The British contingent at Neerwinden 29th July 1693
figures in square brackets are for my own reference
Infantry
Lt-General Thomas Tollemache
Maj-General Sir Henry Bellasyse
Horse
Maj-General Henry de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny (Viscount Galway)
Maj-General James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde – wounded & captured
Maj-General Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarborough
Maj-General Richard, Lord Colchester
List of cavalry regiments
1. Scarborough’s troop of horse guards [1st Troop]
2. Lord Colchester’s troop of horse guards [3rd Troop]
Each troop had attached horse grenadiers
The dutch garde du corps [cv599a] were grouped with the above [4th Troop]
3. Brigadier Henry Lumley’s Regiment of horse [1DG] 3s
4. Lord Berkley’s Regiment of horse [3DG] 2s
5. Colonel Langston’s Regiment of horse [4DG] 2s
6. Colonel Wyndham’s Regiment of horse [6DG] 2s
7. Lord Galway’s Huguenot Regiment of horse [11H] 3s
total 12 squadrons of horse plus 2 troops of guards
8. Lord Fitzhardinge’s regiment of dragoons [4D] 3s
List of regiments of foot
1. Guards [1G] 2 btns (16 companies)
2. Guards [2G] 1 btn – (Coldstream Guards) (7 companies)
3. Guards [3G] 2 btns – (Scots Guards) (14 companies)
4. Royal regiment [1F] 2 btns
5. Brigadier Selwyn’s [2F] 1 btn
6. Brigadier Churchill’s [3F] 1 btn
7. Trelawney’s [4F] 1 btn
8. Fitzpatrick’s fuziliers [7F] 1 btn
9. Tidcomb’s [14F] 1 btn
10. Collingwood’s [16Fa] 1 btn – disbanded 1700
11. Stanley’s [16F] 1 btn
12. Erle’s [19F] 1 btn
Scots regiments
13. O’Farrell’s fuziliers [21F] 1 btn
14. Leven’s [25F] 1 btn
15. Munro’s [26F] 1 btn
16. Graham’s [i675a] 1 btn (ex Dutch service)
17. Lauder’s [i603a] 1 btn (ex Dutch service)
18. Mackay’s [i595a] 1 btn (ex Dutch service)
Total 21 btns
Not present - detached with Württemberg
Duke of Leinster’s Regiment of horse [7DG] 2s
Bath’s [10F] 1 btn
Lord Castleton’s [26Fa] 1 btn – disbanded 1698
Earl of Argyle’s [42Fa] 1 btn – disbanded 1698
brigading is difficult
Brigadier George Ramsay had 5 Scots btns (in Laer)
O’Farrell’s, Mackay’s, Lauder’s, Leven’s, Munro’s
Guards brigade (later to Neerwinden)
1st Guards 1st btn, Dutch Garde 2nd btn, Scots Guards 2nd btn
Guards brigade
1st Guards 2nd btn, 2nd Guards 1 btn, Scots Guards 1st btn
Brigadier Charles Churchill (or William Selwyn) had 4 btns [5 btns] [6 btns] (Neerlanden)
Royals 1st btn, Churchill’s, Selwyn’s and Trelawney’s [plus Fitzpatrick’s]
[Royals 2nd btn]
Churchill’s & Trelawney’s later to Laer to support Ramsay
Brigadier Thomas Erle 4 btns [5 btns] (holding Rumsdorf)
Tidcomb’s, Stanley’s, Erle’s, Collingwood’s [plus Graham’s]
Fagel’s (Dutch i673a) btn
Prince Frederick’s (Danish) btn
The British horse would probably be split into 2 brigades plus the Guards plus the dragoons.
Additions or corrections welcome