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regiment and was not awarded a position. When the
Napoleonic War began in 1803 the Flintshire were balloted as 19th, and this list remained in force until 1833. In that year the King drew the lots and the resulting list remained in force with minor amendments until the end of the militia. The regiments raised before the peace of 1763 took the first places and the Flintshire was awarded 32nd place. The regimental number was only a subsidiary title and most regiments paid little attention to it.
879:, enacted during a period of international tension. As before, units were raised and administered on a county basis, and filled by voluntary enlistment (although conscription by means of the militia ballot might be used if the counties failed to meet their quotas). Training was for 56 days on enlistment, then for 21–28 days per year, during which the men received full army pay. Under the Act, militia units could be embodied by Royal Proclamation for full-time service in three circumstances:
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279:. When open was broke out between the King and Parliament, neither side made much use of the trained bands beyond securing the county armouries for their own full-time troops. Most of Wales was under Royalist control for much of the war, and was a recruiting ground for the King's armies. In August 1642
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from
December 1875. This assigned Regular and Militia units to places in an order of battle of corps, divisions and brigades for the 'Active Army', even though these formations were entirely theoretical, with no staff or services assigned. The Royal Flint Rifles were initially assigned as 'Divisional
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The construction of a new
Militia Armoury at Mold was announced in 1855, and this was completed in 1857–8, located to the rear of the old County Hall in Chester Street. After the disbandment of the regiment it was converted into county offices in 1897–8 and demolished when the new Shirehall was built
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In a fresh attempt to have as many men as possible under arms for home defence in order to release regulars, the
Government created the Supplementary Militia, a compulsory levy of men to be trained in their spare time, and to be incorporated in the Regular Militia as required. Flintshire's regimental
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attempted to reform them into a national force or 'Perfect
Militia' answering to the king rather than local control. In 1638 the Flint Trained Bands consisted of 200 men of whom 140 were armed with muskets and 60 were 'corslets' (body armour, signifying pikemen), with 30 men in the Flint Trained Band
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In the 16th century little distinction was made between the militia and the troops levied by the counties for overseas expeditions. However, the counties usually conscripted the unemployed and criminals rather than the
Trained Bandsmen. Between 1585 and 1602 Flintshire supplied 765 men for service in
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In 1760 a system of drawing lots was introduced to determine the relative precedence of militia regiments serving together. During the War of
American Independence the counties were given an order of precedence determined by ballot each year. However the Flintshire Militia did not constitute a full
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was signed on 25 March and most of the militia was immediately stood down. The
Flintshires marched back to be disembodied at Holywell in April. The disembodied regimental strength was set at 240 men, and was kept up by use of the ballot. However, the Peace of Amiens was short-lived and the regiment
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After
Waterloo there was another long peace. Although officers continued to be commissioned into the militia and ballots were still held, the regiments were rarely assembled for training (the Flints only trained in 1821, 1825 and 1831, and then not again for 21 years) and the permanent staffs of
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between April and
November. They returned to Lymington for the winter. By the summer of 1801 the regiment was much reduced by the release of some supplementaries and men leaving to volunteer for the regulars. In August it moved back to the Portsmouth area until November, when it marched back to
537:, when the country was threatened with invasion by the Americans' allies, France and Spain. The Flintshires assembled under Maj Hughes at Holywell, but after a few weeks were marched away from the county to remove the temptation for the men to stray home. On 2 May the regiment set out for
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a series of Militia Acts from 1757 re-established county militia regiments, the men being conscripted by means of parish ballots (paid substitutes were permitted) to serve for three years. There was a property qualification for officers, who were commissioned by the lord lieutenant. An
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The regiment raised an additional company of volunteers attracted by a bounty paid for by patriotic subscriptions in the county, and it marched from Holywell to join the regiment in August 1794. On 1 December 1794 the regiment left Portsmouth and went into winter quarters at
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It is incorrect to describe the British Militia as 'irregular': throughout their history they were equipped and trained exactly like the line regiments of the regular army, and once embodied in time of war they were fulltime professional soldiers for the duration of their
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during the 18th century from earlier precursor units. Primarily intended for home defence, it served in all of Britain's major wars, and supplied many recruits to the Regular Army. After a short-lived merger with another Welsh militia regiment it became a battalion of the
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surmounted by the feathers and coronet, set within a circle carrying the totle 'ROYAL FLINT', while the cap badge of the same period was in two parts, with a bugle horn over a scroll with the 'ROYAL FINT', title. After 1867 the officers' pouchbelt plate bore a silver
909:, the militia began to be called out for home defence. However, it appears that the Royal Flint Rifles were only embodied for an extended training period at Mold, and did not carry out any garrison duties. A number of men volunteered to transfer to the regulars.
