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...
by Gavin K Watt | Jun 22, 2012 | Articles
By Gavin K. Watt The articles that follow provide some great information about our interpretation of the KRRNY. Since Gavin founded the unit in 1975, substantial documentation about the KRR and its campaigns has continued to be found and assimilated into our...
by Gavin K Watt | Jun 22, 2012 | Articles
Written in the year that the Yorkers laid-up the old colours… Over Twenty Years of Service A HISTORY OF THE COLOURS OF THE RECREATED KING’S ROYAL YORKERS by Gavin K. Watt On May 24, 1982, a set of Colours was presented to the 1st Battalion, King’s...
by Gavin K Watt | Jun 22, 2012 | Articles
Compiled by Gavin K. Watt In the following charts, the companies are organized by seniority BURGOYNE’S AND ST. LEGER’S 1777 CAMPAIGN During this campaign, the 1st Battalion fielded seven companies: Light Infantry 55 Capt Stephen Watts commanding Major...
