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PLAN OF COXHEATH CAMP Manuscript and plan of the camp at Coxheath, 1778. Dedicated to Lt Gen William Keppel, commander-in-chief of the forces encamped at Coxheath, produced by Joseph Bell and James Black, soldiers in the 1st Regiment of Royals. Right wing commanded by Maj Gen Amherst and BM Mawbey; centre commanded by Maj Gen Morris and BM Fish; left wing commanded by Maj Gen Sloper and BM Waller; also listed are Col Keppel and his aides de camp Capt Cooper and Capt Churchill. Regiments listed in the key with their commanders are 1st Royal Dragoons, 1st Bn Royals, 59th Regiment, 2nd Bn Royals, 1st South Hampshire, 6th West Middlesex, 16th Surrey, 23rd South Lincoln, 32nd Hertford, 39th West Suffolk, 41st Cheshire, 54th Berkshire, 25th Shropshire, 17th East Essex, 14th Derbyshire, 4th West Yorkshire, 2nd Queen’s Royal, 65th Regiment, 48th Royal Irish, Montgomeryshire, Royal Artillery, Radnor, Pembroke. Associated with American War of Independence (1775-1783).

Coxheath Camp, 1778-1779 (Exercises 1700-1799)