Credits

I offer my thanks to all the people, groups and organizations who have provided information and given permission to reproduce their works on this site. If you visit any of these sites, please mention you followed the link from here.

Regimental History

The Essex Regiment Museum: From the 44th and 56th regiments, to the East Essex.
The Royal Anglian Regiment Museum: ... and the successor the Essex Regiment,
The Royal Anglian Regiment: ... and the regiment as it is today.
The British Army

References

The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815* Gleig, G. R. (George Robert)
The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80* Forbes, Archibald
The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.)* Thomson, James Pringle
With Wolfe in Canada The Winning of a Continent* Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
    * These books are available to download free from Project Gutenberg
British Battles. By Ken and Denise Guest and Ian Drury. ISBN: 1855323729
British Infantry Uniforms from Marlborough to Wellington. By Liliane and Fred Funcken. ISBN 0-7063-5181-9
Wellington's Infantry 1 (Osprey Men-at-Arms No.114). By Bryan Fosten. ISBN 085045395X
Wellington's Infantry 2 (Osprey Men-at-Arms No.119). By Bryan Fosten. ISBN 085045419X
Salamanca 1812 Wellington crushes Marmont (Osprey Campaign No.48). By Ian Fletcher. ISBN 1855326043
Badajoz 1812 Wellington's bloodiest siege (Osprey Campaign No.65). By Ian Fletcher. ISBN 1855329573
Wellington's Regiments the men and their battles 1808-1815. By Ian Fletcher. ISBN 1873376065
Military Model Showcase Europa Militaria Nr. 12. By Bill Horan. ISBN 1872004288

The Ministry of Defence: From the "Press Notices" "On this day..." 13th January, for the account of the massacre in Afghanistan. (Original link now broken.)

Images

Alix Baker created the artwork used on the front page of this site.
Postcards of this are available from this site.

or contact me for details.
The 18th century lace was scanned from a sample book provided by the Wydean Weaving Co. Ltd.
The eagle of the 62nd Line Regiment is on display at the The Essex Regiment Museum and a replica is at the The Royal Anglian Regiment Museum.
The image of the 19th century lace was supplied by Terry Crabb and edited.
The photo of the officer's jacket was taken at the Essex Regiment Museum, Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, England.
The 1745 Officer's silver plated pewter button was made by Roy Najecki
The buttons from 1815 and 1855 are actual items recovered from sites around Colchester, Essex. The pictures were kindly supplied by Chris at Colchester Treasure Hunting
The picture of a sergeant of the 56th was scanned from a collectors card issued by Glengettie Tea. The card is incorrectly labelled as the the 44th Regiment of Foot.
The 'Belgic' shako image was scanned from a collectors card issued by John Player and Sons: Military Head-Dress. No. 11 in a series of 50: Infantry officers Shako. 1811-16
The Shako plates have beed grabbed from various sites on the web, but I forget where... The latter two are not genuine images, rather modified according to other sources I have.
The 1750 Mitre is from the above listed book British Infantry Uniforms. The diorama of the Last Stand at Gandamak on the History page was made by Bill Horan. More of his work can be found at the Southern California Area Historical Miniature Society

Historical Re-enactment groups and other military history pages

The Napoleonic Association: A good starting point to find a regiment to join. Based in the UK, but with international affiliations.
His Majesty's 44th Regiment of Foot: The regiment during the Napoleonic period. Based in the UK.
His Majesty's 44th Regiment of Foot: The regiment during the American colonial period, from 1755 to 1760. Based in the US.
King's 16th Light Dragoons: A cavalry unit of the Napoleonic period. Based in the UK.
King's 15th Light Dragoons: Another Napoleonic horsey group.
Scandinavian Wars of 1808-09: Presents a week by week account of the wars in Scandianavia in 1808 to 1809. The site's intention is to update weekly to coincide with the 200th anniversary of each event!
The King's Ostrobothnian Regiment: A Finnish Regiment from the Russo-Swedish War of 1808-09. Based in Finland.
60th Infantry regiment: A site run to track and put together historic information about the American 60th Infantry regiment

Contact

If you would like to contact me about anything related to this site, the 44th, or anything else for that matter, then please mail me.