Clothing and Necessaries

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Clothing and Necessaries of a Private, RM (of improved quality to be supplied by the Service at cost in lieu of Messrs Porter & Son, Contractors - 16th July 1805)



Great Coat @ 18/-
Gt Coat Sling @ 1/8d
Knapsack @ 7/-
Linnen [sic] Shirt @ 5/3d
Pair Shoes @ 7/-
Pair Cotton Hose @ 2/6d
Pair Worsted Hose @ 2/6d
Pair Gaiters @ 4/2d
Russia Duck Trousers @ 5/-
Grey Cloth Pantaloons @ 8/9d
Pair Gloves @ 1/- & a halfpenny
Turnover (?) @ a penny halfpenny
Foraging Cap @ 1/4d
Black Leather Stock @ 9d
Pair Clasps @3d
Cockade @ a penny halfpenny
Worsted Plume @ 7d
Canvas Bag @ 2/2d
Turnscrew @ 7d
Brush and Pricker @ a penny halfpenny
Heal [sic] Ball @ 1d
Black Ball on Wood @ 11d
Pair Shoe Brushes @ 1/-
Cloathes [sic] Brush @ 11d
Button Brush @5 pence halfpenny
Button Stick @3d
Pair Combs @10d
Pair Sleeve Buttons @1d
Knife & Fork @11d
Queue & Roset [sic] @10d

Total: £3 15s 1d ha'penny (if my maths is right)

Hat, 2 jackets, belts, water bottle, pouch, musket, sling, bayonet frog were always supplied by the Service. (Reference: PRO ADM2/1194)

(Appendix D, Formative Years, Lt-Col Brian Edwards)

Notes: worsted = wool; canvas bag could be either a kit bag (ditty bag) or bread-bag; 'pair sleeve buttons' might be a simple type of cuff-links.

It sounds to me as though the musket went with the man to whichever posting or ship he was sent to, unlike today where a soldier has a rifle zeroed to him at each post, but it stays there when he moves on. More research required there... :D