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1877 consisted of the feathers, coronet and motto within an oval scroll inscribed 'ROYAL FLINT MILITIA', with a decorative scroll beneath inscribed 'FYDDLAWN A PHAROD' ('Faithful and prepared'). In 1881 the regiment adoptd the uniform and insignia of the KRRC.
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The Militia Reserve introduced in 1867 consisted of present and former militiamen who undertook to serve overseas in case of war. From 1871 The militia came under the War Office rather than their county lords lieutenant and by now the battalions had a large
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surmounted by a crown, with the feathers, coronet and motto within a wreath superimposed over it; the title 'FLINTSHIRE' was on the upper limb of the cross, 'RIFLE CORPS' on the lower, which also had a bugle-horn beneath it. The badge on the other ranks'
645:), which the regular army increasingly saw as a prime source of recruits. They served in coast defences, manning garrisons, guarding prisoners of war, and for internal security, while their traditional local defence duties were taken over by the
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was embodied once more at Mold in April 1803 ahead of the resumption of the war in May. The regiment returned to the Portsmouth defences, with a detachment serving as gunners in the Isle of Wight forts. In May 1804 the regiment marched out of
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Two normally reliable sources suggests that the regiment took the title 'Royal Flint Fuzileers Militia' in 1805, but the 1805 Militia and Volunteers List shows that the Royal Flint Militia and the Flint Fuzileers Volunteers were separate
466:. The problem was less with the other ranks raised by ballot than the shortage of men qualified to be officers, even after the requirements were lowered for Welsh counties. The Flintshire Militia was raised on 3 October 1759 at
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In peacetime the adjutant, sergeants and drummers of the disembodied regiment maintained the militia store and armoury in Holywell. Training was sporadic, but the numbers were maintained by periodic enforcement of the ballot.
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battalions on 1 April 1873. For the Royal Flint Rifles this was in No 23 Brigade Sub-District covering the militia of the five northern counties of Wales (Anglesey, Carnarvon, Denbigh, Flint and Merioneth), grouped with the
735:. The regiment's establishment was raised to 377 men, and the additional recruits joined it there after training. The Flintshires moved back to Lymington on the mainland in February 1800, then were stationed at
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carried out a tour of inspection of the Welsh militia in 1684, when the Flintshire contingent consisted of one troop of horse and five foot companies commanded by Sir Roger Mostyn, who had been created 1st
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under the control of the king's lords lieutenant, the men to be selected by ballot. This was popularly seen as the 'Constitutional Force' to counterbalance a 'Standing Army' tainted by association with the
247:, the main port of embarkation for Ireland. Conduct money was recovered from the government, but replacing the weapons issued to the levies from the militia armouries was a heavy cost on the counties.
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855:'s return to France in 1815 led to another war and the Royal Flint Rifles were embodied once more in June. The intention had been to send it to Ireland to release regulars for the war, but the
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Although the militia obligation was universal, it was clearly impractical to train and equip every able-bodied man, so after 1572 the practice was to select a proportion of men for the
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sergeants and drummers were progressively reduced. Other than those of the permanent staff, who supported the parish constables, all weapons were returned to store at Chester Castle.
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declared war on Britain on 1 February 1793. Orders to embody the Flintshire Militia were issued next day and it assembled at Holywell. On 13 March it was sent to join the garrison at
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1830 consisted of the feathers, coronet and motto superimposed on a rayed star surmounted by a crown, a scroll beneath inscribed 'ROYAL FLINT'. The Royal Flint Rifles' black button
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brought a swift end to hostilities. Instead the regiment joined the Chester garrison until December, after which it returned to Mold where it was disembodied in March–April 1816.
1120:). The amalgamated Royal Denbigh & Flint Rifles wore blue facings, but on regaining its independence in 1876 the Royal Flint Rifles adopted red facings, similar to the KRRC.
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of the lord lieutenant on it. When the regiment was embodied again in 1778 this was probably changed to blue to match the facings. A fresh colour issued about 1804 included the
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saw a new phase for the English militia: they were embodied for a whole generation, and became regiments of full-time professional soldiers (though restricted to service in the
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From 1784 to 1792 the militia were assembled for their 28 days' annual peacetime training, but to save money only two-thirds of the men were actually mustered each year.
