Monday, 1 August 2011

Detail of the surrender at Yorktown


Blarenbergue wiki here

Light infantry by De Loutherbourg


See more sketches from Warley Camp here

British Grenadier


By de Loutherbourg

Ulster's 98


Here's a pic from my time in the 23rd RWF (I'm on the left) when we took part in the bicentennial of the 1798 rebellion in Northern Ireland. It was pretty hairy at times as people in the North are not used to having redcoats marching around their town as we did at Lisburne and we had people trying to grab our weapons.

23rd Royal Welch Fusiliers


Although we have had this image before I thought I'd repost it. It is me as a private of the 23rd RWF light company, taken around 1999 by Rosemary Jones. I am probably too heavy to pass as light infantry now but this was a great time and I have wonderful memories of being in this top quality unit.

New 30mm AWI

Der Alte Fritz blog has some amazing new sculpts up by Richard Ansell of British troops suitable for the Philadelphia campaign. Worth checking out if you like well sculpted miniatures.

British light infantry Warley Camp


Studies by Phillippe Jacques de Loutherbourg (1740-1812). While looking for images of Warley Camp I came across an excellent blog called 'A Mock Attack' dedicated to primary research for the American Revolution - well worth a look.

Stomping Freedom

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