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
History
of the Eighteenth Century
"The
British Army always fights uphill, in the rain, at the junction of two maps."
- Lieutenant-General
Sir Brian Horrocks.
Sir Brian Horrocks fought in WWII, notably in Operation Market Garden (during
which the First Foot Guards/Grenadier guards made a signal contribution), and
was present at the liberation of Belsen concentration camp. He was an able strategist
and military historian with remarkably expository style. He wrote and hosted
a popular quirky series of TV programs in Britain in the 1960s that explained
historic battles.
In the movie "A Bridge Too Far" he was ably portrayed by Edward Fox.
What
to visit on this website
This
date in history
What happened on this date in history?
The
Annual Register
Published in London from 1758-1788
Battle List
Chronological listing of all RevWar engagements
Officers
of the Guards detachment
on American service in 1776
The
Guards during the Revolutionary War
A chronology
Thacher
A RevWar American physician's
diary for 1776
'Gentleman
Johnny' Burgoyne
His life and times
General
Charles O'Hara
Surrendered Crown Forces at Yorktown
Cornwallis
after the War
There was life after Yorktown, and Cornwallis was an able man
who rose to even greater heights.
What you need to know about
the coat of arms of
King George III
What you need to know about
The Hanoverian
Kings
About
the Guards
Listing of Colonels, and more.
Monmouth
Courthouse
A contemporary account of the battle
Honi
soit qui mal y pense
Explanation of the Guards (and order of the Garter) motto
Scipio
About the Guards slow march, the composer, and General Scipio Africanus
Outrageous
civilian fashions
they called them 'macaroni'
Instructions
to the Recruiting Officer
couched in contemporary language. What men to accept or reject.
The
Recruiting Speech
in all its periphrastic glory
The
loss of the ship of the line 'Royal George'
A tragedy during the RevWar
Offsite links
The
Grenadier Guards
(First Foot Guards) today
Offsite link
Spy
Letters of the American Revolution
Great reading from the Clements Library of UMichigan (home of many of the Guards
Orderly Books)
Offsite link
also visit
this site's selection of Articles
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