Fine figures in toy soldier style produced by
This listing is based on a printed broadsheet
outlining the muster at Royal Encampment on Hounslow
Heath
Note the variation of the
'red' indicated in the sketches below - a brighter shade of red was becoming the
norm as the cloth dyed with cochineal superceded that produced using
Venetian Red or madder - the Guards presumably were the first to
receive the new colour
The Infantry
The 1st. Battalion of Foot
Guards
The King's 3rd. Battalion of Foot Guards
The
Earl of Craven's 1st. Battalion, 2nd. Foot Guards
1st
Battalion of Scotch Guards
This regiment was formed on the Scottish establishment
Facings - Stuart blue Stockings - blue
Prince George of Denmark's Regiment
(or the Holland Regiment)
Facings - yellow Breeches - yellow Stockings grey
Colonel
Oglethorp's Regiment
At this time, Oglethorp commanded the Holland Regiment - in the report of the muster, the facing colour was indicated as 'ash' (a buff rather than pure yellow colour?) - it became The Third Regiment of Foot
Facings - 'ash'
Breeches - yellow? Stockings - grey
The Earl of Huntington's Regiment
The Earl of Litchfield's Regiment
The Marquess of
Worcester's Regiment The Earl of Bath's Regiment
Colonel Kirk's Regiment The Earl of Dunbarton's
Regiment
This was an 'old' regiment, raised in Scotland at
the time of Charles II, but it spent most of its time 'sold' to
France, though it was brought back for short periods, including the
garrisoning of Tangier - it was taken into the line by James II,
eventually becoming the 1st of Foot (later, the 'Royal Scots') - the
Earl of Dunbarton was Catholic, and a trusted advisdor to James II - he
left with James when he abdicated
Facings - white
Stockings - grey
Follow the arrow to to
Phase 1 - The First 'British Army'
Phase 2 - The Civil Wars, Commonwealth,
Protectorate and Restoration
Phase 3 - The Army of James II
Phase 4 - The Williamite Army and the Army of Queen Anne