Talk:British soldiers in the eighteenth century

British soldiers in the 18th century?
All the pictures are of British soldiers in the early 19th century, if its about the 18th century, why no depictions of British soldiers who actually served during the 18th century?Ben200 (talk) 15:18, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Hi there. The pictures shown on the page are from, or are depicting, the late 18th to early 19th centuries, taking the Napoleonic Wars into account. The recruiting party is an 18th century print, and the photos of re-enactors (although taken last year) are depicting what a Soldier would have looked like in the late 18th century - note the styles of clothing and drill. Similarly, the print of soldiers' uniform comes from c.1793. So there should be plenty of photos from the 18th century, although if more are found they shall be put up immediately (GemmaHist (talk) 09:59, 23 April 2012 (UTC))


 * hello, thanks for replying to my query. The first image of the foot guards and the images of the reinactors are uniforms from the early 19th century, because short tailed coats and shako hats did not become the standard British infantry uniform until 1801. Tricorns and older style uniforms were still being used well into the 1790s, specifically at the Anglo-Russian invasion of the Netherlands. This is standard uniform of the mid-18th century infantryman http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Soldier_of_39th_regiment_1742.jpg Ben200 (talk) 13:20, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Article name
Most of the article is about the the napoleonic wars, don't you think the article could be renamed to something like Redcoat or Redcoat Infantry?Jimmy London (talk) 06:38, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

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Conversions of salaries to pure pennies seems inaccurate
Many of the shillings and penny conversions use 5 pence to the shilling and others come from outer space. None use the 12 pence per shilling values given here. Dwmyers (talk) 19:47, 5 November 2021 (UTC)