This regiment was a relatively large unit, raised mostly in Angus by Lord David Ogilvy, heir to the House of Airlie. The regiment was up to 500 strong when it marched into England but soon suffered from large-scale desertion, according to Christopher Duffy (Fight For A Throne, 2nd ed.). In the meantime Lieutenant Colonel Sir James Kinloch raised a second battalion in the original recruiting area. The two battalions served together at Falkirk 17th January 1746 in the second line, where they were roughly handled by some enemy dragoons, nearly lost a flag and were helped by the Menzies to repel the dragoons, and Culloden 16th April 1746, again in the second line and from where they retired with relatively few casualties. When the Jacobite army dispersed on 19th April 1746 at Ruthven they went home as a still disciplined unit and eventually disbanded in Glen Cova on the 21st April. Another flag associated with this unit bears the Kinloch arms.
I have many finished flags waiting for their text, most of which need long screeds, so I am posting this with its mercifully short text to keep things ticking over here...
Outstanding!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mark. :-) I shall be doing more Jacobite flags soon. They are often quite simple but they do look effective.
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David.
Excellent, David! I have Jacobites planned as an expansion one day.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Jon. :-) I am still working on Piedmontese flags as well as many other types; it all becomes a bit crazy!
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David.
Now, Piedmontese flags I could you straight away!
DeleteI am slowly working on them, Jon. The eagle of the colonella flag is complicated as it all has to be done from scratch. Some of the others are complicated too. It is a very slow business at the moment!
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David.
Excellent! I look forward to seeing more!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ray. :-) Yes, there will be more!
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David.
That's a beautiful flag David.
ReplyDeleteWillz.
Thank you, Willz. :-) I do like flags with saltires!
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David.
Very fine job !
ReplyDeleteThank you! :-)
DeleteThank you for your job David, your fags are spendids
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DeleteGreat to hear more Jacobite flags are on the way David. Some where I have a big bag of figures to the '45 and ImagiNations, so this could spur me to dig some out of the attic, if that's where they are ...
ReplyDeleteGreat, Steve. :-) I hope you find them and look forward to seeing your troops with my flags if you do!
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David.
Glad to hear that you are doing the Jacobite flags. That’s another project that I will have in the queue.
ReplyDeleteGreat, Jim. More Jacobite flags to come soon. :-)
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David.