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Blue: General officers and Colonels, The Life Guards, 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards, The Royal Dragoon Guards, The Queen's Royal Lancers, Foot Guards Regiments, The Royal Regiment of Scotland, the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment, the Royal Welsh, Adjutant General's Corps, Honourable Artillery Company (Artillery dress), Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers Major R.M. Barnes, A History of the Regiments & Uniforms of the British Army. Sphere Books Ltd, London (1972), p.257 Morris, Graham (2004). "The Battle of Malplaquet". Archived from the original on 18 August 2011 . Retrieved 14 August 2011. English and Welsh Line infantry regiments (The Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment, Mercian Regiment, Duke of Lancaster's Regiment, Royal Anglian Regiment, Royal Yorkshire Regiment, and Royal Welsh), the Royal Engineers, Adjutant General's Corps and Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers wear the dark blue Home Service Helmet with a spike ornament on top.

The National Archives, London, War Office, WO 26/21, pp. 502, 507, 509, General View of the Faceings of the several Marching Regiments of Foot While on campaign, the army would gather a large group of followers ranging from sutlers, who would sell commodities to the soldiers, to the wives and women who chose to follow their men into war. [37] When the 68th was converted to a Light Corps in 1808, a number of changes took place in its uniform. Some regiments' officers and WOs may wear coloured pullovers in place of the green pattern; the following regimental patterns and colours are authorised: [31]See also: Full dress uniform Line infantry full dress ( Duke of Wellington's Regiment): scarlet full dress tunic of pre–World War I pattern, Home Service helmet of 1878. British Army parade, including a provincial officer with a gorget and cap hat, grenadiers and light infantry. Note the regimental colours with rank in the centre. In the United States, "Redcoat" is associated in cultural memory with the British soldiers who fought against the colonists during the American Revolutionary War: the Library of Congress possesses several examples of the uniforms the British Army used during this time [18] Most soldiers that fought the colonists wore the red coat though the Hessian mercenaries and some locally recruited loyalist units had blue or green clothing. The National Archives, London, War Office, WO 4/17, p. 288, Running the Gauntlet three times, as mitigation of capital sentence 1715 The cloth for private soldiers used up until the late 18th century was plain weave broadcloth weighing 16 ounces per square yard (540g/m 2), made from coarser blends of English wool. The weights often quoted in contemporary documents are given per running yard, though; so for a cloth of 54 inches (140cm) width a yard weighed 24 ounces (680g). This sometimes leads to the erroneous statement that the cloth weighed 24 oz per square yard.

Risch, Erna (1981). "The Rations and Health". Supplying Washington's Army . Retrieved 4 August 2011. The Royal Regiment of Scotland wears the feathered bonnet, as do pipers in the Scots Guards and Royal Scots Dragoon Guards.The Defence Supply Chain Manual, JSP 336 (3rd Edition), Volume 12, Pamphlet 7, Clothing regulations and scales Territorial Army (all ranks) Life Guards, Blues and Royals, 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards and Royal Dragoon Guards wear metal helmets with plumes, the plumes variously coloured to distinguish them.

The stems of Rubia tinctorum were used to make the rose madder dye. Rose madder was commonly used for the coats of privates. That the term "redcoat" was brought to Europe and elsewhere by Irish emigrants is evidenced by Irish nobleman and soldier Philip O'Sullivan Beare, who mentions the 'Battle of the Redcoats' event in his 1621 history of the Tudor conquest of Ireland, written in Latin in Spain. He wrote of it as "that famous victory which is called 'of the red coats' [ illam victoriam quae dicitur 'sagorum rubrorum'] because among others who fell in battle were four hundred soldiers lately brought from England and clad in the red livery of the viceroy." [3] The National Archives, London, War Office, WO 26/21, p. 509, Regulation for the Uniform Clothing of the Cavalry and Camp Colours A white dress consisting of a shirt, trousers and a forage cap would be worn when the men were based in camp. [44] This uniform was much lighter than the one worn for war, being made from linen and the caps from wool, and therefore allowing the men to work in comfort during encampment.

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When officers are taking part in parades and formations with other ranks in warm weather areas, they wear either No.3 or No.6 dress. There were a number of names used to describe the variety of groups serving within the army, including the militia, fencibles, [3] associations, volunteers, yeomanry, rangers, local militia and provisional cavalry. [4] Although many of the men rarely saw active service abroad, the army was often used as a constabulary force within the British Isles and it was often questioned whether a standing force was actually needed. However, the growth of the British Empire in the 19th century demanded the use of an established imperial force. Following the Battle of Waterloo, all members of the newly named Grenadier Guards were permitted to wear the bearskin. [43] This privilege had previously been restricted to the grenadier company of the regiment. [44] In 1831, this distinction was extended to the other two regiments of foot guards ( Coldstream and Scots) in existence at that date. [45] Bearskins were subsequently adopted by the Irish Guards and the Welsh Guards when raised in 1900 and 1915 respectively. [46] Haythornthwaite, Philip J. (1995) The Colonial Wars Sourcebook, London: Arms and Armour Press, ISBN 978-1-85409-196-3, p. 35 The British Army in the 18th century was commonly seen as disciplined, regimented and harsh. [1] Camp life was dirty and cramped with the potential for a rapid spread of disease, [2] and punishments could be anything from a flogging to a death sentence. Yet, many men volunteered to join the army, to escape the bleak conditions of life in the cities, for a chance to travel the world and earn a regular wage.