by Gavin K Watt | Feb 7, 2014 | Articles, Featured
This article first appeared in the on-line forum, Redcoat Images, edited by Gregory Urwin In May of 1783 Samuel Jan Holland, Surveyor General of Quebec and the Northern District of North America, sent his Deputy Surveyor James Peachey on an assignment to lay out lots...
by Gavin K Watt | Mar 20, 2013 | Articles, Uncategorized
The Re-created King’s Royal Yorkers – Uniform Research 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...
by Gavin K Watt | Mar 20, 2013 | Featured
Captain Duncan’s Horn Early in 2005 a powder horn came up for auction in England. It was described as having belonged to Captain Richard Duncan, our company’s commanding officer! Former Yorker, John Houlding, had a friend of his visit the auction house to...
by Gavin K Watt | Mar 20, 2013 | Articles, Uncategorized
GRANDAD’S HISTORY OF CANADIAN REENACTING By Gavin K. Watt The earliest reenactment unit in Ontario that I’ve seen photographic evidence of was the Queen’s Rangers as they marched into Historic Fort York – if I remember correctly, in the 1930’s,...
by Gavin K Watt | Mar 20, 2013 | Articles, Uncategorized
Royal Yorkers – Articles – More Information on Provincial Uniforms By Gavin K. Watt MORE INFORMATION ON PROVINCIAL UNIFORMS Chris Armstrong, Duncan’s Company, came across the following letter. This is important information as it confirms the three...
