Guide to Military Art – The Yeomanry and Volunteers of 1794- 1808

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The Volunteer Corps and their mounted component the Yeomanry Cavalry were a voluntary part-time organisation for the purpose of home defence in the event of invasion, during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
The Corps typically drew its members from the propertied classes. Officers were usually members of the gentry and the enlisted ranks tended to be from the lower middle classes The failed Expédition d’Irlande of 1796 and invasion at Fishguard caused the expansion of the corps, including the formation of workplace units in which the enlisted ranks were filled by the workmen and the officers were drawn from the clerks and foremen. Such units, made up of working-class men, became more common in the late 1790s and early 1800s due to the increased fear of invasion.

Ray has made a fine selection from contemporary plates, showing both Officer and rank and file volunteers, displaying their fantastic unrestrained uniforms in ceremonial, manoeuvre, posed and drill settings.
One hundred and one military plates are shown and form part of our developing range of books dedicated to uniformology, that draw on seminal works and from the 18th and 19th century. They are masterpieces of military art, and important historical reference works.

List of plates
1 Light Infantry Volunteers On A March
2 Private Cader Idris, Edeyrnion And Penllyn Volunteers, 1803-1809
3 Guildhall Light Infantry Volunteers, 1798
4 Oxford Loyal Volunteer
5 Officer, Huddersfield Volunteers, 1794
6 The Volunteer — 1803
7 The Aukward Squad, or Enraged Sergeant
8 Sadler’s Sharp Shooter
9 Sadler’s Flying Artillery
10 Colonel Herries of the Light Horse Volunteers of London & Westminster
11 Norwich Rifle Corps
12 Pile Arms
13 Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry
14 The Volunteer Army of Great Britain, 1806
15 Guard Room Tactics, Bugs in Danger, or a Volunteer Corps in Action
16 St James’s Westminster Loyal Volunteer Regiment
17 Presentation of Colours to the 2nd Royal East India Volunteers
18 Presentation Of Colours to the 3rd Royal East India Company Volunteers
19 Colours, Hampstead Loyal Volunteers
20 Arms & Accoutrements of the Hampstead Loyal Association Volunteers
21 Light Infantry Volunteers, 1798
22 Cross-belt Plate, Loyal Hampstead Volunteers
23 Loyal Birmingham Association Volunteers
24 Sergeant of the Loyal Birmingham Volunteers, 1803
25 Surrey Yeomanry
26 St George’s Volunteers
27 King George III reviewing London Volunteers in Hyde Park
28 3rd Loyal London Volunteers
29 Pendennis Artillery Volunteers
30 Loyal Macclesfield Forresters and Volunteer Infantry, 1805
31 Leicestershire Light Horse Volunteers
32 Langbourn Ward Volunteers
33 Officer, Huddersfield Volunteers, 1794
34 Sergeant of the Loyal Birmingham Volunteers, 1803
35 Sir Martin Browne Folkes, Norfolk Rangers Yeomanry Cavalry
36 Lieutenant William Palgrave, Yarmouth Volunteer Cavalry, 1799
37 Sharp-Shooters Attacked By Cavalry
38 Sharp-Shooters Firing In Ambush
39 The Volunteer Sung by Mr Incledon at Vauxhall
40 10th Regiment of Loyal London Volunteers
41 Bloomsbury and Inns of Court Association
42 Bloomsbury and Inns of Court Association
43 John Bull Guarding a Toyshop
44 The Right Hon William Pitt, Cinque Ports Volunteers
45 St Clement Danes Volunteers
46 The Grand Triumphal Entry of the Chief Consul Into London
47 Captain Alexander Adair
48 Sixth Regiment of Loyal London Volunteers
49 First Surrey Regiment of Volunteer InfantryPlate number
50 Loyal Somerset Place Volunteers
51 Temple Association
52 After The Invasion. The Levée on Masse or Britons Strike Home
53 Inspecting a Volunteer Corps in Hyde Park
54 Clerkenwell Volunteers
55 Clerkenwell Volunteers
56 Clerkenwell Cavalry
57 A Side Dish for John Bull!!
58 The Association Officers Or City Defenders
59 London Volunteer Cavalry and Flying Artillery, Hyde Park May 1804
60 A Field Day in Hyde Park
61 William Grinly, Leith Volunteers
62 Archibald Gilchrist, Edinburgh Volunteers
63 Lord Viscount Milton
64 Review near Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight, 1798
65 Grand Review at Sandham Bay, Isle of Wight, 1798
66 Presentation of Island Banner at Carisbrooke Castle, 24 June 1798
67 Sergeant Major Patrick Gould
68 Edinburgh Royal Volunteers
69 Loyal North Britons Association
70 The Highland Armed Association
71 3rd London Volunteers
72 Montgomeryshire Volunteer Cavalry
73 Pimlico Volunteer Association
74 St Margaret and St John Westminster Volunteer Association
75 A London Volunteer
76 Duke of Gloucester’s Loyal Volunteer
77 1st Regiment of Loyal London Volunteers
78 Royal York Marylebone Volunteers
79 Military Portraits or a Brace of Heroes
80 Dudley Loyal Association
81 Attention Gentlemen
