| Regimental Command  Colonel Spartan
 Major Arthur Poshings
Foot Guard Company
Officers
Captain Will
 Ensign BillyWalrusTamer
Non-Commissioned Officers
 Regimental Sergeant Major 331flo331
Sergeant Major Caskie
 Staff Sergeant Caranthir
 Sergeant Cani
Sergeant Norington
Enlisted Men
Spoiler Corporal Jefro Corporal Mowlegod  Corporal ZeroSkilled Corporal Mike Lance Corporal MarksmanDeath Lance Corporal Hollanddude Guard MiniMario  Guard DarrianSK Guard Nedim Guardl SirLloyd Guard Kick ass Guard Mason Guard Jank Guard Heisenberg Private First Class Baretheon Private First Class Goldstrike Private First Class Kirik  Private First Class Rego Private First Class Retakle Private First Class Blackboar  Private First Class Nasko Private First Class HerrGregg  Private First Class Katorga Private Frist Class Fatty Private First Class Tucky Private First Class Ryle Private First Class Kirk  Private First Class McPero Private First Class Soldadoe Private First Class Kai Private First Class MRF22KILLER221 Private First Class Beowulf Private First Class SirEatAlot Private Fist Class Jampad  Private First Class Anark Private First Class Black Private First Class Eddie Private First Class Kaldurenik Private Jannator Private Pikachu Private Teddy  Private Taylor Private Angus Private Naughty Penguin Private Jake Private Thess Private Adabud Private Bunredtoast00 Private Barrie Private Haidut Private Tom765 Private Fortitude Private SuperMrDmc Private Waljakov
Cadets
Spoiler Cadet SirLankinator
Cadet SlantyEyes
Cadet Vortx
Cadet Maeurer
Cadet Peter
Cadet DarkWaver
Cadet ben
Cadet SomeBritishGamer
Cadet Raccoon
Cadet interface
Cadet Bramif
Cadet Duck
Cadet Escobar
Cadet King_Cuzco
Cadet Rieck
Cadet Hanzia
Cadet TheLegendaryNightingal
Cadet R3APZY
Cadet Siobs
Cadet August
Cadet Farmer
Cadet Mithrandir
Cadet RainerUnsinn
Cadet LemonAndLime
Cadet FubbleFurry
Cadet Quebec
Cadet mason2
Cadet Diago
Cadet Eyebechu
Cadet Holgar
Cadet Torolf_Storkuk
Musicians
Spoiler  Musician IskraxThePiper Musician Callum
Reserves
Spoiler Aide de Camp Snow Private First Class Scotty Private First Class Spooky Private Gregor Private Tobz Cadet Vortx
Artillery Battery
Officers
 Captain Aragorn
 Lieutenant lupus
Non-Commissioned Officers
Enlisted Men
Spoiler  Private Ald Private james Sapper Bobby
Artillery Guard
Spoiler Veteran blackadder  Veteran AASH Veteran Flipflop  Veteran Park Veteran majorartex Veteran keegan Veteran pwnstar58
Total Strength
Foot Guards; 99
Artillery; 13
Total; 112
| About the 2nd Coldstream The 2nd Coldstream Guards are an Active Regiment throughout Napoleonic Wars who have regular events for all members of the 2nd Coldstream to enjoy. In our ranks we have players from all over Europe and North America. And not only do we accept the hardened veterans to our ranks, but even the newest players so they can become the hardened veterans of the 2nd Coldstream. The members of the regiment are rewarded for skill, activeness and loyalty to the regiment and these rewards come in promotions, shows what you have got and you may work your way up to an NCO, Skills are also rewarded with medals, Prove your Combat skills and you may achieve the Close Quarters Combat Medal or perhaps show your sniping skills and receive the Marksman Medal. . We also have a Artillery and Hussars detachments.
In the regiment weekly Promotions take place and promotions will be based on activeness, skill, leadership and contributions to the regiment. Show your skill and you can rise up the ranks fast, but players will be kicked from the regiment if they do not attend an event in 3 weeks without any notice, if they still wish to be part of the 2nd Coldstream then they will have to start again as Cadet, no matter what rank. Demotions can also happen for abusing others, not following commands and general trolling
Not only are we active in Mount&Blade: Napoleonic Wars but we are also active in several mods for Mount&Blade and other games. We regularly play Planetside 2 and also have events in Mods like The Anglo-Zulu Mod, Nord Invasion, Persistant Worlds. Others games such as the Total War series, Men of War assault squad and others are played within the 2nd Coldstream.
History of the 2nd Coldstream
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The origin of the Coldstream Guards lies in the English Civil War when Oliver Cromwell gave Colonel George Monck permission to form his own regiment as part of the New Model Army. Monck took men from the regiments of George Fenwick and Sir Arthur Haselrig, five companies each, and on 23 August 1650 formed Monck's Regiment of Foot. The regiment was placed as the second senior regiment of Household Troops, as it entered the service of the Crown after the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, but they answered to that by adopting the motto Nulli Secundus (Second to None), due to the fact that the regiment is older than the senior regiment. The regiment always stands on the left of the line when on parade with rest of the Foot Guards, so standing "second to none". When Monck died in 1670, the Earl of Craven took command of the regiment and it adopted a new name, the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards.
