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The Organisation
of
Kirke's Lambs
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The exact
makeup of the regiment varied quite considerably at different
times:
1661
1,000men and 115 Officers in 10 companies
1664 8 companies
1668 1,440 men and 132 Officers in 12 companies
1682 16 companies 1684 707 men and 44 Officers (not including
NCO's) in 16 companies (including
1 company of Grenadiers)
1685 550 men and 105 Officers in 11 companies (including
1 company of Grenadiers)
1689 617 men and approx.74 Officers in 13 companies (including
1 company of Grenadiers)
1699 360 men and 85 Officers in 10 companies (including
1 company of Grenadiers)
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Organisation
c. 1685
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In 1685 the
Regiment was made up of a single battalion of 11 companies (although
most regiments had 13), one of which was comprised of grenadiers.
The grenadier company had no pikemen.
The establishment
of the Regiment, as given in the War Office Books on 1st of January
1685, was as follows:
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Field
and Staff Officers
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|
Per
Day |
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Per
Year |
|
£
|
s.
|
d.
|
|
£
|
s.
|
d.
|
| Colonel,
as Colonel* |
0
|
12
|
0
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219
|
0
|
0
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| Lieutenant-Colonel,
as Lieutenant-Colonel* |
0
|
7
|
0
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|
127
|
15
|
0
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| Major,
as Major* |
0
|
5
|
0
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|
91
|
5
|
0
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| Chaplain |
0
|
6
|
8
|
|
121
|
13
|
4
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| Chirurgeon
(Surgeon) |
0
|
4
|
0
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|
73
|
0
|
0
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| Chirurgeon's
mate |
0
|
2
|
6
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45
|
12
|
6
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| Adjutant |
0
|
4
|
0
|
|
73
|
0
|
0
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| Quartermaster
and Marshall, to be executed by one person |
0
|
4
|
0
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|
73
|
0
|
0
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Total
for Staff Officers
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2
|
5
|
4
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824
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5
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10
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One
Company
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| Captain |
0
|
8
|
0
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|
146
|
0
|
0
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| Lieutenant |
0
|
4
|
0
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|
73
|
0
|
0
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| Ensign |
0
|
3
|
0
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|
54
|
15
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0
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| Two
Sergeants, at 18d. each |
0
|
3
|
0
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|
54
|
15
|
0
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| Three
Corporals at 12d. each |
0
|
3
|
0
|
|
54
|
15
|
0
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| One
Drummer |
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
18
|
5
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0
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| Fifty
Private Soldiers, at 8d. each** |
1
|
13
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4
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608
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6
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8
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Total
per Company
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2
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15
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4
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1,009
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16
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8
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The
pay of 9 companies more, at the same rate as the Company
above
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24
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18
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0
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9,088
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10
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0
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One
Company of Grenadiers Belonging to This Regiment
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| Captain |
0
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8
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0
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146
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0
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0
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| Two
Lieutenants, each 4s. |
0
|
8
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0
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146
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0
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0
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| Three
Sergeants, at 18d. each |
0
|
4
|
6
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82
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2
|
6
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| Three
Corporals, at 12d. |
0
|
3
|
0
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54
|
15
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0
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| Two
Drummers, at 12d. Each |
0
|
2
|
0
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36
|
10
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0
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| Fifty
Grenadiers, at 8d. Each |
1
|
15
|
4
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608
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6
|
8
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|
2
|
18
|
10
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1,073
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14
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2
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Total
for this Regiment, with the Grenadiers
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32
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17
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4
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11,996
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6
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5
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In addition these officers received Captain's pay for the
company they commanded |
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approx. 34-40 musketeers, the rest pikemen |
This made
for a total regimental strength of 655 men (on paper at least!).
In action the pikemen were 'drawn off' from their companies and
formed into a single body, usually deployed between two 'wings'
of musketeers. The old method of firing by ranks, which returned
to the rear to reload, was being replaced by the technique of
platoon fire. This new method allowed a greater weight of fire
to be laid down by a tighter formation, which no longer needed
spaces between the files, down which the musketeer would retire
to reload. Equally, if not more importantly, the platoons were
arranged so that at any one time at least part of the unit was
able to give fire, improving the security and fire control of
the battalion.
Kirke's
Lambs | History
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1664-1689 | Join
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Style | The Organisation | Regimental
Colours
Justice &
Discipline | Tangier
Social Life | Raising
a Regiment |
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© N. Cargill-Kipar 2003-2008.
Contents Copyright © Ben Levick 1998-2008. With permission
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