82 John Pooley Kensington, 3rd London Volunteers
83 John Peter Hankey, 9th London Volunteers
84 The Freeman’s Oath
85 Elegant Attitudes For Fugal Men
86 A Memorial for Posterity
87 The Right Hon Thomas Lord Erskine
88 Cornhill Military Association
89 Aldgate Ward Association
90 Farringdon Ward Within Volunteers
91 Toes Out! Stand Easy
92 Preparations for the Spring Campaign!
93 Dowgate Ward Volunteers
94 Loyal Bermondsey Volunteer Association
95 John Gilpin the Second or City Light Horse Volunteers
96 Mr John Goldham
97 The Rt Hon John Lord Somerville
98 Volunteers of the British Empire
99 St Catherine’s Association
100 London and Westminster Light Horse Volunteers
101 Bridge Ward Association
1 Light Infantry Volunteers On A March
2 Private Cader Idris, Edeyrnion And Penllyn Volunteers, 1803-1809
3 Guildhall Light Infantry Volunteers, 1798
4 Oxford Loyal Volunteer
5 Officer, Huddersfield Volunteers, 1794
6 The Volunteer — 1803
7 The Aukward Squad, or Enraged Sergeant
8 Sadler’s Sharp Shooter
9 Sadler’s Flying Artillery
10 Colonel Herries of the Light Horse Volunteers of London & Westminster
11 Norwich Rifle Corps
12 Pile Arms
13 Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry
14 The Volunteer Army of Great Britain, 1806
15 Guard Room Tactics, Bugs in Danger, or a Volunteer Corps in Action
16 St James’s Westminster Loyal Volunteer Regiment
17 Presentation of Colours to the 2nd Royal East India Volunteers
18 Presentation Of Colours to the 3rd Royal East India Company Volunteers
19 Colours, Hampstead Loyal Volunteers
20 Arms & Accoutrements of the Hampstead Loyal Association Volunteers
21 Light Infantry Volunteers, 1798
22 Cross-belt Plate, Loyal Hampstead Volunteers
23 Loyal Birmingham Association Volunteers
24 Sergeant of the Loyal Birmingham Volunteers, 1803
25 Surrey Yeomanry
26 St George’s Volunteers
27 King George III reviewing London Volunteers in Hyde Park
28 3rd Loyal London Volunteers
29 Pendennis Artillery Volunteers
30 Loyal Macclesfield Forresters and Volunteer Infantry, 1805
31 Leicestershire Light Horse Volunteers
32 Langbourn Ward Volunteers
33 Officer, Huddersfield Volunteers, 1794
34 Sergeant of the Loyal Birmingham Volunteers, 1803
35 Sir Martin Browne Folkes, Norfolk Rangers Yeomanry Cavalry
36 Lieutenant William Palgrave, Yarmouth Volunteer Cavalry, 1799
37 Sharp-Shooters Attacked By Cavalry
38 Sharp-Shooters Firing In Ambush
39 The Volunteer Sung by Mr Incledon at Vauxhall
40 10th Regiment of Loyal London Volunteers
41 Bloomsbury and Inns of Court Association
42 Bloomsbury and Inns of Court Association
43 John Bull Guarding a Toyshop
44 The Right Hon William Pitt, Cinque Ports Volunteers
45 St Clement Danes Volunteers
46 The Grand Triumphal Entry of the Chief Consul Into London
47 Captain Alexander Adair
48 Sixth Regiment of Loyal London Volunteers
49 First Surrey Regiment of Volunteer InfantryPlate number
50 Loyal Somerset Place Volunteers
51 Temple Association
52 After The Invasion. The Levée on Masse or Britons Strike Home
53 Inspecting a Volunteer Corps in Hyde Park
54 Clerkenwell Volunteers
55 Clerkenwell Volunteers
56 Clerkenwell Cavalry
57 A Side Dish for John Bull!!
58 The Association Officers Or City Defenders
59 London Volunteer Cavalry and Flying Artillery, Hyde Park May 1804
60 A Field Day in Hyde Park
61 William Grinly, Leith Volunteers
62 Archibald Gilchrist, Edinburgh Volunteers
63 Lord Viscount Milton
64 Review near Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight, 1798
65 Grand Review at Sandham Bay, Isle of Wight, 1798
66 Presentation of Island Banner at Carisbrooke Castle, 24 June 1798
67 Sergeant Major Patrick Gould
68 Edinburgh Royal Volunteers
69 Loyal North Britons Association
70 The Highland Armed Association
71 3rd London Volunteers
72 Montgomeryshire Volunteer Cavalry
73 Pimlico Volunteer Association
74 St Margaret and St John Westminster Volunteer Association
75 A London Volunteer
76 Duke of Gloucester’s Loyal Volunteer
77 1st Regiment of Loyal London Volunteers
78 Royal York Marylebone Volunteers
79 Military Portraits or a Brace of Heroes
80 Dudley Loyal Association
81 Attention Gentlemen
82 John Pooley Kensington, 3rd London Volunteers
83 John Peter Hankey, 9th London Volunteers
84 The Freeman’s Oath
85 Elegant Attitudes For Fugal Men
86 A Memorial for Posterity
87 The Right Hon Thomas Lord Erskine
88 Cornhill Military Association
89 Aldgate Ward Association
90 Farringdon Ward Within Volunteers
91 Toes Out! Stand Easy
92 Preparations for the Spring Campaign!
93 Dowgate Ward Volunteers
94 Loyal Bermondsey Volunteer Association
95 John Gilpin the Second or City Light Horse Volunteers
96 Mr John Goldham
97 The Rt Hon John Lord Somerville
98 Volunteers of the British Empire
99 St Catherine’s Association
100 London and Westminster Light Horse Volunteers
101 Bridge Ward Association