Flags carried by French Infantry Regiment St Segond 1693-1715

First raised 24th February 1693 by François de Rossi de Baville, Marquis de Saint-Segond. An Italian unit, one battalion strong.

First served on the coast then
1695 Army of Flanders
1697 Siege of Ath
1702 Army of Germany
1703 Sieges of Kelh, Brisach and Landau; battle of Speyerbach
1704 Army of Bavaria; taken prisoner at the battle of Blenheim (2nd Höchstädt). Part of Clerambault's force crammed rather uselessly into the village of Blenhein; brigaded with Walloon Regiment Zurlauben
1705 Exchanged
1705-1706 Campaigns in Alsace
1708-1712 Army of Flanders

Disbanded 22nd January 1715

Uniform not known but possibly grey-white with red facings.

Standards of the British Horse Grenadier Guards 1712

First raised 1678 as troops were added to each of the 3 Life Guards companies. Disbanded 1680 but then re-raised in 1683.

Fought as a single squadron at the Boyne in July 1690.

Fought in the Nine Years War 1688-1697 at the battle of Steenkerque in 1692 and then in 1693 at the battle of Landen.

They did not see action in the War of the Spanish Succession.

The standards are described in the Great Wardrobe Accounts as listed by C. C. P. Lawson, A History of the Uniforms of the British Army, Volume 1. I have based my design for the thistle and rose motif on slightly later designs used on British cavalry standards.

More detail on the Kronoskaf WSS site here: https://kronoskaf.com/wss/index.php?title=Horse_Grenadier_Guards

These standards were different from those carried in the 1690s, which are also recorded in the Great Wardrobe Accounts and which I shall also recreate eventually. These particular standards appealed as the design of the thistle and rose is so different from the royal cipher design used earlier.