Living history group based in the UK representing 2nd Battalion 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot during the Napoleonic Wars
Joined March 2022
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Today in 1746, a blinding storm rendered the British musketry useless, leaving the field open for one last, Highland charge.
Britain was about to find out the Jacobites had fight left in them.
The Jacobite Rising: The Highland Storm
Listen Now!
#PrimeAndLoad #ScottishHistory
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What was the other battle Napoleonic soldiers fought?
Check out or latest documentary about the trials and tribulations of campaign life🎥
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8th January 1815… The Battle of New Orleans.
‘New Orleans was the most pointless battle of the entire Napoleonic era.’
Discuss below👇
ALT by E.P. Moran (1910)
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I haven’t posted properly for ages as I’ve been sick and really busy! So prepare yourselves for a photo dump of a catch up of things that I’ve been working on for the last 6 weeks or so.
First up, some excellent training was had with the 33rd, @44thFoot and 68th Foot up north!
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Next up, some more training with @44thFoot this time taking place at home in Essex. It’s great to see the unit not only making huge improvements in its material culture and drill but also really starting to gel and build some cohesion.
Some exciting times ahead for our drill!
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100,000 views on the @NapWarsPod video of @liamtelfer attempting to fire four rounds of musketry in a minute 🤯
Be sure to subscribe to the Napoleonic Wars Youtube channel to see this, and much much more in the coming months. Link below
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Had a fantastic day at @ApsleyHouse with the men of the @44thFoot recounting for #BlackHistoryMonth the brave escapees from American slavery who fought in the #Warof1812 #HistoryMatters
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In #London tomorrow? Why not visit @ApsleyHouse - Wellington's house! - for a big dose of Napoleonic history plus a bonus me talking about my @penswordbooks "Black Redcoats" & the importance of former slaves to the British military. Along will be re-enactors of the @44thFoot!
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Four rounds a minute. Myth or Reality?
In the latest instalment from the Napoleonic Wars Pod, we see if it is actually possible to fire four rounds a minute.
Re-enactor @liamtelfer dons his 44th East Essex uniform in an attempt that encountered many challenges.
Link below
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Author copies have arrived - perfectly timed for #HistoryWritersDay24 !
A dedicated study of the first major attack of the day at Waterloo - and of the thousands of men who took part.
And it’s still available with 20% off from @penswordbooks (link in reply)!
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Today a truly important study of Waterloo (@ZwhiteHistory's words) hits the shelves in @GraemeCallister's hotly anticipated book on the attack & men of D'Erlon's I Corps.
We sat down with him to talk in more general terms about the battle
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On this day in 1775 Sir Dennis Pack was born.
Pack went on to become a Major-General in the British army.
He is perhaps best know for his service in the Peninsular War and the Waterloo campaign.
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An incredible weekend of Living History with some guys from @44thFoot and 3rd Foot in France at the event outside La Boissière-École. Fully immersed in the early 19th century warfare style and even fighting as a light infantryman.
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I received these stunning challenge coins from @challengecoinuk for the members of the @44thFoot who recently completed a 30 mile immersive Napoleonic fundraising march for @DigWaterloo I look forward to sharing them with the team at our next event
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The Storming of Badajoz, 6 April 1812.
The 88th Regiment, the “Connaught Rangers”, leading the attack on the castle.
It was said that as sunrise revealed the heaps of dead soldiers from both sides around in the city walls, Wellington wept at the sight.
By Chris Collingwood
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Thanks @latelordchatham for a great talk tonight. Really interesting to hear about Popham and the Royal Navy’s contribution during the Peninsular War, especially off the north coast of Spain during the 1812 campaign. Thanks @OfVedras @mcribbHistory @MarkSThompson2 for hosting.
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For their #ReenactForVeterans Challenge, our friends in the @44thEE Regiment of Foot Living History Group will be taking on a mammoth 30-mile march across Essex in full Napoleonic kit! Support them as they fundraise for veterans here: justgiving.com/crowdfunding/…
