 | The 88th was established in Connaught in 1793 and it bore on its colours and appointments a harp and a crown with the motto Quis Separabit – "Who shall divide us". It first saw service in 1794 in Flanders in the disastrous Walcheren campaign against Napoleon's troops and, despite their inexperience, the troops fought well, but hundreds perished in the British Army’s winter retreat that year. The regiment later fought in the West Indies, Egypt, India and South America before it joined Wellington’s army in the Peninsular in 1808. It was during the Peninsular campaign that the 88th distinguished itself as one of the finest regiments in what Wellington himself was later to describe as "that most astonishing infantry". |
Posterity has ensured that we have a first hand account of some of the most extraordinary actions that took place in the Peninsular of that time by the published diaries of Lieutenant William Grattan who served with the 88th in Spain from 1809 until 1813.
The Connaught Rangers were "the most Irish of all Irish regiments" (Oman) and in Grattan's own words were "a parcel of lads that took the world aisy" and "without shoes they fancied themselves at home, without food they were nearly at home."
The 88th served under General Picton in the 3rd Division or the "Fighting Division" as Grattan was proud to call them. Picton himself seemed to have had a love-hate relationship with the 88th. When he first addressed them he called them "The Connaught Footpads" in reference to their reputation for plundering, but he soon recognised their abilities when it came to a hard fight.It is evident that in moments of crisis he came to use the 88th as shock troops – heavy stormtroopers to be used at the critical point of a battle to break the spirit of their opponents by hand-to-hand fighting, and
it was Picton who came to give them the infamous nick name of "The Devil’s Own". The many battles of the Peninsular War have filled many books but the major actions in which the Connaught Rangers made an inimitable contribution can be summarised below:
For example, during the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo, it was in order to confer
a mark of distinction upon the Connaught Rangers that a junior officer or subaltern volunteer from the 88th was requested to lead the "Forlorn Hope", the first storming party through the main breach of the fortress walls. Almost certain death, but if he survived, the leading officer was normally assured a captaincy. A Lieutenant William Mackie volunteered and was granted the command, composed of 20 volunteers from the 88th.
Before hurling the whole of the 3rd Division into the assault, General Picton gave this particular address to the 88th: "Rangers of Connaught!
It is not my intention to expend any powder this evening.
We’ll do this business with the cold iron."
Read the rest of the history here!
| The 88th Connaught Rangers is a regiment that has been around for a year now. We are a few dedicated friends who have chosen to avoid large regiments, and therefore favour regiments in which everyone knows each other. We look for friendship and fun in a regiment instead of the desire to win: you can't always win you see! Therefore, we have formed in order to create a long lasting brotherhood of friendship between members. If you are interested in joining the 88th and want to know more about who we are and what we do, then add Major Yoker on Steam for details. For some basic information, we have trainings on Mondays and Wednesdays at 7:30PM GMT, and we host our own event on Saturdays. |
[EU] Monday Training - 7:30PM GMT
[EU] Wednesday Training - 7:30PM GMT
[EU] Thursday Siege - 6:30PM GMT
[EU] Friday Linebattle - 6:40PM GMT
[EU] Saturday Conquest - 7:30PM GMT
[EU] Sunday Linebattle - 6:30PM GMT
We have a Steam Group,
here. Use this to contact any member of the regiment and upon acceptance into the regiment you will be invited to join the group. We also have our own teamspeak server. The address is 141.105.120.208:9992. We'll post any announcements we have in the Steam Group, so that everyone can see it.
| In the Connaught Rangers, you are expected to be active, mature and well disciplined. In order for you to be able to advance up the ranks, you must show that you are capable of following orders, making constructive suggestions and have a good ability at the game. It is also preferred if you are active on TaleWorlds and on Steam, but most important is overall activity within the regiment. The co-founders of the regiment will always hold the highest ranks in the hierarchy and you should follow the examples they set: they will always be mature and well behaved, you must follow in their footsteps in order to go far. Do not troll, make the Rangers proud! |
| Now, it's rumoured that this newfangled thing called a "Roster" is something that lets you list all the members of your regiment, and actually see where they're from! By Jove technology is advancing tenfold is it not! I daresay that we might get one if we can figure out how to run the damned things, but as of yet I can't for the life of me figure out how they work. Anyway, I'll just leave this here until I can discover exactly what I'm meant to do to "get" a roster, as it were. |
I'll also need to find a list of those damned ruffians that I have under my command, those vagrants and vagabonds sure love to fight, I'll tell you that for nought but a clip 'round the ear! Anyway, when I get around to gathering the bastards into one place and counting/naming them all, and then recording it, and on top of tha figuring out how to make a roster work, we'll sure as hell have one! Oh and by the way, you can in fact apply here (strange I know), so just fill out the thingy below if you feel like it, and we'll assess your application. |
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Officers,
Major Yoker
Captain Neo
Ensign Aether
Ensign Mina
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NCO's
Corporal Antony
Lance CorporalBraxen
Lance Corporal Clueless
Lance Corporal Giovanni
Lance Corporal Oakenshield
Lance Corporal Jersei
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Bootcamp,
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Enlisted men,
Kingsman Cake
Kingsman Kaya
Kingsman Sasha-Jen
Kingsman Cannonball
Kingsman Urrik
Kingsman Hagran
Regular FlunkY
Regular Mike
RegularTaintedTurnip
Regular Tharan
Regular Wonko
Private Barristan
Private Chocolate
Private Cooper
Private Demonbooty
Private Ennis
Private Frenky99
Private Greyscale
Private Haystack
Private Hells Inferno
Private Loras
Private Masa
Private Matthew
Private Mattybill
Private Milkshake
Private Wayne
Private Wonko
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