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	Officers Died
		King's German Legion - drowned in a shipwreck on passage to England, February 1809.
		Major-General Otto von BOCK - King's German Legion - drowned in the wreck of the transport 'Bellona' on passage from Spain to England, 21 January 1814.
		King's German Legion - wounded at the siege of Burgos, 19 October 1812.
	members.tripod.com /Glosters/kgl1.htm (1790 words)

	HUGH HALKETT - LoveToKnow Article on HUGH HALKETT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In 803 his elder brother Cohn was appointed to command a battalion of the newly formed Kings German Legion, and in this he became senior captain and then major.
		In August 1803 Halkett was one of the first officers assigned to the service of raising the Kings German Legion, and he became major, and later lieutenant-colonel, commanding the 2nd Light Infantry Battalion.
		His battalion was employed in the various expeditions mentioned above, from Hanover to Walcheren, and in 1811 Cohn Halkett succeeded Charles Alten in the command of the Light Brigade, K.G.L., which he held throughout the Peninsula War from Albuera to Toulouse.
	44.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HA/HALKETT_HUGH.htm (549 words)

	Regency Collection's Guide to AN INFAMOUS ARMY - People (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		With whom the Duke of Wellington dances at the fête thrown in honour of the King and Queen of the Netherland's and held at the Hôtel de Ville.
		It was said that King George IV paid her so much attention he was in love with her, but it was her mother that was the King's mistress.
		With the German artillery brigades of Kuhlmann and Cleeve, and the British brigades of Bean, Ramsay and Bull's artillery brigades each with 6 guns, and 80 or more gunners and drivers, they were ranged in front of Alten (3rd) and Cooke's(1st) divisions west of the Chausée at Waterloo.
	homepages.ihug.co.nz /~awoodley/aia/people.html (10233 words)

	HALK - LoveToKnow Article on HALK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		At the time of the Conquest Halifax formed part of the extensive manor of Wakefield, which belonged to the king, but ia the 13th century was in the hands of John, earl Warrenne (c.
		The first execution recorded under this law took place in 1541, and the right was exercised in Halifax longer than in any other town, the last execution taking place in 1650.
		In 1635 the king granted the inhabitants of Halifax licence to found a workhouse in a large house given.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HA/HALK.htm (1358 words)

	BBC - History Trail - Wars and Conflict
		Between 1714 and 1837, Kings of England were also rulers of Hanover, and after Hanover was overrun by the French in 1803 many Hanoverians travelled to Britain where they enlisted into a unit known first as the King’s Germans and then as the King’s German Legion.
		In included line and light infantry, hussars and dragoons, and its own artillery: it peaked in size at 14,000 officers and men in 1812, and was disbanded after Waterloo.
		Some of its officers were German, and others were British, often young men who lacked the money to buy, or influence to secure, a commission in a British regiment.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/lj/warslj/popup_legion.html (112 words)

	Todays Kings German Legion (UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		You do not have to be able to speak German to join us, although if you do it would be helpful because some commands will be given in that language.
		We are using the vast amount of data that is available on the Legion to kit and equip ourselves as authentically as possible, with particular emphasis on the living history side of re-enactment.
		As such, some of the uniform is slightly more "Germanic" in style than later units, particularly the shade of green used for the jackets.
	www.kingsgermanlegion.org.uk /current.htm (813 words)

	British Infantry Regiments at Waterloo - Kings German Legion. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		British Infantry Regiments at Waterloo - Kings German Legion.
		The King's German Legion mustered eight battalions of line infantry, each of which carried two standards as in the British line battalions.
		The first through fifth and the eighth battalions were at Waterloo in the 1st and 2nd Brigades K.G.L. of the 2nd and 3rd (Anglo-Hanoverian) Divisions respectively.
	www.warflag.com /napflags/flaghtml/britKGL.htm (108 words)

	Baker Rifle (RGJM)
		The exact series of events that led the Board of Ordnance to commission the White Chapel gun maker Ezekiel Baker to produce his rifle is unclear, although the fact Baker was a close friend of the Prince of Wales could not have hurt.
		Baker's initial presentation of rifles followed the same dimensions as a standard infantry musket and were immediately rejected by Manningham as being far too heavy due to the thick barrel.
		Like German Jager rifles it had a scrolled brass trigger guard to help ensure a firm grip and, on the left of the butt was a raised cheek-rest for additional support when aiming.
	www.personal.usyd.edu.au /~slaw/SuesPage/baker2.htm (1365 words)