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352:, apparently from the Flintshire Trained Bands. It served alongside Mostyn's at Flint and Hawarden in 1643, garrisoned Denbigh Castle in 1645, possibly including the
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called a 'Great Muster' in 1539, and returns showed 2372 men available for service from Flintshire. The legal basis of the militia was updated by two acts of 1557 (
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in January 1646. The regiment was down to 300 men by April 1645 but Mostyn reinforced his regiment up to strength with 160 recruits shipped into Chester from
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ordered the amalgamation of the Flintshire and Denbighshire militia quotas to form a larger regiment. The Royal Flint Rifles were officially merged with the
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of 1881 took Cardwell's reforms further, with the militia formally joining their linked regiments. The Royal Anglesey Militia had already been converted to
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in Cheshire, where a strike among sailcloth makers threatened civil disorder. By May the regiment formed part of the Chester garrison with a detachment at
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until 19 August when it marched back to Holywell. The Seven Years War ended on 20 December and the Flintshire Militia was disembodied shortly afterwards.
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and then in November went back to Woolwich, where they remained for the rest of the war. The regiment returned to Mold on 27 May 1814 to be disembodied.
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on the red coat from 1759 to about 1763. Probably by 1778 and certainly from 1780 the facings were blue. On conversion to rifles the uniform changed to
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and a design in the centre that included the designation 'ROYAL FLINT MILITIA'. The regiment ceased to carry after it was converted to rifles in 1812.
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until July when it completed its march. On 12 September the regiment marched to Hampshire where it took up duties in the defences of the naval base at
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for a projected invasion, the regiment under Lt-Col Thomas Hanmer was stationed at Fort Twiss, with 219 men in 4 companies, forming part of Maj-Gen
501:(where it was snowbound) before reaching to town at the end of the month. After some weeks of duty at Carmarthen, the regiment was ordered into the
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for the winter, then moved out to Hythe in March 1798 and back into the Deal forts in May. At the end of June the regiment marched into
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of 1588, Flintshire furnished 200 trained foot and 100 untrained 'pioneers', together with 30 horsemen (heavy lancers, light horse and '
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shows that the 3rd (Royal Denbigh & Merioneth Militia) Battalion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers changed its subtitle, becoming the
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quota was brought up to 311 and after 20 days' training at Holywell the additional supplementaries marched off to join the regiment.
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at the Restoration. In 1697 it consisted of 250 foot under Col Sir Roger Puleston of Emral and 25 horse under Capt Owen Barton.
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However, the battalion remained too small to be viable and it remained based at Mold, rather than joining the Rifles Depot at
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of permanent staff (about 30). Around a third of the recruits and many young officers went on to join the regular army.
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were numerous amongst the Welsh Militia, but they did not show their hands during the Risings of
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Thomas Davies of Gwysaney was promoted to colonel in Denbighshire and Flintshire under
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Horse. In 1640 the county was ordered to send a detachment of 80 men to
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Davies's Regiment at the BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
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Mostyn's Regiment at the BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
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2. 'In all cases of invasion or upon imminent danger thereof'.
1514:'Roger Mostyn and the Civil War 1642–1660' at Mostyn Estates.
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establishments and the prisoners of war, and manning the
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above the initials 'RFM'. The officers' shako plate
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3088:Military units and formations established in 1662
2237:, 2nd Edn, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1966.
1045:Maj Robert Hughes of Halkyn Hall, 23 January 1775
1021:3rd (Royal Denbigh & Flint Militia) Battalion
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2244:, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994,
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2391:The King's War 1641–1647: The Great Rebellion
2282:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
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2400:, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1965.
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2344:, Vol 32, No 130 (Summer 1954), pp. 57–63.
2301:The New Annual Army List, and Militia List
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2219:Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,
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2209:, Vol 15, No 57 (Spring 1936), pp. 5–16.
1908:
1504:Wedgwood, pp. 415–8, 464, 474, 495, 503.
1319:
1317:
1315:
1313:
1103:
979:
900:
769:
695:
611:French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
592:. Here its duties included guarding the
560:, where its companies took up duties in
368:, the Militia was re-established by the
356:, and was there at the final surrender.
333:from May to August, and at the siege of
2048:
2046:
2044:
2042:
2040:
2038:
1960:
1958:
1298:
1123:The officers' gilt shoulder-belt plate
989:6th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps
18:Royal Flintshire Light Infantry Militia
14:
3083:Military units and formations in Wales
3060:
2393:, London: Collins, 1958/Fontana, 1966.
2183:
2165:
2067:
1990:
1970:
1876:
1856:
1830:
1807:
1786:
1741:
1715:
1656:
1635:
1581:
1031:The following commanded the regiment:
973:. The division would have mustered at
185:
2440:
1310:
1286:Fortescue, Vol I, pp. 12, 16–23, 125.
