Denbighshire Yeomanry Cavalry
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Officers Helmet, circa 1840.
The helmet
had a silver plate bearing the Prince of Wales feathers and
"DENBIGHSHIRE YEOMANRY" on the top edge, all placed on a rayed
plate. There was a silver edge to the black peak, with the same
metal for the lion head ear bosses and four leaved chin scales. |
Captain Thomas Creswick Watson
Adjutant Denbighshire
Yeomanry Cavalry
Pictured here in the uniform of the 3rd
Light Dragoons,he lived at Wynnstay Place, Wrexham, and died in
1831. |
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Helmets circa 1831. |
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A Diamond and enamel miniature frame,
probably by Toussaint, the blue enameled buckled border
inscribed in diamonds "DENBIGH + FORESTERS", the top surmounted
by drums, falgs, swords and other military trophies in fine
diamonds, enclosing in the centre a miniature of an officer,
perhaps by John Smart, jun., full lace, head and gaze
three-quarters sinister, wearing dark blue uniform with pale
blue frogging and silver epaulettes, white cravat and black
stock, 4 inch.
The "Denbigh Foresters Volunteer
Cavalry" was the unofficial
name of the Denbigh Yeomanry Cavalry, a Troop raised in 1799,
and a body of infantry known as the Denbigh Legion under the
command of Lt.Col. Viscount Kirkwall, which were combined in
1800.
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Regimental Guidon post 1796
Probably George III period, 1803. Made from silk and painted.
HEIGHT: 25.59 in. (65 cm)
WIDTH: 40.16 in. (102 cm)
DEPTH:
0.79 in. (2 cm) |
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