40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot

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40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of FootThe 40th (2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot The regiment was raised at Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia in August 1717. After forty years in Nova Scotia, the 40th where relieved by the 43rd regiment and went to Halifax to prepare for service in the Seven Years' War. They also saw service in Barbados and Cuba. In 1763 the regiment returned to Nova Scotia where it served until 1767 when it was transferred to Ireland. This was the first time in its 48

rear rank only

Festooned with detail

The French commander

Vintage French Mouli Grater contemplates crushing Garlic on an old kitchen table

delicate colour

in camp or when they were in action particularly in siege situations

Le Castellet

The sappers carried a variety of tools but their most prominent piece of equipment was the axe

Coldstream Guards defending Château d'Hougoumont (originally Goumont)

Mass balloon ascent at the International Balloon Festival in Chateau D'Oex

Mick Jagger backstage at the Gaumont Theatre

Scotland and Wales where he originally showed his worth