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Regiments / 2nd Light Battalion, King's German Legion
« on: May 02, 2022, 12:45:35 am »


We welcome you to our official thread !



About us

We find our roots in the Rifles community of M&BNW, The final Rifle Regiment of our generation. Made up of Oldguards dating back to the earliest days of NW, With a combined total of 15 years experience at our date of founding. Over the years we can now boast an impressive 26 Years of experience among our upper leadership.

The 2ndKGL Contains some of the highest tier of players within BCoF, Experts in Marksmanship and Melee Combat both, with one of the largest collections of top tier Competitive players, however the 2ndKGL is anything but Competitive, among our broad and vast membership is players of all tiers, from the Beta testers with nearly 1k hours to those of us with a few hours at best.

Prelude of the Battalion

In the year of 1803,
the fourteen-month European interlude that was the Peace of Amiens came to an end,
and Britain once again went to war against France.
Napoleon Bonaparte, Seeking  to strike at the British,
but thwarted by the barrier of the English Channel,
sent an army corps to occupy the King of England's
Hanoverian Electorate the homeland,
from which Britain's Hanoverian  dynasty
had been invited to the throne in 1714,
and over which they still reigned. One of the consequences
of this particular piece of Napoleonic aggression was a steady
but growing movement of men of the former Hanoverian Army to England.



History of the Battalion



Napoleon's ruthless expansion and enforced revisions of the political map of Europe created many tens of thousands of refugees, many of whom ended up in the motey ranks of various, often short-lived corps in British pay. The KGL was something different: a large force of all arms, which would come to represent a significant minority of Britain's troops in the field, whose professional quality would keep it in the forefront of the British effort to bring down he French dictator and to free the Hanoverians' country  from occupation by his troops.

At the front of this task; The Second Light Battalion, who's members had made up the oldest and most experienced members of the KGL, Many of whom had found their origins in the Hanoverian Army. The KGL campaigned in several western European countries at a time when the political map of Europe was constantly being re-drawn. From the Baltic in the north to the island of Malta in the south, from Ireland and Portugal in the west to Pomerania in the east, the KGL marched and frequently fought in a continent very different to that of today.

The KGL was raised in December of 1803, when the King’s German Regiment was approved to become a Legion of 5000 Strong in service of the British Empire. Due to their association with Hannover, the King’s German Legion was one of a very small number of Foreign forces permitted to serve alongside British Regular forces on mainland Europe.


Although the Legion never fought autonomously, its units participated in campaigns in Hanover, Pomerania, Copenhagen and Walcheren, the Peninsular War under General Sir John Moore; and the retreat to Corunna; The Peninsular Campaign under the Duke of Wellington, including the battles of Bussaco, Barrosa, Fuentes de Onoro, Albuera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Garcia Hernandez, Burgos, Venta del Pozo, Vittoria, San Sebastian, and Nivelle,

The 2nd Light Battalion would earn their first Battle Honour at Venta Del Pozo, Defending the Allied Rear from repeated Artillery and Cavalry attacks, their 2nd with the conclusion of the Peninsula war, and their 3rd for their Valiant defense of La Haye Sainte at Waterloo

At the Battle of Waterloo, the 2nd Light Battalion defended the farmhouse and road at "La Haye Sainte.", Wellington knew the importance of La Haye Sainte at this point, and Napoleon did too, both knew that the Army that controlled La Haye Sainte controlled the Centre of the Battlefield, the point of the British line that Napoleon must break to force the withdrawal of the British. But for nearly 6 exhausting hours, the Riflemen of the 2nd Light Battalion defended the position with their lives, until their Bayonets were dull or snapped, and their Ammunition ran out. Despite their horrific condition, at 6:30pm, the Riflemen informed Major Baring that they would gladly continue the struggle to blunt the attacks of the Frogs, if given sufficient supplies of Ammunition, but at nearly 7pm, the 2nd Light Battalion withdrew to the Allied line, without a single spare shot available to them.

In 1816 the King's German Legion's service to the British would end, and their forces would be re-integrated into the Hanoverian Army, the 2nd Light Battalion would form up
with the 1st Light Battalion and form the Garde-Jager Battalion, and would carry their battle honours into the German army as Nr.10 (Hanoverian) Jager Battalion, carrying them until 1918 when the unit was disbanded in compliance with the treaty of Versailles.




