The wonderful thing about our North Star 1672 range is that the figures will do for many different nations armies in the period 1665-1680. This is
because it is a time just before uniforms, and the figures are all dressed in the fashions common amongst soldiers throughout Western Europe.
This of course includes Britain.
The years covered by our range is called the Restoration Period in Britain as it was the time the monarchy, represented by Charles II, was
restored after the English Civil War.
It was also the genesis of the British Army. Britain, tired of soldiers and war, had disbanded much of it’s forces after the Civil War and Oliver
Cromwell’s reign. With the return of Charles II to England in 1660, the units still under arms swore allegiance to the King and became the senior
units of the British Army.
Some of the infantry regiments:
Coldstream Guards
Grenadier Guards
Scots Guards
1st Regiment (Royal Scots)
2nd Regiment (The Queen’s)
3rd Regiment (The Buffs)
st
because it is a time just before uniforms, and the figures are all dressed in the fashions common amongst soldiers throughout Western Europe.
This of course includes Britain.
The years covered by our range is called the Restoration Period in Britain as it was the time the monarchy, represented by Charles II, was
restored after the English Civil War.
It was also the genesis of the British Army. Britain, tired of soldiers and war, had disbanded much of it’s forces after the Civil War and Oliver
Cromwell’s reign. With the return of Charles II to England in 1660, the units still under arms swore allegiance to the King and became the senior
units of the British Army.
Some of the infantry regiments:
Coldstream Guards
Grenadier Guards
Scots Guards
1st Regiment (Royal Scots)
2nd Regiment (The Queen’s)
3rd Regiment (The Buffs)
st
Colour.
May Jackson was a 2.5 Inch
RML Screw Gun that was used
in Central and Eastern Africa
during the late 19th Century/
Early 20th Century. We’ve
RML Screw Gun that was used
in Central and Eastern Africa
during the late 19th Century/
Early 20th Century. We’ve
May Jackson
Nick Eyre
Victoria in 1891. In 1893, Rhodes planned to invade the
neighbouring Matabeleland. A military column was raised in
Fort Victoria for the invasion by Major Wilson, and the Gun
joined them. Because of her small wheels, she went in the back
of a wagon with a specially designed ramp. She was used in
anger during the Battle of Bembesi, and was saved from the
disaster of the Shangani patrol with Wilson because her wagon
was not suitable for the quick moving force.
After the Matabele War, the BSAC guns went into storage. Not
all of them fared well, famously one carriage was devoured by
termites, but the Gun with new wheels accompanied the 1895
expedition into the Transvaal by the BSAC called the Jameson
Raid. The raid failed, and the Gun was taken as booty by the
Boers.
The Boers turned the Gun on the British in the 2nd Anglo-Boer
War 1899-1902. She was recaptured by the British South Africa
Police at the raising of the Siege of Kimberley.
neighbouring Matabeleland. A military column was raised in
Fort Victoria for the invasion by Major Wilson, and the Gun
joined them. Because of her small wheels, she went in the back
of a wagon with a specially designed ramp. She was used in
anger during the Battle of Bembesi, and was saved from the
disaster of the Shangani patrol with Wilson because her wagon
was not suitable for the quick moving force.
After the Matabele War, the BSAC guns went into storage. Not
all of them fared well, famously one carriage was devoured by
termites, but the Gun with new wheels accompanied the 1895
expedition into the Transvaal by the BSAC called the Jameson
Raid. The raid failed, and the Gun was taken as booty by the
Boers.
The Boers turned the Gun on the British in the 2nd Anglo-Boer
War 1899-1902. She was recaptured by the British South Africa
Police at the raising of the Siege of Kimberley.
