Talk:Manchester Regiment (Jacobite)

Re Royal Stuart Society edits

 * First, no objections to suggested edits; its always useful to get another perspective and even if I don't agree with all of them, I've used the opportunity to make changes. Since this is an article on the Manchester Regiment, I've removed those executed at Kennngton who were not members.


 * Second, I'm not sure what's going on with the Royal Stuart Society but lets avoid a repeat of the episode with one of your colleagues. As above, no problem with the points raised but every single reference provided in this article can be accessed online and has page numbers etc; I don't think its unreasonable to ask the same, particularly if you're providing links to your own work.


 * If the objective is to update the article, job done, thanks. The other one...make it available online. Its possible to access online almost any PHD published after 1980 and well before that, so I'm puzzled as to why these aren't but that's the issue, so fix that.

Robinvp11 (talk) 12:31, 2 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Alternative source provided. Robinvp11 (talk) 16:44, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

Service; Carlisle Siege Dates
The original wording was very carefully chosen. As the article history shows, a lot of effort has been taken to minimise excess verbiage, starting with my own.

The added value of the edit ('a siege of eight days') was neither clear, nor correct.

(1) Carlisle was divided into a town, and a castle, with separate commanders and garrisons. That means two "sieges", which didn't start, or end, at the same time. (2) Leaving aside abstruse arguments on what "siege" means, while elements of Cumberland's army arrived on 22nd, siege works were delayed by weather, while the artillery train arrived on 25th.

I've taken more time to explain this than it merits, to avoid a more lengthy discussion. I'm fine with an edit that fills the criteria above, but I personally won't invest more time. Tx. Robinvp11 (talk) 12:42, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

Officers
"Captains included John Daniel, plus Francis Geohegan and Michael Brown"

Note; Geohegan and Brown were originally slated to be the two proposed "English Regiments"' colonels, I think (both were rejected as they were Irish). Neither was a captain in the regiment in the event. Daniel thought he ought to have been colonel but didn't get it, and then went off in a huff to another unit (objecting to his men from the Fylde being "Manchesterised" as his memoirs put it). Morgan claimed to have been offered the colonelcy but declined it and there is a bit of confusion where he actually served (possibly with Elcho in the Life Guards).Svejk74 (talk) 16:37, 17 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Sure; I've corrected, thanks Robinvp11 (talk) 16:45, 17 April 2020 (UTC)