Hierarchy






Commissioned Officers
Major
Captain
Lieutenant
2nd Lieutenant



Non-Commissioned Officers
Serjeant Major
Serjeant
Corporal



Enlisted
Lance Corporal
Rifleman
Recruit



Specialists
Serjeant-Bugler
Bugler
Sharpshooter
Surgeon




King's German Legion - Muster Roll





Contact Information
Discord:   2nd KGL Discord
Steam:   Captain Thorn


Commissioned Officers
Captain.   AJThorn

Lieutenant.   DjBoogy
2nd Lieutenant.   Lucy


Non-Commissioned Officers
Serjeant Major.   Krembit



Enlisted
Rifleman. Mexxi
Rifleman.   TwistCrisp
Rifleman.   Silence
Rifleman.   Vanilinka
Rifleman.   BearMeater
Rifleman.   SerKraus
Rifleman.   Scootaloo
Rifleman.   Kalredo
Rifleman.   Peen
Rifleman.   Generic
Rifleman.   Booty
Rifleman.   CerealMs
Rifleman.   JetfireBlack
Rifleman.   Kirik
Rifleman.   Nelly
Rifleman.   TeaAndCake
Rifleman.   Alex
Rifleman.   Apollo
Rifleman.   Santa
Rifleman.   Heckfly
Rifleman.   Walrus
Rifleman.   Lustig
Rifleman.   Greeny
Rifleman.   Jimmy
Rifleman.   Burnes
Rifleman.   Treble
Rifleman.   Bonhart
Rifleman.   Davis
Rifleman.   Maizz
Rifleman.   Zander
Rifleman.   Ascential
Rifleman.   Paddy
Rifleman.   Goldfish
Rifleman.   Space
Rifleman.   Wall
Rifleman.   Glitcher
Rifleman.   Matt
Rifleman.   Asa
Rifleman.   RiFDo
Rifleman.   Grozni
Rifleman.   Forlorn
Rifleman.   Flexi

Recruit.   Bobbi
Recruit.   Frederick
Recruit.   Dingus
Recruit.   Beastwood

10 Reservists


Specialists

Bugler.   Graham

Surgeon.   Merhabi
Surgeon.   Cleo



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imagine a riflemunke typed something here

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1stMn <3 1stHEI

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see above comment, everything still stands

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Events: EU / Re: United European Community - Friday Event
« on: April 27, 2022, 03:25:55 am »
Unit: 1st Hanoverian Expatriated Infantry
Faction (Union/CSA): CSA
Time zone (NA/EU): EU
Commanding officer (with link): https://steamcommunity.com/id/AJThorn/
Number of attendance (valued): About 12-18 depending on slots
Preferred role (Line/Skirmishers/Artillery): 1 Company of Sharpshooters, 1 Company of Line
We have an artillery section (yes/no)(numbers): 1 Mortarman and a dream
I have read the rules and accept (yes): I really have no choice here, do i?

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Regiments (Game Clans) / Re: Presidency Of The CSA
« on: April 19, 2022, 04:30:57 pm »
virginity before marriage? I can't think of a better endorsement for this Christian nation, than to have a pious and virtuous President, like me.

based

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Regiments (Game Clans) / Re: Presidency Of The CSA
« on: April 19, 2022, 04:29:28 pm »
virginity status: protected

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Regiments / Re: [EU] 5th Line Battalion, King's German Legion [W.I.P]
« on: April 16, 2022, 11:45:47 pm »
Goodluck! Just don't listen to the Prince of Orange when he wants his farmhouse back.

Our orange boy did nothing wrong

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Events: EU / Re: Official Monday EU Linebattle Event
« on: April 15, 2022, 12:18:03 pm »
take it off hold

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Hey gamers it's us back at it again with another cool gamer event, this time on Friday, and this time a siege, as usual signups are done in and around my dms, pls add me up at AJThorn#3082

Starts at 8pm, Rules will be posted here soon, Event will last for 1 hour.

We'll get somebody to come and sort this mess out later, for now just assume that this event is just as good as our Wednesday event !

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quick bump for one of EU's best

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generic bump #001, join for cool hats

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Regiments (Game Clans) / Re: 1st Texas
« on: February 12, 2022, 10:24:42 pm »
Hey lads we're totally rebranding from 1stHanoverian to 1st Texas, since nobody has claimed it yet, cya all soon ! ;)

best of luck thorn! also, really cool banner  ;D good luck!

ty m98, glad you support our transition at this critical point in our life, so glaf I paid the devs to get this name reserved, but didn't get a free key out of it, like every donator did.

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Regiments (Game Clans) / 1st Texas
« on: February 12, 2022, 06:07:03 pm »
Hey lads we're totally rebranding from 1stHanoverian to 1st Texas, since nobody has claimed it yet, cya all soon ! ;)

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