794:was massing his 'Army of England' at
359:
2035:
1955:
1623:Fortescue, Vol II, pp. 288, 299–302.
1005:(KRRC), becoming its 6th Battalion.
321:in September 1645 and a skirmish at
3103:Rifle regiments of the British Army
2415:
1765:Fortescue, Vol III, pp. 173–4, 295.
1437:Wedgwood, pp. 28, 38, 41, 65–8, 95.
1116:with black facings (similar to the
943:
816:Royal Merionethshire Light Infantry
298:until the final surrender in 1646.
24:
2270:, Vol II, London: Macmillan, 1899.
1169:issued in 1759 was green with the
761:Royal Flint Light Infantry Militia
25:
3114:
2229:, Vol III, Exeter: Pollard, 1900.
284:Sir Thomas Salusbury, 2nd Baronet
2426:– The BCW Project (archive site)
1804:Knight, pp. 78–9, 111, 255, 411.
1127:1800 had a silver design of the
930:Royal Denbigh & Flint Rifles
317:from January 1645 including the
102:
84:
71:
57:
2328:, Wrexham: Bridge Books, 1997,
2153:
2144:
2131:
2118:
2092:
2079:
2058:
2022:
2004:
1942:
1929:
1920:
1899:
1821:
1798:
1777:
1768:
1759:
1672:
1647:
1626:
1617:
1608:
1599:
1572:
1563:
1545:
1534:
1507:
1498:
1489:
1478:
1469:
1458:
1449:
1446:Rogers, pp. 17–8, Plates 7, 30.
1440:
1431:
1422:
1413:
1402:
1393:
1384:
1375:
1366:
1357:
1348:
1242:
866:
802:'s force. Afterwards it was at
786:, and at the military depot at
727:, then into the Portsmouth and
419:
212:', under the command of county
2352:, London: Seeley Service 1968.
2126:Anglesey & Caernarfonshire
1783:Fortescue, Vol III, pp. 530–1.
1690:Western, Appendices A & B.
1339:
1330:
1289:
1280:
1271:
1262:
1232:
837:until September 1810, then to
13:
1:
3068:Militia of the United Kingdom
2275:A History of the British Army
2268:A History of the British Army
2261:A History of the British Army
2197:
1184:
1040:Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet
1026:
873:Militia of the United Kingdom
820:Royal Pembroke Light Infantry
556:. Then on 7 June it moved to
472:Sir Roger Mostyn, 5th Baronet
460:Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire
416:, and bloodshed was avoided.
1551:Fortescue, Vol I, pp. 294–5.
1428:Fortescue, Vol I, pp. 198–9.
1225:
959:23rd (Royal Welch Fusiliers)
830:of the regular rifle units.
600:defences and the battery at
535:War of American Independence
529:War of American Independence
266:
218:Militia of England and Wales
7:
2411:, Kineton: Roundwood, 1967.
1530:Cokayne, Vol III, 'Mostyn'.
1193:
767:by fusils (light muskets).
584:where it took up duties at
366:Restoration of the Monarchy
182:but was disbanded in 1889.
10:
3119:
2303:(various dates from 1840).
1129:Prince of Wales's feathers
814:, where together with the
423:
189:
2975:
2939:
2918:
2702:
2695:
2668:
2593:
2557:
2481:
2474:
2468:British Militia Regiments
1653:Western, pp. 124–57, 251.
1390:Fissel, pp. 174–8, 190–5.
1295:Hay, pp. 11–17, 60–1, 88.
1070:Hon Richard Thomas Rowley
969:Troops' to 3rd Division,
505:. By July 1760 it was at
388:. As Lord President, the
148:
134:
123:
113:
98:
51:
43:
31:
2307:Col George Jackson Hay,
2221:100th Edn, London, 1953.
1827:Western, pp. 220–3, 254.
1578:Western, pp. 10, 19, 37.
1256:
1220:King's Royal Rifle Corps
1215:Militia (United Kingdom)
1143:1855 carried a stringed
1072:, MP, formerly Captain,
1003:King's Royal Rifle Corps
635:French Revolutionary War
180:King's Royal Rifle Corps
79:Kingdom of Great Britain
38:King's Royal Rifle Corps
2967:Forfar & Kincardine
2580:Forfar & Kincardine
1210:Militia (Great Britain)
1099:Heritage and ceremonial
685:, with a detachment at
622:, but was quartered in
426:Militia (Great Britain)
381:military dictatorship.
