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
Ranks
within a Line Regiment
The Guards
differed from this pattern.
The typical organization
of a line regiment of
477 men in 1775 was:
Field & Staff Officers
Colonel
Lieutenant Colonel
Chaplain
Adjutant
Surgeon and Mate
Battalion
Company
of which there were normally eight within a regiment
Captain
2 Lieutenants
2 Serjeants
3 Corporals
1 Drummer
38 Private Soldiers
Grenadier
Company
of which there was one to a regiment
Captain
2 Lieutenants
2 Serjeants
3 Corporals
2 Fifers
38 Private Soldiers
Light
Infantry Company
of which there was one to a regiment
Captain
2 Lieutenants
2 Serjeants
3 Corporals
1 Drummer
38 Private Soldiers
On commissions in The guards
Reform of the commission structure
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info: visit
http://www.revwarprogressive.org
Modern
British Army insignia of rank
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William
Hawkesworth, Guardsman
Hanged at Tyburn 17 June 1723 for killing a civilian
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