The 31st Regiment
1702 - 1713: War of the Spanish Succession.
1702 |
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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. |
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Regiment embarks for Spain. |
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Cadiz. |
2nd October |
Vigo Bay. |
1703 |
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Villiers’ Marines |
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Spain. |
6th December |
Villiers’ Marines renamed Luttrell’s Marines. |
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| 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 |
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Luttrell’s Marines |
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Capture and siege of Gibraltar. |
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| Officer's gorget, 1704. |
1705 |
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Luttrell’s Marines |
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Gibraltar. |
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Barcelona. |
1706 |
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Churchill’s Marines |
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1st February |
Luttrell’s Marines renamed Churchill’s Marines. |
Carthagena. |
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Ivica. |
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Majorca. |
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Sardinia. |
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| It is believed that the crown initials ‘AR’ and the horizontal anchor formed the badge which was worn in the centre of the hat. |
1707 |
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Churchill’s Marines |
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Toulon. |
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1708 |
Cagliaria and Minorca. |
1711 |
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Goring’s Regiment |
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1st March |
Churchill’s Marines renamed Goring’s Regiment. England. |
