The First Foot Guards
We are a Revolutionary War
reenactment group based in Boston MA,
accurately portraying the royal household regiment that is now known as
The Grenadier Guards
Pay Scale
Army Daily Pay Scale
in 1775
Gross pay… there were many "off-reckonings" or deductions for food, supplies, etc, in a complicated formula.
L s d
L = Pounds sterling
s = shillings (20 shillings to the Pound)
d = pence (12 pence to the shilling, 240 pence to the pound)
Fractional coins were halfpennies (2 to the penny) and farthings (4 to the penny).
Notation is what was used at the time (sometimes the dash was replaced between the three columns by a ( " ) symbol, but written in line, not above). So "1 - 10 - 4" represents "one pound, ten shillings and fourpence". When there is no Pounds amount, the sum would be written eg. "10/6" or "ten shillings and sixpence" or simply "ten and six". If shillings and no pence are written they would be denoted thus: "11/- " or "eleven shillings".
Colonel
& Captain
Guards regiments: 1 -19 - 0
Line regiments: 1 - 4 - 0
Lieutenant
Colonel & Captain
Guards regiments: 1 -8 - 6
Line regiments: 17/-
Major
& Captain
Guards regiments: 1 -4 - 6
Line regiments: 15/-
Captain
Guards regiments: 16/6
Line regiments: 10/-
Captain
Lieutenant or Lieutenant
Guards regiments: 7/10
Line regiments: 4/8
Ensign
(Guards) or Second Lieutenant (Line)
Guards regiments: 1 -19 - 0
Line regiments: 1 - 4 - 0
Chaplain
Guards regiments: 5/10
Line regiments: 3/8
Adjutant
Guards regiments: 4/-
Line regiments: 4/-
Quartermaster
Guards regiments: 4/-
Line regiments: 4/8
Surgeon
Guards regiments: 4/-
Line regiments: 4/-
Surgeon's
Mate
Guards regiments: 3/-
Line regiments: 3/6
Drum
Major
Guards regiments: 1/-
Line regiments: -
Deputy
Marshal
Guards regiments: 1/-
Line regiments: -
Serjeant
Guards regiments: 1/10
Line regiments: 1/6
Corporal
Guards regiments: 1/2
Line regiments: 1/-
Drummer
Guards regiments: 1/2
Line regiments: 1/-
Private
Man
Guards regiments: 10d
Line regiments: 8d
On commissions in The guards
Reform of the commission structure
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