Royal Marines Recruitment Flyer
One of the "bills" or flyers Thomas Waters Sr. used during a later recruiting missions, around 1840, in Birmingham. See also P. 122 of the By Sea, By Land book.
Forage Cap
Forage Cap. In the 18th century, forage caps were small cloth caps worn by British cavalrymen when undertaking work duties such as foraging for food for their horses. The term…
Red Waistcoat
Red Coatee. A coatee was a type of tight-fitting uniform coat or jacket, which was waist length at the front and had short tails behind. Reprinted with permission of the…
Royal Marines Statement of Service for Thomas Waters Sr.
Thomas Waters Sr.'s Statement of Service in Royal Marines. See also P. 174 of the By Sea, By Land book.
H.M.S. Swiftsure (1798)
Thomas Waters’ second voyage was on HMS Swiftsure, which had fought in the Battle of Trafalgar. This image is of Swiftsure becalmed near Algeciras, as sketched by one of her…