Tuesday 21 May 2024

Flags of the Spanish Walloon Foot Guards "Reales Guardias Valonas" 1750s

For regimental details, see the entry on the Spanish Foot Guards previously. The Walloon Guards were first raised 1704 and saw much distinguished service in the War of the Spanish Succession.

Like the other foot guard regiment, they saw minimal service in the Seven Years War.

The uniform was the same as that of the Spanish Foot Guards as shown in my previous posting. 

This flag set is also one of those commissioned by Lewis Simpson-Jones. :-)



There's a useful history of the Walloon Guards in the Spanish Service (in French) dated 1858 for free download here: https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_7mIOAAAAQAAJ


10 comments:

  1. Oh I love the richness of that blue flag, which is beautifully set of with the red and gold!

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    1. Thank you, Steve. Yes, it is rather striking, isn't it? Should look good on the wargames table...

      All the best,

      David.

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    1. Thank you, Willz. :-) Hope you are able to use them!

      All the best,

      David.

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  3. Nice! In which battles did this regiment see action in the WAS?

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    1. Thank you, Jon. :-) I found this useful looking volume on them: https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_7mIOAAAAQAAJ I('ll dig through to see what battles are mentioned but not before tomorrow at the earliest, I'm afraid. You may get to the information first if you have chance befroe then!

      All the best,

      David.

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    2. Useful link! I found the battle info I was looking for. Thank you!

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