prussians would shortly arrive, and in desperation he flung in the last of his reserves, the famed Imperial Guard. Unfortunately the ploy failed and the Guard were repulsed with heavy loss. Wellington took of his hat and waved it as a signal for a general advance. The French army was broken and fled the field. Napoleon went into exile once again this time to remain there until his death.
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Light Infantry Exercise 1797
As Ordered in His Majesty's Regulations for the Movement of the Troops
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