by Gavin K Watt | Mar 20, 2013 | Articles, Uncategorized
The Drums of the King’s Royal Regiment of New York good drummers but ill-disciplined The Three Big Dummies, Malarky, Gin Lane Born from the music of fifing and drumming, is the group Gin Lane. All three members of the band are also members of the Drums of the...
by Gavin K Watt | Mar 20, 2013 | Articles, Uncategorized
Drummers of the First Battalion, KRRNY Name Enlistment Date Age at Enlistment Age at Disbandment Robert Averil * 28 Nov 1778 14 19 Daniel Benjamin 07 Dec 1779 Unknown Unknown Abraham Bowman ‡‡ 01 Feb 1780 11 14 Donald Brooks 02 May 1780 12 15 Cornelius Bulson 30 Apr...
by Gavin K Watt | Mar 20, 2013 | Articles, Uncategorized
Drums of the King’s Royal Yorkers The Drums of the King’s Royal Regiment of New York good drummers but ill-disciplined The history of the modern Corps of Drums of the King’s Royal Regiment of New York. The Drums of the King’s Royal Regiment of New York...
by Gavin K Watt | Feb 24, 2013 | Articles, Uncategorized
2007-04-13 A: 1 The primary purpose of this study was to determine what uniforms were worn by the 1st and 2nd battalions of the King’s Royal Regiment of New York and when; however, these questions are so intertwined with the Canadian Department’s supply of other...
by Gavin K Watt | Feb 24, 2013 | Articles, Uncategorized
This article, written by Dr. Elinor Kyte Senior, appeared in the June, 1986 edition of “The Loyalist Gazette”. It was on Christmas Eve,1783 that the KRRNY received news that the regiment was to be disbanded. This article describes the difficult conditions that the...
