UNIFORMS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION -- Private, Light Company, 10th British Foot

UNIFORMS OF
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Raised in 1685, the regiment arrived in Boston in October, 1774. The experiences gained in the French Indian Wars twenty years previously found the normal uniform an encumbrance when fighting in the primeval forests of Canada and North America and were adapted accordingly with hat brims being cut and worn in various fashions, coats were shortened to facilitate ease of movement, etc. through the woods.

When light infantry companies were officially brought on to the regimental establishment their uniforms saw most of these innovations adopted. Many regiments adopted waistbelts with the cartridge box worn on the front and nearly all adopted the hatchet to supplement the bayonet. The style of headdress varied between regiments. The regiments returned to England in 1779. Facings yellow, officer's lace silver, mens' lace white with blue line.

[SOURCE: R. J. Marrion. Fellow of The Company of Military Historians of America. Uniforms of the American War of Independence. A series of 24 collector cards. Victoria Gallery, London, England. 1992.]

Private, Light Company, 10th British Foot
1775

Private, Light Company, 10th British Foot

[SOURCE: Uniforms of the American War of Independence. A series of 24 collector cards. Illustration by R. J. Marrion. Fellow of The Company of Military Historians of America. Victoria Gallery, London, England. 1992.]

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