QB-02B
Apparently, Henry Browne was in the 22nd Grenadiers. My question is - Did the artist take license with the "waving" tricorne hat. Still not convinced the non-running figure is a grenadier. I would think the grenadier officers would have both types of hats, but in a battle I think a grenadier officer would definitely be wearing the miter hat. Any uniform junkies out there that can clarify this?
From http://h-joswick.tripod.com/22ndregiment/id1.html
The 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment was raised by the Duke of Norfolk in 1689 and has been in continuous, unamalgamated service to the Crown ever since.
The 22nd first saw action in America during The French and Indian War. Briefly garrisoned in and around New York City in January 1757. The Regiment moved north to Halifax in July. Almost a year later the 22nd took part in the siege of Fortress Louisbourg. The French garrison fell on June 26th and Louisbourg stands as the 22nd's first battle honor.
Then it was "on to Quebec" with General Wolf for The Grenadier Company. Ensign Brown of the 22nd is reported to have been with Wolf when he died and although it is not documented, I like to think it was a 22nd Grenadier who fired the fatal shot into Montcalm.
In 1760 the Regiment was in Albany, New York, preparing for a little fun in the sun in the Caribbean. Ah shipwrecks, ah yellow fever. But before they went on that little expedition, two companies were detached and sent to South Carolina to help put down the Cherokee uprising. The Cherokees pacified, the two detached companies joined the rest of the Regiment in Barbados for the British campaigns against the Spanish in the Caribbean. In 1762, with the fall of Havana, the French and Spanish sued for peace and The Seven Years War was over. 1762 also marked an important event for The Regiment as Thomas Gage became it's Colonel after the drowning of General Whitmore during the Siege of Havana.
Apparently, Henry Browne was in the 22nd Grenadiers. My question is - Did the artist take license with the "waving" tricorne hat. Still not convinced the non-running figure is a grenadier. I would think the grenadier officers would have both types of hats, but in a battle I think a grenadier officer would definitely be wearing the miter hat. Any uniform junkies out there that can clarify this?
From http://h-joswick.tripod.com/22ndregiment/id1.html
The 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment was raised by the Duke of Norfolk in 1689 and has been in continuous, unamalgamated service to the Crown ever since.
The 22nd first saw action in America during The French and Indian War. Briefly garrisoned in and around New York City in January 1757. The Regiment moved north to Halifax in July. Almost a year later the 22nd took part in the siege of Fortress Louisbourg. The French garrison fell on June 26th and Louisbourg stands as the 22nd's first battle honor.
Then it was "on to Quebec" with General Wolf for The Grenadier Company. Ensign Brown of the 22nd is reported to have been with Wolf when he died and although it is not documented, I like to think it was a 22nd Grenadier who fired the fatal shot into Montcalm.
In 1760 the Regiment was in Albany, New York, preparing for a little fun in the sun in the Caribbean. Ah shipwrecks, ah yellow fever. But before they went on that little expedition, two companies were detached and sent to South Carolina to help put down the Cherokee uprising. The Cherokees pacified, the two detached companies joined the rest of the Regiment in Barbados for the British campaigns against the Spanish in the Caribbean. In 1762, with the fall of Havana, the French and Spanish sued for peace and The Seven Years War was over. 1762 also marked an important event for The Regiment as Thomas Gage became it's Colonel after the drowning of General Whitmore during the Siege of Havana.