	Shako Armies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		I assume what Gates (1986) calls the "Anglo-Italian Levy" is what Haythornthwaite and Chappell (1995) call the "Italian Legion" as both are Italian and both served in the Eastern army, and there is nobody else in that force with a similar description.
		The Italian Legion was a 2 battalion unit formed form Italian prisoners in England.
		The Kings German Legion (KGL) was amongst the finest in the British Army.
	www.balagan.org.uk /war/rules/shako/shako_armies.htm (2356 words)

	THE SCOTS GREYS AT WATERLOO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Down below me a regiment of Germans was marching through the growing corn to the support of others were were in possession of a farmhouse that lay between the two armies.
		We had one hundred and fifty guns in all; but half of these belonged to the Dutch, Germans, or Belgians, who were hired to fight on our side.
		To Charles Stanley the fost or Kings Dragun Gurds Kings Troop Brstels, Flanders or Elswere
	www.historikorders.com /scotsgreys.htm (4490 words)

	The Battle of Waterloo
		A little further on the east side of the Brussels road was the sand pit, occupied by a detachment of the 95th Regiment.
		One of Ompteda's KGL (Kings German Legion) battalions sent by Wellington to reinforce La-Haie-Sainte was cut to pieces by Traver's cuirassiers.
		The survivors of the Kings German Legion that had occupied the farm had to run for their lives.
	www.fortunecity.com /victorian/riley/787/Napoleon/100/waterloo.html (4718 words)

	Le Haye Saint, Kings German Legion
		The Defence of Le Haye Saint by the King's German Legion by Adolf von Northern
		The King's German Legion with riflemen of the 95th defend Le Haye Sainte during the Battle of Waterloo.
		Showing the storming by French troops against the defending Anglo German troops at La Haye Saint during the Battle of Waterloo.
	www.war-art.com /le_haye_saint.htm (1258 words)

	Searching for Soldiers in the British Army (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		During the Crimean War the British Army recruited German and Swiss Legion's under a special provision known as the Enlistment of Foreigners Act 1854.
		A total of 14,000 men were recruited into the British Foreign Legion and the service records are kept in WO 14 along with the muster lists of those British soldiers who went to the Scutari depot.
		Soldiers Pension Records 1702 to 1913: provides more detailed information for "out pension" awards for Chelsea, Kilmainham, colonial pensions, ordnance pensions (artillery pensions prior to 1834), foreign Regiments 1801 to 1815 (Kings German Legion), soldiers who retired to the colonies, in pensioners for Chelsea and Kilmainham.
	www.the-dicksons.org /army/soldier_search.htm (922 words)

	WATERLOO -
		Killed while carrying the King"s Colour, which was found under his body.
		In testimony of the valour of the deceased bretheren in arms, this tablet is inscribed by the surviving Officers of the Regiment."
		KGL's Heroic defence of La Haie Sainte 18 June 1815 Also to Col. von Ompteda who fell leading a brave counter attack after the fall of the farm.
	www.redcoat.info /WInf.htm (1188 words)

	Hugh Halkett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		1803 as senior captain, he the joined the 2nd Light Infantry Battalion of the newly formed Kings German Legion, which was under the command of his brother Lieutenant General Colin Halkett.
		When his brother was promoted he took over command of the 2nd Light Infantry Battalion, Kings German Legion.
		During the Burgos retreat he distinguished himself at Venta del Pozo
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hugh_Halkett (355 words)

	TOY SOLDIER HQ Inc 1/72 HaT TOY SOLDIERS AND FIGURES FOR SALE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Kings German Legion 12 figs + 12 horses, gray.
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	The Battle of Salamanca The Peninsular war
		Marmont was under pressure from Joseph Napoleon, King of Spain and the Emperor Napoleon’s brother, to attack Wellington’s army.
		His ideal opportunity had arisen whereby he could engage a small force and achieve success, thereby satisfying the demands of his army and his commander, King Joseph.
		Although Wellington had sent his heavy baggage on the road to Ciudad Rodrigo, not a rear guard but his whole army still lay concealed in the hills before the French.
	britishbattles.com /peninsula/peninsula-salamanca.htm (2256 words)

