Technically speaking, I'm speaking from knowledge of the army later on (1790ish - 1815ish) but... A company was lead by a captain, and under the captain would be 2 lieutenants and 4 ensigns. There would then be two majors under a lieutenant colonel who would command a battalion (10 companies) Regime...

I've dropped a line to the 33rd, the 68th and the Marines. I'll see if I have any luck there... does anyone know of any other North East/Yorkshire based groups? It's quite a difficult subject to approach - there are probably many administrative and practical reasons for the officers of a group to be...

Tenniswood's site is pretty good... there's no 1796 infantry model, though...

Thanks for the speedy reply!

I'm in the dirty North... Scarborough most of the time, Stockton at half-term. Maybe driving by summer...

Where's the unit based? What regiment do you portray?

Are we debating who beat Napoleon, or who won Waterloo here? I have to say, that even if Old Trousers hadn't been defeated at Waterloo, he still would have had some major difficulties in getting back any sort of power, or raising the sort of armies that he previously had. Might I also point out the ...

I'm a 19 year old, new to re-enactment, trying to find a Peninsula War era group of re-enactors who will let me portray an infantry officer. I seem to have noticed that with very few exceptions (where said people are lucky enough to be the sons and nephews of founding members) that the higher ranks ...