Napoleonic's
More additions to our Napoleonic range. There will be further releases in 2026. with a flag bearer, another officer and a drummer plus some more action poses including a new standing and kneeling firing rifleman for a complete British Napoleonic square.
The 28th of Foot North Gloucestershire Regt
Raised in 1694, the 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot was a line regiment of the British Army. This is a new regiment for Thomas Gunn, and the 28th Regiment has a long history. Being in the front line from the late 1600s through to the late 1800s, when it was then amalgamated with the 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot to form the Gloucestershire Regiment.
In 1801, the regiment formed part of the British expeditionary force that landed in Egypt to oppose Napoleon's Army. On 21st March 1801, during the Battle of Alexandria, French cavalry broke through the British lines, formed up behind the regiment, and charged. Still heavily engaged to their front, the order was given "Rear Rank, 28th! Right About Face", and standing thus in two ranks, back to back, the regiment successfully defended itself. After the battle, the regiment began wearing a badge on the back as well as the front of the headdress to commemorate their action, a unique distinction in the British Army that was officially sanctioned in 1830.
The regiment was involved throughout the Napoleonic wars. Fighting in Denmark in 1807, landing in Portugal in 1808, taking part in the Battle of Corunna on 16 January 180, before being evacuated from the peninsula the next day, with a detachment remaining behind and fought at the Battle of Talavera in July 1809. The remainder of the regiment went on to take part in the disastrous Walcheren Campaign in 1809.
Returning to the Peninsula in 1810. The regiment saw action at the Battle of Barrosa, the Battle of Albuera and the Battle of Arroyo dos Molinos in 1811. In 1813 the regiment fought at the Battle of Vitoria and the Battle of the Pyrenees, then pursued the French Army into France and fought at the Battle of Nivelle and the Battle of the Nive. Followed by the Battle of Orthez and Battle of Toulouse in 1814.
The regiment was one of the many Peninsula veteran regiments which were available for the 100 Days campaign and fought at the Battle of Quatre Bras and the Battle of Waterloo, as part of the 8th Brigade commanded by James Kempt, in June 1815. Because of its actions in this campaign, the regiment earned a distinguished mention in the dispatches of the Duke of Wellington.
Collectors have a wide choice of Napoleonic battles and conflicts, from Egypt, the Low Countries, the Peninsula War and the 1815 campaign.
A big thank you to John O'Brien in Australia who aided and abetted with these figures and the guys at the Armoury of St James in London!
