Two Speculative Flag Sets For Huguenot Infantry Regiments In British Service 1689-1698

Five regiments of Huguenots were raised from 1689:

One of cavalry, the Duke of Schomberg's Regiment of Horse of 9 troops raised July 1689 and disbanded 1697-8

One of dragoons, the Marquis de Miremont's Regiment of Dragoons 6 troops raised 1st October 1695 and disbanded 1697-8

Three regiments of infantry:

Colonel de la Melonière's Regiment of French Foot raised 4th April 1689 and disbanded 1697-8
Colonel du Cambon's  Regiment of French Foot raised 4th April 1689 and disbanded 1697-8
The Marquis de Caillemotte's  Regiment of French Foot raised 4th April 1689 and disbanded 1697-8

The infantry probably wore grey coats, according to Sapherson. They carried no pikes and apparently suffered badly at The Boyne as a result.

The upper flag in each set is the company colour and the lower flag a Colonel's colour. You can mix and match the sets to produce 3 different flag sets if you wish to represent all three Huguenot foot regiments!

 

As I explained in my previous blog post "in Robert Hall's book on Dutch flags and uniforms 1685-1715 he cites a statement from August Kühn (based on an unknown source) that "Huguenot regiments had black flags with white crosses and the emblems of the country which supported the regiment"" and so these are my ideas based on that somewhat vague description. The elaborate Maltese cross has long been a Huguenot emblem.

There is an old article from 1911 printed in the Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London which can be found on Archive.org here; https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofhug913hugu/page/n9/mode/2up I ploughed through it all and there is not one mention of the detail of uniform or flags. However, it does give some information on the service of the units, and names officers and lists casualties etc.. The article begins at page 476.