The Pearse notebook (c.1810-1815) indicates the coats of the 5/60th (and thus the 7/60th) were made of rifle green cloth with madder red facings, and decorated with 44 regimental buttons. Pearse & Co., the clothier that supplied uniforms to the 60th Regiment during the Napoleonic Wars.įrom its formation in August 1813 the 7/60th Regiment was “clothed as the 5th battalion” in a green rifle uniform. Its portrayal is based upon several key contemporary sources, including artifacts, inspection returns, the military artworks of Charles Hamilton Smith, and the tailoring notebook of the firm J.N. The modern 7/60th Regiment reenactment group depicts the uniform and equipment of the battalion as it appeared in late 1814.
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