11 February 2010

Evolution of Hanoverian OOB 1813-16

I have been trying to paint the up the Hanoverian-British division of Walmoden's Korps at the Battle of Gohrde 1813. This is a pretty obscure unit and it is quite difficult to find information about the uniforms and to source figures. I decided to go with some Perry Hanoverians, although I know these are for their 1815 line. The uniforms would have changed significantly over this period of time, but what of it and I can use them maybe for some Waterloo project in the future.

To be fair though, I said I would trace back the 1815 units to their parent units as they were formed from 1813 onwards. This ended up being a pretty obscure area of scholarship. After several hours on the net and looking through some books I have, the following table evolved:
I used a number of references as note above. I have the Osprey Men at Arms 206 on the Hanoverian army and that is where I got some of my basic information for 1813, I also had researched the OB for the Battle of Gohrde in an earlier post. I also used some references from the following links as listed above: the Napoleonic Series, Gen de Brigade forum, a nice clickable reference to the Battle of Waterloo OOB, the Mont St Jean site and this pamphlet by WJ Rawkins. I also used Siborne's well known uniform table as follows, although there is some debate about it's accuracy.
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  1. jmilesr12 February 2010 at 06:53

    I'm very impressed how you've organized your unit and uniform data. My records consists in notes scribbled on index cards which seem to have the nasty habit playing hide and seek. I almost always work on my miniatures with my I-Mac at hand so putting the info down electronically is easy.

    I will also be spending some time on the Napoleonic Series website - looks like a great resource - thanks for the tip.

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  2. john de terre neuve12 February 2010 at 13:24

    My wife tells me that I am obsessive!!

    John

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  3. Doc Smith12 February 2010 at 15:44

    John

    "My wife tells me I'm obsessive"

    Hahaha - now that rings a bell! Of course you could tell her that its not obsessive, just meticulous research. Like my own She Who Must Be Obeyed, she probably reply 'that's what I just said - obsessive!' [Sigh] They just don't understand us - perhaps if they painted a few figures...

    That Napoleonic Series site is a great resource but my approach is even more scattered - I have the Ospreys, a Blandford or two and some wonderful colour plates from the French Histofig site -

    http://www.histofig.com/index/

    Glad you've put it all on a spreadsheet - that's a great reference in itself!

    If you want another of accurately painted figures Clarence Harrison has a Hanovarian unit in French service (in Spain) posted on his Quindia site:

    http://quindiastudios.blogspot.com/

    Cheers,
    Doc

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  4. john de terre neuve13 February 2010 at 09:32

    Thanks Doc. I will put some uniform and figure links up as well.


    John

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  5. jmilesr15 February 2010 at 17:19

    Wow - you get away with just a label of "obsessive"!

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