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 | 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...
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...
