16209 - British 43rd Regiment of Foot Ensign with King's Colors, 1780 K&C Crimean War This mounted senior officer is

This mounted senior officer is wearing the traditional cocked hat and simple “undress” uniform

while just 17 British soldiers were killed – a testament to the effectiveness of Chard’s barricades

Charging with fixed bayonets can seriously effect an enemy’s disposition

saw service from late 1839 up to the mid 1840s

When the vehicle machine gun was dismounted the MG was crewed by a team of three riflemen

16209 - British 43rd Regiment of Foot Ensign with King's Colors, 1780 K&C Crimean War This mounted senior officer isOn 18 July 1783, the 43rd, commanded by Maj. George Hewett, embarked at Portsmouth, Virginia for Yorktown aboard the Brig Betsy. Beginning on 28 September, the regiment was besieged with the rest of the British Army at Yorktown, where it was stationed in the advanced redoubt on the left with the 33rd, 71st, and 80th of Foot, as well as two German units. During the siege it sustained casualties of ten killed, 18wounded, and 12 missing. At least one