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King & Country DISPATCHES
September 2025
September 2025
Hi Guys,
Welcome once more to a fairly diverse collection of new releases that will be time travelling to four different time zones in history and four very different locations… and so without further ado let’s jump into the King & Country ‘Time Machine’ and go back to our first port of call – Colonial America when Europeans, primarily the British, established settlements that became the 13 Colonies until the Revolution began in 1776 that then turned the world upside down…
As I wrote about last month 2026 marks the 250th Anniversary of the founding of the United States of America and K&C is marking the event by delving back into the Revolutionary War with a whole new collection of both British and American troops that fought in it.
In August we introduced our ‘Redcoats’ and so, it’s only fair, that this month we also present some of the ‘Rebels’ and, perhaps, one of the most interesting units that fought for the American cause…
1. BEING RELEASED THIS MONTH
A. ‘The Commander-in-Chief’s Guard’
This elite military unit, commonly known as ‘Washington’s Life Guard’ was a unit of the Continental Army that protected General George Washington during the Revolutionary War.
Formed in early 1776, the Guard was with the future first president in all of his battles and was disbanded in 1783 at the end of the war.
The Guard itself was authorized on 11 March 1776 at Cambridge, Massachusetts with not only the task of protecting General Washington but also safeguarding the money and official papers of the Continental Army.
To that end, Washington directed that this corps of soldiers be made up of “sober, intelligent and reliable men”.
The original unit was relatively small, just four men from each of the Continental Army regiments then present at the siege of Boston.
The strength of this small corps then grew to number about 180 men until the winter of 1779-1780 when the whole army was encamped at Morristown, New Jersey in very close proximity to the British forces. The Guard was temporarily increased to 250.
For the first three years of its existence the Guard was commanded by Major Caleb Gibbs of Rhode Island. (K&C will release a mounted figure of the major later this year). Gibbs official title was ‘Captain Commandant’.
During the Guard’s relatively short existence several different accounts have been given about their uniform and general appearance.
King & Country considered several options before choosing the uniform details and descriptions provided by the Company of Military Historians and their excellent illustrated volume on ‘The Era of the American Revolution’. This book shows the soldiers of the Guard wearing blue coats faced with buff and a striking red waistcoat. On their heads they wore a round cap crested with black bearskin fur and decorated with a blue and white feathered plume. All in all a very striking appearance worthy of their position as the Commander-in-Chief’s Guard.
Here are the first 11 figures with more to follow…
AR076 ‘Washington’s Guard Company Standing Firing’

AR077 ‘W.G.C. Reaching For A Fresh Cartridge’

AR078 ‘W.G.C. Kneeling Firing’

AR079 ‘W.G.C. Kneeling Ready’

AR080 ‘W.G.C. Kneeling Reaching For A Cartridge’

AR081 ‘W.G.C. Standing Corporal shouting Orders’

AR082 ‘W.G.C. Standing w/Ramrod’

AR085 ‘W.G.C. Drummer Boy’
Typically young boys, marched and fought alongside their older fellow soldiers. Their drums alongwith fifes provided loud, clear signals that could by heard over the ‘din of battle’ signaling troop movements and actions.

AR088 ‘W.G.C. Present Arms!’

AR089 ‘W.G.C. Kneeling w/Ramrod’
An essential procedure in reloading your musket… see also AR082.

AR091 ‘General George Washington’
The great general himself standing proud and confident among his men. A previously released figure but with a greatly enhanced painting style.

AVAILABEL: Mid September
SPECIAL NOTE: As you can see there are several ‘missing numbers’ in the sequence of releases these include such figures as the Guard’s first commander, Major Caleb Gibbs and a Guard Flagbearer carrying one of General Washington’s own personal standards plus one or two other surprises… watch out for them in the coming months.