Came across this today in my browsing:
http://indigo.ie/~wildgees/galmoy/gal_art2.htm
Interesting to see the very French-styled colour on the right, and the strange one on the left, with an arrangement of the crown and harp device I've never seen before, blue/yellow borders of the St. George's Cross, mysterious cypher in the centre, and the words on it, which would read 'PRO DEO REGE PATRIA ET' the way they're arranged
Raises some issues with the accuracy I suppose, but there you go anwyay
HI,DAN, THIS IS A MAGNIFICENT SITE WITH GREAT INFO ON THE WILLIAMITE WARS, AND A GREAT HELP TO ME AS I AM BUILDING A WARGAMES ARMY OF BOTH KING WILLIAM, AND KING JAMES. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAVE ANY INFO ON A SMALL UNIT WHICH FOUGHT FOR KING WILLIAM AT THE BOYNE. IT WAS ONLY OF 38 HORSE TROOPERS AND UNDER THE COMMAND OF A CAPTAIN HARBORD. DID THEY HAVE A STANDARD, AND WHAT COLOUR WAS THEIR UNIFORMS. MANY THANKS FOR ANY INFO YOU CAN GIVE ME AND I HOPE YOU HAVE GREAT SUCCESS WITH THIS SITE.
ReplyDeleteHello, and thanks for the friendly comment
ReplyDeleteI think Captain Harbord's was an auxiliary unit raised in Ireland, and the problem with those units, both on the Williamite and Jacobite sides, is that they're very poorly recorded, and so I have no information
The standard could've been anything, really
Colonel Clifford Walton says that the units raised in the early days of William III were more likely to have blue coats than red, so them having red coats isn't even a certainty
So, unfortunately, I can' really help you, but do check back, as if I find anything it'll be straight up here
Further to the above, the Duke of Schomberg said in 1689 about the Inniskilling cavalry, as quoted by Clifford Walton:
ReplyDelete"some on big horses, some on small, some furnished out with a very fair imitation of a regular trooper's equipments, others with nothing military but their arms; some had holsters, while others carried their pistols stuck into their belts; and the majority of the privates had their servants riding up behind on small ponies called 'garrons.'"
which might serve as some indication of the dress of the irregular cavalry units