Ray mentioned this regiment wearing captured French grenadier caps - anyone know more about this? This is the caption from the Northumberland Fusiliers page
Alix Bakers Private, 5th Regiment of Foot wearing captured French grenadier cap, Wilhemstahl 1762:
Alix Bakers Private, 5th Regiment of Foot wearing captured French grenadier cap, Wilhemstahl 1762:
ReplyDeletehi ralph,
it was the 5th foot... battle at wilhelmstahl near hanau 1762, near frankfurt on main
scroll down last pic
http://www.ospreypublishing.com/store/King-Georges-Army-1740%E2%80%9393-(1)_9781855325159
with battle pic
http://www.britishbattles.com/seven-years/wilhelmstahl.htm
scroll down uniform pic
http://gmic.co.uk/uploads/monthly_10_2011/post-1-0-53973400-1318829594.jpg
from
http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/25563-the-royal-northumberland-fusiliers/page__st__160
best regards
thomsom