Template:Did you know nominations/Louis de Roll


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:48, 18 January 2018 (UTC)

Louis de Roll, Roll's Regiment

 * ... that Swiss-born Louis de Roll served as an officer in the Swiss Guards of Louis XVI of France, the émigré Army of Condé and raised a regiment for service in the British Army? Louis de Roll, of Soleure, ex-officer of the Swiss Guard of Louis XVI il émigre avec lui en juillet 1789 et entra dans l'armee de Condé The Army List of 1815 mentions three Swiss Regiments which fought on the British side in the Napoleonic Wars, those of Roll, Meuron, and Watteville.  ... Louis de Roll, of Soleure, ex-officer of the Swiss Guard of Louis XVI, was entrusted in 1794 with the organizing of a Swiss regiment
 * ALT1:... that Louis de Roll was colonel of Roll's Regiment which distinguished itself at the Battle of Alexandria? Colonel propriétaire, le baron Louis de Roll page 3: joined Abercromby's army in Egypt where it distinguished itself in action during March 1801 at Alexandria
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Republic SD-4 Swallow; Fairchild SD-5 Osprey

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 09:56, 10 December 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg These two articles are new enough and long enough. The image is in the public domain and the articles are neutral. Either hook could be used, but I prefer ALT1 as being less complex. I detected no copyright issues. Two QPQs have been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:27, 22 December 2017 (UTC)