Now here's the tale (and a tall tale it is too! ;-)). When the three Huguenot infantry regiments were disbanded in 1697-8, their flags, which had miraculously survived intact, were laid up in store. When new Huguenot regiments were raised in 1706 a bureaucrat (name now unknown) remembered those flags and thought it would be very economical to issue them to some of the newly raised regiments. In the event, only three Huguenot regiments were actually sent abroad and Paul de Blosset's Foot was absorbed into the first, Frederick de Sibourg's Foot, in 1708.
In reality, we do not know what flags were carried by these regiments. I was asked to adapt my speculative 1690s William III Huguenot flags by substituting the cipher of Queen Anne for that of William III so they can be used for the WSS regiments.
So, you have the choice of my three sets of speculative flags to use, for Sibourg's Regiment or Paul de Blosset's Foot or Count Nassau's Foot. Kronoskaf WSS discusses all the regiments here: https://kronoskaf.com/wss/index.php?title=British_Army#Regiments_of_Foot including the three which were never properly raised in 1706.
David, that last banner with the small Maltese crosses in each quarter is the cat's pyjamas. Love it!
ReplyDeleteThank you! :-) I do feel they have come out pretty well. Sadly I suspect the poor Huguenots did not have flags as attractive as these - but they should have done!
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David.
Lovely flags David, they are really nice, the colours work so well.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Donnie. :-) Black, red and white are a good combination for a striking effect!
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David.
And why not too!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ray. Absolutely! In some wasy the lack of information leaves me free to give them far finer flags than they would probably have had. :-)
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David.
Outstanding work. Especially enjoy the history and learning the background. Your flags are getting better and better graphic wise. I think your a under discovered treasure.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mark. :-) Very kind of you to say so. The problem with doing very elaborate and striking flags is that it rather makes the simpler flags seem lacking! But in some ways the contrast is useful.
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David.