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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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Re: 2nd Light Battalion, KGL
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2022, 02:31:54 am »
Best of luck 2nd KGL from the 95th Rifles!

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Re: 2nd Light Battalion, KGL
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2022, 03:57:59 am »
IF you wanted a historically accurate name you could go with the 52nd New York, they were Germans

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Re: 2nd Light Battalion, KGL
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2022, 11:07:37 am »
IF you wanted a historically accurate name you could go with the 52nd New York, they were Germans

This is for the Age of Napoleon Mod. I dont think the 52nd NY would fit in there  :)
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Re: 2nd Light Battalion, KGL
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2022, 12:25:30 pm »
Good luck!!

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Re: 2nd Light Battalion, KGL
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2022, 05:10:32 pm »
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Re: 2nd Light Battalion, KGL
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2022, 05:11:59 pm »
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nearly 2 years ago to this day, we predicted that the 2ndKGL were ur fav riflemen, so now we're here

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Re: 2nd Light Battalion, KGL
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2022, 05:16:51 pm »
how join

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Re: 2nd Light Battalion, KGL
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Re: 2nd Light Battalion, King's German Legion
« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2022, 08:22:46 pm »

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Re: 2nd Light Battalion, King's German Legion
« Reply #10 on: May 14, 2022, 08:59:51 pm »
yoooo is that a certified riflemunke?

we did the thread thingy

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Re: 2nd Light Battalion, King's German Legion
« Reply #11 on: May 16, 2022, 12:39:38 am »
We just dominated the French at La Haye Sainte for an hour straight, come join to find out how you can also shove it to the frogs

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Re: 2nd Light Battalion, King's German Legion
« Reply #12 on: May 29, 2022, 01:36:03 pm »
small reformat, plus added a section to the battalion history about what happened after waterloo