The 29th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army

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  • The 29th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army The regiment was raised in 1694 by Colonel Thomas Farrington, an officer of the Coldstream Guards during War of the Grand Alliance known in America as King William's War. It was disbanded in 1698 after the Peace of Ryswick and reformed in 1702 for the War of the Spanish Succession, also known as Queen Anne's War. The regiment served under John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough at the victorious Battle of Ramillies in 1706 against the French in what is now Belgium and in the siege of Ostend. In 1727 the regiment saw action at Gibraltar and were sent to Fortress Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island in 1745. In 1749, the regiment was at the site of Halifax, Nova Scotia, where the soldiers cleared the land for the new town. An altercation with some Native Americans led to an order that all officers in the regiment must always be armed, thus earning their first nickname as the "Ever Sworded" due to the swords the officers are required to wear even when off-duty a tradition still in effect today as the officer of the day is still armed even at the officers mess. In 1751, the regiment received the new designation as the 29th Regiment of Foot, when the British Army went to numbers instead of colonel's names for regiments. In 1759 Admiral Lord Edward Boscawen gave to his brother Colonel George Boscawen 10 black youths he acquired in the capture of Guadeloupe from the French in the same year. These young men were released from slavery and joined the regiment as drummers, a tradition the regiment continued until 1843. These men received the pay of a corporal and if they survived to retire received a pension from the army. (en)
  • The 29th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army The regiment was raised in 1694 by Colonel Thomas Farrington, an officer of the Coldstream Guards during War of the Grand Alliance known in America as King William's War. It was disbanded in 1698 after the Peace of Ryswick and reformed in 1702 for the War of the Spanish Succession, also known as Queen Anne's War. The regiment served under John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough at the victorious Battle of Ramillies in 1706 against the French in what is now Belgium and in the siege of Ostend. In 1727 the regiment saw action at Gibraltar and were sent to Fortress Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island in 1745. In 1749, the regiment was at the site of Halifax, Nova Scotia, where the soldiers cleared the land for the new town. An altercation with some Native Americans led to an order that all officers in the regiment must always be armed, thus earning their first nickname as the "Ever Sworded" due to the swords the officers are required to wear even when off-duty a tradition still in effect today as the officer of the day is still armed even at the officers mess. In 1751, the regiment received the new designation as the 29th Regiment of Foot, when the British Army went to numbers instead of colonel's names for regiments. In 1759 Admiral Lord Edward Boscawen gave to his brother Colonel George Boscawen 10 black youths he acquired in the capture of Guadeloupe from the French in the same year. These young men were released from slavery and joined the regiment as drummers, a tradition the regiment continued until 1843. These men received the pay of a corporal and if they survived to retire received a pension from the army." (en)
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  • The Glorious First of June 1794 (en)
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  • Yellow Facings (en)
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  • The 29th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army (en)
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  • 1694-1881 (en)
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  • 29th Regiment of Foot (en)
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  • "Two and a Hook", "Ever Sworded", "Vein Openers" and "Guards of the Line"" (en)
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  • I wish very much that some measures could be adopted to get recruits for the 29th Regiment, it is the best Regiment in this Army, has an admirable internal system and excellent Non-Commissioned Officers (en)
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  • single battalion regiment (en)
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  • 29th Regiment of Foot (en)
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  • 35 (units:Percent)
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