354:Battle of Denbigh Green
1885:War Office, 1805 List.
1336:Cruickshank, pp. 24–5.
985:
775:
708:
539:Whitchurch, Shropshire
395:Baronet of Mostyn Hall
319:Battle of Rowton Heath
206:4 & 5 Ph. & M.
2240:Mark Charles Fissel,
1712:Frederick, pp. 242–3.
1455:Wedgwood, pp. 119–20.
1104:Uniforms and insignia
1074:Scots Fusilier Guards
983:
901:Crimean War and after
773:
703:: 1796 caricature by
699:
470:under the command of
2273:Sir John Fortescue,
2266:Sir John Fortescue,
1381:Fissell, pp. 188–89.
1345:Fissell, pp. 178–87.
1131:, coronet and motto
922:Royal Denbigh Rifles
616:Revolutionary France
476:Member of Parliament
456:Earl of Cholmondeley
259:to take part in the
143:Holywell, Flintshire
2348:Col H.C.B. Rogers,
2227:Complete Baronetage
2225:George E. Cokayne,
2178:Denbigh & Flint
2139:Denbigh & Flint
2113:Late Victorian Army
2100:Late Victorian Army
2076:Owen, pp. 15, 43–7.
2030:Denbigh & Flint
1937:Denbigh & Flint
1926:Grierson, pp. 27–9.
1851:Denbigh & Flint
1754:Denbigh & Flint
1678:Western, pp. 124–5.
1644:Holmes, pp. 94–100.
1594:Denbigh & Flint
1325:Denbigh & Flint
1277:Fissel, pp. 178–88.
1268:Cruickshank, p. 17.
913:in the late 1960s.
875:was revived by the
377:that had supported
261:Second Bishops' War
257:Newcastle upon Tyne
186:Flint Trained Bands
2280:J.B.M. Frederick,
2233:C.G. Cruickshank,
2087:Army & Society
2019:Frederick, p. 302.
1950:Army & Society
1917:Dunlop, pp. 42–52.
1614:Western, pp. 73–4.
1560:Grierson, pp. 6–7.
1495:Rogers, pp. 259–6.
1475:Young, pp. 227–30.
1419:Fissel, pp. 207–8.
1065:, 24 February 1846
986:
857:Battle of Waterloo
776:
709:
360:Flintshire Militia
342:Lieutenant-Colonel
296:Battle of Edgehill
167:Royal Flint Rifles
163:Flintshire Militia
34:Royal Flint Rifles
32:Flintshire Militia
3055:
3054:
3051:
3050:
2947:Argyll & Bute
2703:England and Wales
2691:
2690:
2676:England and Wales
2664:
2663:
2565:Argyll & Bute
2482:England and Wales
2387:Veronica Wedgwood
2380:978-1-84574-207-2
2365:978-1-84342-410-9
2010:Owen, Appendix 7.
1307:Holmes, pp. 90–1.
1205:Militia (English)
1167:regimental colour
402:Treaty of Utrecht
277:English Civil War
156:
155:
47:1662–30 June 1889
16:(Redirected from
3110:
3078:Mold, Flintshire
2700:
2699:
2673:
2672:
2636:Londonderry (II)
2479:
2478:
2461:
2454:
2447:
2438:
2437:
2416:External sources
2235:Elizabeth's Army
2192:
2187:
2181:
2174:
2163:
2157:
2151:
2150:Owen, pp. 88–93.
2148:
2142:
2135:
2129:
2122:
2116:
2109:
2103:
2102:, pp. 4, 15, 19.
2096:
2090:
2083:
2077:
2074:
2065:
2064:Grierson, p. 29.
2062:
2056:
2055:, various dates.
2050:
2033:
2026:
2020:
2017:
2011:
2008:
2002:
1999:
1988:
1985:
1968:
1962:
1953:
1946:
1940:
1933:
1927:
1924:
1918:
1915:
1906:
1903:
1897:
1892:
1886:
1883:
1874:
1869:
1854:
1847:
1828:
1825:
1819:
1816:
1805:
1802:
1796:
1793:
1784:
1781:
1775:
1774:Western, p. 260.
1772:
1766:
1763:
1757:
1750:
1739:
1736:
1713:
1710:
1691:
1688:
1679:
1676:
1670:
1667:
1654:
1651:
1645:
1642:
1633:
1632:Hay, pp. 136–44.
