Here's the newest addition to my American War of Independence British, the 52nd Regiment of Foot. Originally raised as the 54th regiment in 1755, it was renumbered to the 52nd in 1757.
It had buff facings, and such regiments were supposed to have buff vests, breeches, and belts as well.
These are Perry Figures in the 1768 warrant unifoprm.
Drummers of buff (and white) faced regiments were also supposed to wear red vests and breeches.
The 52nd fought at many battles of the American Revolution, including Lexington, Concord, Bunker Hill, the Siege of Boston, Long Island, White Plains, occupation of Newport RI, Fort Washington, Princeton, Brandywine, and Fort Montgomery.
In 1781 the regiment was given the county designation "Oxfordshire",and in 1803 it was designated as Light Infantry; it formed a part of the famed Light Division during the Peninsular War.
The regiment participated in a great many battles during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, including Pondicherry, Ceylon, Quiberon, Cadiz, Ferrol, Copenhagen, Vimiero, Corunna, Coa, Bussaco, Casal Novo, Sabugal, Fuentes de Onoro, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, San Marchial, Bidassoa, Nivelle, Vive, Orthez, Toulouse, and Waterloo.
The British are definitely catching up now. Great work and I like your choice of buff. One thing I found is that there were several 'shades' of it and it seemed to cover anything that wasn't white.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lawrence. Buff is kind of an elusive color. I like it decidedly tan in color, but sometimes it looks more like very light yellow. I used Americana "Desert Sand" paint for it here.
DeleteAnother cracking addition to the Brits, the buff is very nicely done.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Donnie!
DeleteThe muster continues?
ReplyDeleteYes, quite a few "taking the King's Shilling"!
DeleteNice work Peter and I like the paler shade of "buff" you have used here.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Keith; I thought it was a darker shade myself! :-)
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