His Majesty’s 35th Regiment of Foot was active in North America, and the Caribbean, during the French & Indian War, from 1756 through 1763, afterward serving in garrison duty until 1765 when the Regiment was recalled to England.
The Regiment served as one of the garrisoned units at Fort William Henry in Lake George, NY where, overwhelmed by French forces under General Montcalm, they surrendered the fort in August 1757. This Siege of Fort William Henry was made famous by the novelist James Fenimore Cooper, who fictionalized the account in his book “The Last of the Mohicans.”
Later in the War, the 35th Regiment of Foot was also garrisoned at Fort Edward and participated in the sieges of the Fortresses Louisbourg, Fort Royal, and Mora, and also at the Battles of Quebec and Sainte Foy.
In order to present the most accurate and historically correct impression, each new unit member should strive to outfit themselves in unit-researched uniforms, and equipment by the end of their first year of membership. Additional items, such as tentage, can be procured if the member wishes to camp where many of these moments in history actually took place!
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