1630:
1624:
1621:
1615:
1612:
1606:
1603:
1597:
1590:
1579:
1576:
1570:
1567:
1561:
1558:
1552:
1549:
1543:
1538:
1532:
1527:
1516:
1511:
1505:
1502:
1496:
1493:
1487:
1482:
1476:
1473:
1467:
1462:
1456:
1453:
1447:
1444:
1438:
1435:
1429:
1426:
1420:
1417:
1411:
1406:
1400:
1397:
1391:
1388:
1382:
1379:
1373:
1370:
1364:
1363:Hay, pp. 94, 96.
1361:
1355:
1352:
1346:
1343:
1337:
1334:
1328:
1321:
1308:
1305:
1296:
1293:
1287:
1284:
1278:
1275:
1269:
1266:
1250:
1246:
1240:
1236:
1088:Honorary Colonel
1052:, 13 August 1798
1042:, 3 October 1759
995:Childers Reforms
977:in time of war.
950:Cardwell Reforms
944:Cardwell Reforms
877:Militia Act 1852
847:Northamptonshire
808:Shorncliffe Camp
745:Treaty of Amiens
432:Seven Years' War
390:Duke of Beaufort
386:Council of Wales
370:Militia Act 1661
315:Siege of Chester
275:that led to the
214:Lords Lieutenant
139:Mold, Flintshire
106:
90:
88:
87:
77:
75:
74:
67:
63:
61:
60:
29:
28:
21:
3118:
3117:
3113:
3112:
3111:
3109:
3108:
3107:
3098:Rifle regiments
3058:
3057:
3056:
3047:
2971:
2935:
2919:Channel Islands
2914:
2845:Nottinghamshire
2825:Montgomeryshire
2790:North Hampshire
2785:Gloucestershire
2745:Caernarvonshire
2740:Carmarthenshire
2725:Buckinghamshire
2687:
2660:
2631:Londonderry (I)
2589:
2553:
2470:
2465:
2435:
2418:
2355:Arthur Sleigh,
2200:
2195:
2188:
2184:
2175:
2166:
2158:
2154:
2149:
2145:
2141:, pp. 15, 43–7.
2136:
2132:
2123:
2119:
2110:
2106:
2097:
2093:
2084:
2080:
2075:
2068:
2063:
2059:
2051:
2036:
2032:, pp. 15, 41–2.
2027:
2023:
2018:
2014:
2009:
2005:
2000:
1991:
1987:Owen, pp. 72–4.
1986:
1971:
1963:
1956:
1947:
1943:
1934:
1930:
1925:
1921:
1916:
1909:
1904:
1900:
1893:
1889:
1884:
1877:
1870:
1857:
1848:
1831:
1826:
1822:
1817:
1808:
1803:
1799:
1795:Owen, pp. 61–3.
1794:
1787:
1782:
1778:
1773:
1769:
1764:
1760:
1751:
1742:
1738:Owen, pp. 56–7.
1737:
1716:
1711:
1694:
1689:
1682:
1677:
1673:
1669:Owen, pp. 57–9.
1668:
1657:
1652:
1648:
1643:
1636:
1631:
1627:
1622:
1618:
1613:
1609:
1604:
1600:
1591:
1582:
1577:
1573:
1569:Hay, pp. 104–6.
1568:
1564:
1559:
1555:
1550:
1546:
1539:
1535:
1528:
1519:
1512:
1508:
1503:
1499:
1494:
1490:
1483:
1479:
1474:
1470:
1463:
1459:
1454:
1450:
1445:
1441:
1436:
1432:
1427:
1423:
1418:
1414:
1407:
1403:
1398:
1394:
1389:
1385:
1380:
1376:
1371:
1367:
1362:
1358:
1353:
1349:
1344:
1340:
1335:
1331:
1322:
1311:
1306:
1299:
1294:
1290:
1285:
1281:
1276:
1272:
1267:
1263:
1259:
1254:
1253:
1247:
1243:
1237:
1233:
1228:
1196:
1187:
1106:
1101:
1029:
999:Royal Engineers
991:
946:
903:
869:
759:, becoming the
750:Fort Cumberland
639:Napoleonic Wars
613:
531:
493:, marching via
441:drill sergeants
428:
422:
362:
311:Hawarden Castle
269:
202:King Henry VIII
194:
188:
159:
141:
85:
83:
82:
72:
70:
69:
58:
56:
36:6th Battalion,
35:
33:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
3116:
3106:
3105:
3100:
3095:
3090:
3085:
3080:
3075:
3070:
3053:
3052:
3049:
3048:
3046:
3045:
3040:
3035:
3030:
3025:
3023:Queen's County
3020:
3015:
3010:
3005:
3000:
2995:
2990:
2985:
2979:
2977:
2973:
2972:
2970:
2969:
2964:
2959:
2954:
2949:
2943:
2941:
2937:
2936:
2934:
2933:
2928:
2922:
2920:
2916:
2915:
