Bill Runacre
Researching the Irish Brigades of France and Spain, and especially the English Jacobite diaspora who served in them. I am also the Lead Designer at Fury Software, makers of historical turn based strategy games: https://www.furysoftware.com/
Address: Reading, England, United Kingdom
Address: Reading, England, United Kingdom
less
InterestsView All (10)
Uploads
Drafts by Bill Runacre
It's interesting to see from this that the fates of almost all of the officers are known, and that the regiment had an excessive number of Ensigns (presumably one per company).
Hopefully it doesn't include any errors! Thoughts and suggestions are welcome.
In spilling their blood throughout the battlefields of Europe, the exiled Irish assisted the Bourbon Louis XIV in not only withstanding the military skills of Austria's Prince Eugene and England's finest soldier, the Duke of Marlborough, but they also helped instal Philip V on the throne of Spain. Indeed, without their Irish soldiers it is unlikely that the French army would have fared so well, especially if these men had instead been fighting for their British enemy.
Yet hidden amidst all the service they gave to the Bourbons is a tale of treachery and desertion, for not all of the Irish who fought for France were as loyal or motivated as the heroes commemorated in John O'Callaghan's monumental History of the Irish Brigades in the Service of France (1870).
It's interesting to see from this that the fates of almost all of the officers are known, and that the regiment had an excessive number of Ensigns (presumably one per company).
Hopefully it doesn't include any errors! Thoughts and suggestions are welcome.
In spilling their blood throughout the battlefields of Europe, the exiled Irish assisted the Bourbon Louis XIV in not only withstanding the military skills of Austria's Prince Eugene and England's finest soldier, the Duke of Marlborough, but they also helped instal Philip V on the throne of Spain. Indeed, without their Irish soldiers it is unlikely that the French army would have fared so well, especially if these men had instead been fighting for their British enemy.
Yet hidden amidst all the service they gave to the Bourbons is a tale of treachery and desertion, for not all of the Irish who fought for France were as loyal or motivated as the heroes commemorated in John O'Callaghan's monumental History of the Irish Brigades in the Service of France (1870).