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Tango01 | 13 Apr 2016 12:00 p.m. PST |
… forces of the British Crown : c.1750 to c.1820. "This thesis is a contribution to filling the significant lacuna in military history regarding the service of Roman Catholics of the British Isles in the Land Forces of the British Crown between about 1750 and about 1820. Initially Irish and British Roman Catholics were completely banned by law and regulations from serving in the army and militia, yet by 1780 they formed at least a quarter of the rank and file. Because about 95% of the Roman Catholics of the British Isles were Irish the vast majority of these Catholic troops came from Ireland. This study examines how, after nearly 100 years exclusion from the army, Roman Catholics were from the mid-eighteenth century again accepted as loyal and trusted troops. The evolution of how the particular religious needs of these Catholic troops were initially suppressed, then ignored, and then fully catered for has been examined. Military statistics in the Public Record Office have been studied in order to establish when the authorities started to allow the recruitment of Catholics into the army and what proportion of the army they eventually formed. For convenience this study has been restricted to the Cavalry, Infantry and Militia units of the British army. From 1780 Irish formed about a third of the rank and file and, of these, about three quarters were Roman Catholics. This level was maintained for the whole of the period 1780 to 1820. Between these dates Irishmen joined in proportion to the Irish contribution to the population of the whole British Isles. It was not until after 1820 that the proportion of Irishmen in the army exceeded the Irish contribution to the British Isles' population. Between these dates the poor socio-economic conditions of Roman Catholics in Ireland does not appear to have been a major factor encouraging an excessive number to join the colours…." See here link Amicalement Armand |
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