2913:
2912:
2907:
2902:
2900:Worcestershire
2897:
2892:
2887:
2882:
2877:
2872:
2867:
2862:
2857:
2852:
2847:
2842:
2840:Northumberland
2837:
2832:
2827:
2822:
2820:Merionethshire
2817:
2812:
2807:
2802:
2797:
2792:
2787:
2782:
2777:
2772:
2767:
2762:
2757:
2752:
2747:
2742:
2737:
2732:
2730:Cambridgeshire
2727:
2722:
2720:Brecknockshire
2717:
2712:
2706:
2704:
2697:
2693:
2692:
2689:
2688:
2686:
2685:
2679:
2677:
2670:
2666:
2665:
2662:
2661:
2659:
2658:
2653:
2648:
2643:
2638:
2633:
2628:
2623:
2618:
2613:
2608:
2603:
2597:
2595:
2591:
2590:
2588:
2587:
2582:
2577:
2572:
2567:
2561:
2559:
2555:
2554:
2552:
2551:
2546:
2541:
2536:
2531:
2529:Northumberland
2526:
2521:
2516:
2511:
2506:
2501:
2496:
2491:
2485:
2483:
2476:
2472:
2471:
2464:
2463:
2456:
2449:
2441:
2434:
2433:
2431:Mostyn Estates
2428:
2417:
2414:
2413:
2412:
2401:
2396:J.R. Western,
2394:
2383:
2368:
2353:
2346:
2337:
2322:
2304:
2293:
2278:
2271:
2264:
2257:John Fortescue
2253:
2238:
2231:
2222:
2216:
2211:
2201:
2199:
2196:
2194:
2193:
2182:
2164:
2152:
2143:
2130:
2117:
2104:
2091:
2078:
2066:
2057:
2034:
2021:
2012:
2003:
2001:Sleigh, p. 73.
1989:
1969:
1954:
1941:
1928:
1919:
1907:
1898:
1887:
1875:
1855:
1829:
1820:
1806:
1797:
1785:
1776:
1767:
1758:
1740:
1714:
1692:
1680:
1671:
1655:
1646:
1634:
1625:
1616:
1607:
1598:
1580:
1571:
1562:
1553:
1544:
1533:
1517:
1506:
1497:
1488:
1477:
1468:
1457:
1448:
1439:
1430:
1421:
1412:
1401:
1399:Hay, pp. 97–8.
1392:
1383:
1374:
1365:
1356:
1347:
1338:
1329:
1309:
1297:
1288:
1279:
1270:
1260:
1258:
1255:
1252:
1251:
1241:
1230:
1229:
1227:
1224:
1223:
1222:
1217:
1212:
1207:
1202:
1195:
1192:
1186:
1183:
1105:
1102:
1100:
1097:
1096:
1095:
1084:
1083:
1080:
1077:
1066:
1059:
1056:
1053:
1050:Earl Grosvenor
1046:
1043:
1036:
1028:
1025:
990:
987:
945:
942:
902:
899:
891:
890:
887:
884:
868:
865:
824:Peninsular War
812:Bexhill-on-Sea
800:Sir John Moore
757:Light infantry
673:coast between
612:
609:
530:
527:
424:Main article:
421:
418:
375:New Model Army
361:
358:
335:Denbigh Castle
268:
265:
252:King Charles I
190:Main article:
187:
184:
157:
154:
153:
150:
146:
145:
136:
132:
131:
125:
121:
120:
115:
111:
110:
100:
96:
95:
92:United Kingdom
53:
49:
48:
45:
41:
40:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
3115:
3104:
3101:
3099:
3096:
3094:
3091:
3089:
3086:
3084:
3081:
3079:
3076:
3074:
3071:
3069:
3066:
3065:
3063:
3044:
3041:
3039:
3036:
3034:
3031:
3029:
3026:
3024:
3021:
3019:
3016:
3014:
3011:
3009:
3006:
3004:
3001:
2999:
2998:King's County
2996:
2994:
2991:
2989:
2986:
2984:
2981:
2980:
2978:
2974:
2968:
2965:
2963:
2960:
2958:
2955:
2953:
2950:
2948:
2945:
2944:
2942:
2938:
2932:
2929:
2927:
2924:
2923:
2921:
2917:
2911:
2908:
2906:
2903:
2901:
2898:
2896:
2893:
2891:
2888:
2886:
2883:
2881:
2878:
2876:
2875:Staffordshire
2873:
2871:
2868:
2866:
2863:
2861:
2858:
2856:
2855:Pembrokeshire
2853:
2851:
2848:
2846:
2843:
2841:
2838:
2836:
2833:
2831:
2828:
2826:
2823:
2821:
2818:
2816:
2813:
2811:
2808:
2806:
2803:
2801:
2798:
2796:
2795:Hertfordshire
2793:
2791:
2788:
2786:
2783:
2781:
2778:
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2180:, pp. 74–8.
