@applevalleyjoe No it didnt.Dont know where you got your information from,but chosen men as they were called were given a green jacket for there sharpshooting skills across the british army during the napoleonic wars.They started out life as skirmishing troops.
how tall is that last rifleman from middle column?
firefly361 4 months ago
@applevalleyjoe Ok thats interesting.I'll take your word for it,will have to look it up again.Thanks.
pinkfrog6 9 months ago
@pinkfrog6
Got it from several sources INCLUDING the Royal Green Jacket Association!
applevalleyjoe 9 months ago
@applevalleyjoe No it didnt.Dont know where you got your information from,but chosen men as they were called were given a green jacket for there sharpshooting skills across the british army during the napoleonic wars.They started out life as skirmishing troops.
pinkfrog6 9 months ago
Didn't this regiment start out in the US composed of "loyal" Americans?
applevalleyjoe 9 months ago
that's cool.. I met some of the RGJ this past May, the ones that were in Belize for a month...
famously81 5 years ago