*** Coldstream in the Early 19th Century and at Waterloo The Coldstream Regiment saw extensive service in the wars against the French Revolution and in the Napoleonic Wars. Under the command of Sir Ralph Abercrombie they defeated French troops in Egypt. In 1807 they took part in the investment of Copenhagen. In January 1809 they sailed to Portugal to join the forces under Sir Arthur Wellesley. The 2nd Battalion joined the Walcheren Expedition. Later it served as part of the 2nd Guards Brigade in the chateau of Hougoumont on the outskirts of the Battle of Waterloo. This defence is considered one of the greatest achievements of the regiment, and an annual ceremony of "Hanging the Brick" is performed each year in the Sergeants' Mess to commemorate the efforts of Cpl James Graham and Lt-Col James Macdonnell, who shut the North Gate after a French attack. Wellesley himself declared after the battle that "the success of the battle turned upon closing the gates at Hougoumont".
Before the battle started, Hougoumont and its gardens, located on the allies' right flank, were garrisoned and fortified by the 1st Battalion, 2nd Nassau Regiment, with additional detachments of jägers and landwehr from von Kielmansegge's 1st (Hanoverian) Brigade. The light company of the 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards under the command of Lt-Colonel Henry Wyndham, was also stationed in the farm and chateaux, and the light company of the 2nd Battalion, Third Guards, under Lt-Colonel Charles Dashwood, in the garden and grounds. The two light companies of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions, First Guards were initially positioned in the orchard, under the command of Lt-Colonel Lord Saltoun. Lieutenant-Colonel James Macdonnell, Coldstream Guards, had overall command of Hougoumont. (The Guards units were all drawn from General John Byng's 2nd (British) Brigade.)
Wellington recorded in his despatches "at about ten o'clock [Napoleon] commenced a furious attack upon our post at Hougoumont" Other sources state that this attack was at about 11:30. The historian Andrew Roberts notes that, "It is a curious fact about the battle of Waterloo that no one is absolutely certain when it actually began."
The initial attack by Maréchal de Camp Bauduin's 1st Brigade of the 6th Division emptied the wood and park, but was driven back by heavy British artillery fire and cost Bauduin his life. The British guns were distracted into an artillery duel with French guns and this allowed a second attack by Maréchal de Camp Baron Soye's 2nd Brigade of the 6th Division. They managed a small breach on the south side but could not exploit it. An attack on the north side by elements of the 1st Brigade of the 6th Division was more successful. This attack led to one of the most famous skirmishes in the Battle of Waterloo — Sous-Lieutenant Legros, wielding an axe, managed to break through the north gate. A desperate fight ensued between the invading French soldiers and the defending Guards. In a near-miraculous attack, Macdonell, a small party of officers and Corporal James Graham fought through the melee to shut the gate, trapping Legros and about 30 other soldiers of the 1st Legere inside. All of the French who entered, apart from a young drummer boy, were killed in a desperate hand-to-hand fight. The French attack in the immediate vicinity of the farm was repulsed by the arrival of the 2nd Coldstream Guards and 2/3rd Foot Guards. Fighting continued around Hougoumont all afternoon with its surroundings heavily invested with French light infantry and coordinated cavalry attacks sent against the troops behind Hougoumont.
Wellington's army defended the house and the hollow way running north from it. In the afternoon Napoleon personally ordered the shelling of the house to cause it to burn, resulting in the destruction of all but the chapel. Du Plat's brigade of the King's German Legion was brought forward to defend the hollow way, which they had to do without any senior officers, who were then relieved by the 71st Foot, a Scottish light infantry regiment. Adam's brigade, further reinforced by Hugh Halkett's 3rd (Hanoverian) Brigade, successfully repulsed further infantry and cavalry attacks sent by Reille and maintained the occupation of Hougoumont until the end of the battle. During the Crimean War, the Coldstream Guards fought in the battles of Alma, Inkerman and Sevastopol. On their return, four of the Guardsmen were awarded the newly-instituted Victoria Cross.
The regiment received its current name, The Coldstream Guards, in 1855. In 1882 they were sent to Egypt against the rebels of Ahmed 'Urabi and in 1885 in the Suakin Campaign. In 1897, the Coldstreamers were reinforced with the addition of the 3rd battalion. The 1st and 2nd battalions were dispatched to South Africa at the outbreak of the Second Boer War. At the outbreak of the First World War, Coldstreamers were among the first British regiments to arrive in France after Britain declared war on Germany. In the following battles, they suffered heavy losses, in two cases losing all their officers. At the first Battle of Ypres the 1st battalion was virtually annihilated – by 1 November down to 150 men and the Lt Quartermaster. They fought in Mons, Loos, Somme, Ginchy and in the 3rd Battle of Ypres. They also formed the 4th (Pioneer) Battalion, which was disbanded after the war, in 1919. The 5th Reserve battalion never left Britain before it was disbanded.
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