The
31st Regiment
1702 - 1713: War of the Spanish Succession.
1702
Villiers’
Marines
14th
March
Queen
Anne authorizes the raising of six Regiments of Marines, including
that of Colonel Villiers. Villiers’ Marines raised at
Taunton and Bridgewater.
Regiment
embarks for Spain.
Cadiz.
2nd
October
Vigo
Bay.
1703
Villiers’
Marines
Spain.
6th
December
Villiers’
Marines renamed Luttrell’s Marines.
Left;
A Grenadier’s pouch with hatchet and cartouch. Right;
A waist-belt with sword and socket bayonet. All companies
carried a bayonet although only the grenadiers had a sling
to their muskets.
1704
Luttrell’s
Marines
Capture
and siege of Gibraltar.
Officer's
gorget, 1704.
1705
Luttrell’s
Marines
Gibraltar.
Barcelona.
1706
Churchill’s
Marines
1st
February
Luttrell’s
Marines renamed Churchill’s Marines.
Carthagena.
Ivica.
Majorca.
Sardinia.
It
is believed that the crown initials ‘AR’ and
the horizontal anchor formed the badge which was worn in
the centre of the hat.
