Not So Easy, Lads: Wearing the Red Coat 1786-1797

First—hand unpublished eye—witness accounts of redcoats, particularly of redcoats in Georgian Britain, surface infrequently. Here the personal and public life in the letters of Serjeant Major William Roworth to his wife form the basis of one particular journey. A journey which was experienced by thousands of his fellow soldiers. Roworth’s 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot was just one of many destined for duty on the Continent, where it joined the Duke of York’s army as reinforcements duri...