1952:, pp. 91–2.
1605:Hay, p 133.
1354:Hay, p. 88.
1239:enlistment.
1118:95th Rifles
1114:rifle green
828:Baker rifle
723:, first to
562:Cockermouth
499:Llandrindod
135:Garrison/HQ
94:(1801–1889)
81:(1707–1800)
68:(1662–1707)
3062:Categories
2910:North York
2805:Lancashire
2775:Flintshire
2651:Mid-Ulster
2585:Haddington
2519:Lancashire
2494:Carmarthen
2198:References
1185:Precedence
1175:Union Flag
1145:bugle-horn
1027:Commanders
1010:Winchester
975:Manchester
918:War Office
839:Eastbourne
788:Canterbury
737:Winchester
679:New Romney
663:Chichester
647:Volunteers
628:Portsmouth
594:Royal Navy
574:Whitehaven
566:Workington
558:Cumberland
550:Warrington
511:Shropshire
507:Bridgnorth
491:Carmarthen
480:Flintshire
464:Flintshire
379:Cromwell's
364:After the
346:Lord Capel
292:Flintshire
273:Parliament
198:Shire levy
175:Flintshire
173:county of
3038:Westmeath
3028:Tipperary
2993:Fermanagh
2957:Edinburgh
2905:East York
2895:Wiltshire
2815:Middlesex
2780:Glamorgan
2715:Berkshire
2669:Engineers
2641:Tipperary
2570:Edinburgh
2549:Yorkshire
2509:Glamorgan
2475:Artillery
2297:H.G. Hart
2053:Army List
1226:Footnotes
1155:Glengarry
1017:Army List
966:Army List
954:volunteer
804:Dungeness
780:Fort Pitt
721:Hampshire
717:Sheerness
602:Fishguard
515:Liverpool
406:Jacobites
404:in 1713.
267:Civil War
129:Battalion
3013:Longford
2940:Scotland
2926:Guernsey
2870:Somerset
2750:Cheshire
2696:Infantry
2558:Scotland
2534:Pembroke
2489:Cardigan
2111:Spiers,
2098:Spiers,
2085:Spiers,
1948:Spiers,
1939:, p. 40.
1596:, p. 12.
1327:, p. 11.
1194:See also
1133:Ich Dien
971:VI Corps
853:Napoleon
835:Hastings
818:and the
796:Boulogne
792:Napoleon
765:halberds
651:Yeomanry
620:Woolwich
578:Oswestry
570:Maryport
554:Nantwich
543:billeted
484:Holywell
437:adjutant
350:Dragoons
301:Colonel
233:petronel
149:Motto(s)
118:Infantry
3043:Wicklow
3003:Leitrim
2988:Donegal
2976:Ireland
2880:Suffolk
2865:Rutland
2830:Norfolk
2656:Wicklow
2616:Donegal
2594:Ireland
2539:Suffolk
2524:Norfolk
2295:Lt-Col
2190:Baldry.
2160:Burke's
2124:Owen ,
1872:Parkyn.
1177:in the
1110:facings
1038:Lt-Col
926:Wrexham
784:Chatham
729:Gosport
495:Wrexham
327:Ireland
307:Chester
288:Lleweni
281:Colonel
245:Chester
241:Ireland
108:Militia
65:England
52:Country
3033:Tyrone
2931:Jersey
2890:Sussex
2885:Surrey
2810:London
2770:Durham
2765:Dorset
2646:Tyrone
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2606:Armagh
2601:Antrim
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1965:Hart's
1935:Owen,
1895:Brown.
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1592:Owen,
1323:Owen,
1249:units.
1179:canton
907:Crimea
843:Weedon
667:Sussex
323:Ruthin
99:Branch
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2760:Devon
2611:Clare
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2403:Brig
2385:Dame
1257:Notes
938:cadre
687:Hythe
683:Dover
523:Major
171:Welsh
2962:Fife
2800:Kent
2575:Fife
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2376:ISBN
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691:Deal
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671:Kent
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124:Size
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