	The media in the Gulf \| Samizdata.net
		This would have helped the Germans a lot, given their lack of air power.
		The equivalent of an embedded reporter might be some cornet from the Kings German Legion writing home.
		The Samizdata people are a bunch of sinister and heavily armed globalist illuminati who seek to infect the entire world with the values of personal liberty and several property.
	www.samizdata.net /blog/archives/004626.html (4257 words)

	British History
		Banastre Tarleton, commandant of the British Legion, and other British soldiers who fought in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.
		Emphasis on the lesser known Anglo-Saxon kings and on Richard III.
		We are a UK based group re-enacting the period from 1740 to 1760 but specializing in the dates 1742-50 and the Jacobite Rebellion.
	b.webring.com /hub?ring=britishhistory (2978 words)

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	Kings Gambit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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		Kings Good Servant But God s First: the Life and Writings of ST. Thomas More
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		Sir Arthur Wellesley, now after his victory at Talavera the previous year, the Duke of Wellington, has a dilemma.
		They are joined by a new addition, Major Kearsey the very moral exploring officer, and Captain Lossow and his band of mounted rogues of the Kings German Legion.
		These light cavalry troopers are more than a match for the riflemen in fighting skill and getting into and out of trouble.
	www.epinions.com /content_20025478788 (1027 words)

	Kings German Legion (UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		1st Light Battalion KGL & No.4 Battery KGA.
		Kings German Artillery and cannon in action at Waltham Abbey
		This site was last updated on 30 August 2005.
	www.kingsgermanlegion.org.uk (56 words)

	British Empire: Land Forces: Uniform: 13th Light Dragoons: Arroyo Molinos
		The cavalry formed in a column of half squadrons on the right of the village to cut off the enemy's retreat, and the 92nd Regiment drove them through it at the point of the bayonet.
		The two squadrons of the Germans (Kings German Legion) charged the enemy, and afterwards, a squadron of the 9th, who cut them up.
		General Hill came up and took our centre squadron with him to charge the enemy's guns.
	www.britishempire.co.uk /forces/armyunits/britishcavalry/13thltdragoonsarroyo.htm (200 words)

	Sutlers Stores for all historical re-enactment clothing and accessories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		We produce a wide variety of wool uniforms and civilian frock and tailcoats along with silken waistcoats, cravats and cotton duck fatigue jackets.
		We make uniforms for the 2nd Battalion 95th Rifles Re-enactment Group and the Kings German Legion (Artillery) Group.
		We have supplied the French 45 eme Ligne costumes and Bicorns for the Musical Napoleon.
	www.sutlers.co.uk /pages/history.html (396 words)

	The Battle of Waterloo uniform, equipment, arms and training
		Highland regiments wore the kilt with red tunics and tall fl ostrich feather caps.
		The King’s German Legion, which comprised both cavalry and infantry regiments wore red.
		The Hanoverian troops wore red uniforms similar to the British.
	www.britishbattles.com /waterloo/waterloo-army-uniform.htm (567 words)

	Rifle Brigade
		Both the rifle Brigade and the King’s Royal Rifles have the peculiarity that their supreme commanding officers are entitled “Colonel-in-Chief” and “Colonel-Commandant,” other Foot regiments having only a “Colonel.” There have been many recipients of the Cross for Valour.
		The affiliated Militia battalions are the Queen’s Own Tower Hamlets, the Royal Longford, the King’s Own Royal Tower Hamlets, and the Westmeath battalions.
		Depicting members of the 1st battalion The Rifle brigade in the defence of Calais in 1940 during which for four days they held off the repeated attacks of German tanks and infantry thus facilitating the successful evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from the beaches of Dunkirk.
	www.regimental-art.com /rifle_brigade.htm (2420 words)

	Harfields Military Figure Specialists - 1:72 and 1:32 Plastic Toy Soldiers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		German Army - Pickelhaube Helmet (World War I)
		Kings German Legion Foot Artillery - Waterloo (Napoleonic)
		Kings German Legion Horse Artillery - Waterloo (Napoleonic)
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	Hat Kings German Legion Light Dragoons UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Hat Kings German Legion Light Dragoons UK Plastic Model Kits, Second-hand, Discontinued and New by Mail Order!
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		Paints and Glue are not included with any kit unless stated otherwise.
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