"Help with French Marine Artillery uniforms for 1815" Topic

Does anyone have any references to the uniforms worn by the crews of the 5 artillery batteries of the French Marine Artillery for the Waterloo 1815 campaign. I'm trying to recreate the battle but can't find anything on them for this period.

Hello I might have some info for you i have a few books on Waterloo,including some books on Uniforms.

I could email you some pic's of the uniforms if i have them so let me know how to contact you offline.

Thanks
Captain Gideon

If you have the Osprey Napoleon's Sea Soldiers by Rene Chartrand there are illustrations of the Marine Artillery.

I would suggest that the naval artillerymen either wore their own uniforms or those of the corps to which they were assigned. If they were in dark blue overcoats, then it doesn't matter.

Sincerely,
Kevin

Gandalf thanks that give me a good idea of what they would have worn. Dark dlue coats and trousers, black facings, red piping.

No, not black facings.

The Artillerie de Marine was reduced to four regiments of 12 battalions on 5 May 1803 and were transferred as infantry to the Département de la Guerre by decree of 24 Jan 1813 to the to help replace losses in Russia. They were attached to Marmont's VI Corps; 1st and 3rd regiments in Division Compans, 2nd and 4th in Division Bonet.

They comprised approximately 10,000 men formerly deployed in numerous detachments to various ports of the empire and were assembled very hastily, had insufficient officers, no
drummers or surgeons and poor equipment. They were armed principally with a dragoon musket. They were also not trained as infantry and were organised and instructed on the march.

The habit had a scarlet collar, cuffs flaps and turnbacks, scarlet fringed epaulettes, blue cuffs and lapels piped scarlet. The infantry shako had a scarlet carrot shaped pom-pom.

The reality was that clothing was in short supply and most of the gunners in 1813 were dressed in a plain blue greatcoat and hat a hat in pace of the shako.

JC

Good Job – Impressed dear Sirs . . .

Thanks John Cook. Does anyone make them in 25mm

I have no idea. I haven't used 25mm in 30 years, continually downsizing since then.

The style of the uniforms was the same as French infantry.
Any French infantry figure in a greatcoat or the pre-1812 habit, with shako or hat, will do. I'd mix them up to get the appearance of a fairly rag-tag outfit.

JC

Are these the "auxiliary" batteries assigned to the Guard in 1815?