One of the more interesting aspects of genealogical research is to paint a picture of the person one is researching. Casualties among the De Meuron Regiment during the War of 1812 have been very difficult to determine because the notations of death were buried in Regimental registers. Recent records released…
Its been a while since I blogged and a lot of the time since my last article was taken up doing research. One of the interesting things that has come out of the research I have been doing in Germany, is a possible link between two soldiers who enlisted in…
At the end of 1809 the de Meuron Regiment counted 798 men according to Guy De Meuron. In a previous post I listed a number of soldieres who had transferred from other British regiments. In early 1810 the regiment’s numbers grew again. Some of the new recruits were transfers from…
The De Meuron regiment upon entering British service changed its uniform from the Dutch standard to British uniform conventions – a red coat and grey trousers. Officers wore white trousers. The graphic below shows the uniforms of various members of the regiment. The regiment in coming to Canada would have…
In a previous post I looked at the inter regimental transfer between other British regiments and the de Meurons. In looking at the waves of enlistment during the period 1806 to 1809, the August 19th 1809 intake is interesting in its homogeneity. The large number of soldiers from Flanders, Alsace,…
Much has been written about the source of soldiers in the de Meuron regiment of foot. After the release of the regiment from Dutch service in 1795 the regiment entered British service until its disbandment in 1816. In 1806 the regiment was stationed at Lymington in England and many soldiers…