r Waldegrave.
In July 1761, the regiment operated in Conway's corps in Germany and, on July 16, took part in the battle of Vellinghausen.
|Coat||brick red lined deep yellow and laced white (white braid bordered on each side with thin dark blue/yellow/red lines) with brick red shoulder wing laced white (same lace as above)
|Waistcoat||brick red laced white (same lace as above)|
|Gaiters||white with black buttons|
brown, grey or black during campaigns (black after 1759)
Troopers were armed with with a "Brown Bess" muskets, a bayonet and a sword. They also carried a dark brown haversack with a metal canteen on the left hip.
Officers of the regiment wore the same uniforms as the private soldiers but with the following differences
- gold gorget around the neck
- an aiguilette on the right shoulder
- silver lace instead of normal lace
- a crimson sash
Officers wore the same headgear as the private soldiers under their command; however, officers of the grenadier company wore a more decorated mitre cap.
Officers generally carried a spontoon, however, in battle some carried muskets instead.
According to the Royal Clothing Warrant of 1751:
- The drummers of the regiment were clothed in deep yellow, lined, faced, and lapelled on the breast with red, and laced in such manner as the colonel shall think fit for distinction sake, the lace, however, was of the colours of that on the soldiers' coats.
- The front or forepart of the drums were painted deep yellow, with the king's cypher and crown, and the number “XXV” under it.
King's Colour: Union with its centre decorated with a rose wreath around the regiment number "XXV" in gold Roman numerals.
Regimental Colour: deep yellow field with its centre decorated with a rose wreath around the regiment number "XXV" in gold Roman numerals. The Union in the upper left corner.
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Morier, David, Paintings of the British Grenadiers in 1751
Wikipedia - King's Own Scottish Borderers