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A rifleman of the Queen's Rangers, ca. 1780. The Queen's Rangers, also known as the Queen's American Rangers, and later Simcoe's Rangers, were a Loyalist military unit of the American Revolutionary War that specialized in cavalry tactics, close combat, irregular warfare, maneuver warfare, raiding, reconnaissance, screening, and tracking.
Philadelphia Light Dragoons (formed part of the British Legion in 1778) Prince of Wales's American Volunteers; Provincial Light Infantry; Queen's Rangers (placed on American establishment, in 1779, as 1st American Regiment, descended from Roger's Rangers) Roman Catholic Volunteers (1777–1778) Royal American Reformers; Royal Fencible Americans
The 10th (Service) Battalion, Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment) (Battersea) (10th Queen's) was an infantry unit recruited as part of 'Kitchener's Army' in World War I.It was raised in the summer of 1915 by the Mayor and Borough of Battersea in the suburbs of South London.
The Queen's Royal Regiment Living History Group; Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment Re-enactment Society "The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)". 14 July 2006. Archived from the original on 1 February 2008. The World War One Letters of Major Hugh J.C. Peirs, 8th Battalion, The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment; The Drill Hall Project
The Queen's Rangers (1st American Regiment) was a light infantry regiment of the Non-Permanent Active Militia of the Canadian Militia (now the Canadian Army).First organized in 1921 as The West Toronto Regiment, the regiment was reorganized in 1925 as The Queen's Rangers and again in 1927 as The Queen's Rangers (1st American Regiment), assuming the title, insignia and heritage of the Queen's ...
The Queen's Regiment (QUEENS) was an infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1966 through the amalgamation of the four regiments of the Home Counties Brigade. Then, until 1971 the regiment remained one of the largest regiments in the army, with 10 battalions, however these were reduced to just six, and later five battalions.
Roger's Rangers successor unit, the Queen's Rangers, c. 1780. When the Revolutionary War broke out in 1775, Robert Rogers offered his services to General George Washington. However, Washington turned him down, fearing he might be a spy, since Rogers had just returned from a long stay in England. Infuriated by the rejection, Rogers offered his ...
Clinton's first move had been to deploy the Queen's Rangers northwest of Monmouth Court House to cover the departure of the second division, scheduled for an hour later but delayed until 04:00. By 05:00, the first division had begun moving, and the last British troops left Monmouth Court House by 09:15, heading northeast on the road to Middletown.