"Green-clad firelocks" Topic
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 BigRedBat  | 18 Jul 2017 5:44 a.m. PST |
I'm building an ECW army, in part through eBay purchases. I've picked up several batches of baggage train and artillery guards- always wearing green coats. Is this chance, or was there a famous unit of firelocks that had a green uniform? |
| coopman | 18 Jul 2017 7:12 a.m. PST |
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| BigRedBat | 18 Jul 2017 7:20 a.m. PST |
Aha- that could perhaps explain it- Hampdens. It has been bugging me as green is a relatively rare clothing colour and it seems an odd coincidence that I've received three lots of green-clad guard types. Not that I'm complaining… |
| Supercilius Maximus | 21 Jul 2017 5:37 a.m. PST |
They can double up, later in the war, as the Farnham Greencoats (also Parliamentarian). |
| Codsticker | 21 Jul 2017 7:25 a.m. PST |
Tillier's also wore green coats as well as (possibly) Robert Broughton's. |
| Lapsang | 26 Jul 2017 3:39 p.m. PST |
If they are a Firelock Unit, perhaps they are intended to represent Captain Sandford's Firelocks – featured in an illustration within the Osprey Infantry of the Civil War Book |
| BigRedBat | 29 Jul 2017 12:22 p.m. PST |
Hi Lapsang, thanks well spotted! That's a great illustration. |
| BigRedBat | 29 Jul 2017 12:28 p.m. PST |
Ah thanks for that! It's a lovely illustration. |
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