Regimental Timeline

The Second or The Queen's Royal Regiment

1669-1684: Tangier and the Fight against the Moors

 

Matchlock Musket

Matchlock Musket, Plug Bayonet and Infantryman's Sword.

1670-1680
  The Tangier Regiment of Foot
 

Alternate periods of fighting and truce with the Moors.

25th Janaury 1675

Death of Colonel Middleton. Lieutenant Governor, Sir Palmes Fairborne, appointed to command jointly with Colonel Alsop in the absence of the new Governor, the Earl of Inchquin.

 

Considerable work on the fortifications of Tangier, and the Mole, carried out.

Hat and Sentinel’s Hanger

Cartridge bandolier, 1650-1685.
Known as the "Twelve Apostles".

 

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