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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 ...
18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot - 2 Battalions 1803-1814; 19th (1st Yorkshire North Riding) Regiment of Foot - 1 Battalion; 20th (East Devonshire) Regiment of Foot - 2 Battalions 1799-1802; 21st (Royal North British Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot - 2 Battalions 1804-1816; 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot - 2 Battalions in 1814
The early modern British Army consisted of two distinct components that were kept separate in peacetime and at home. "The Army" in a limited sense, included infantry and cavalry, and was politically subordinate to the War Office, and under the military command of the Commander-in-Chief of the Forces at the Horse Guards.
During the eighteenth century the purchase of commissions was a common practice in many European armies, although not usually to the same extent as in Britain. In Spain, after having enlisted as a midshipman in the Spanish Navy in 1733, Pedro Caro Fontes , the future 2nd Marquis of La Romana , purchased his commission as a lieutenant colonel of ...
The Corps of Invalids was a British unit that provided garrison troops for the defence of England and Great Britain between 1688 and 1802. The men and officers were all veterans of the British Army chosen by the commissioners of the Royal Hospital Chelsea to serve in lieu of a place at the hospital or receipt of a pension. The corps was rapidly ...
Regiments of the British Army in the American Revolutionary War (3 C, 57 P) Pages in category "18th-century history of the British Army" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
History of the military in the 18th century (1701-1800). Subcategories. ... Social background of officers and other ranks in the British Army, 1750–1815
Pages in category "18th-century British Army personnel" The following 168 pages are in this category, out of 168 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .