2nd Company of 7th Royal Regiment of  Fusilers City of London Regiment

History of the Royal Fusiliers: The Royal Regiment of Fuzileers was raised in 1685 by King James II of England, Wales and Scotland.  Armed with fusils rather than muskets and pikes, the regiment was intended to guard the train of artillery while on campaign. The 7th Regiment of Foot, Royal Regiment of Fusileers served in the continental wars in Flanders (1685 to 1697), Spain (1702 to 1714) and on the continent during the Seven Years War (1756 to 1763).  In 1751, the Regiment was renamed the 7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fuziliers).  Sometime during the next two decades, the spelling changed to "Fusiliers".  This change of appellation was made official in the late 1780s and remained the Regiment's name until 1968, when it was amalgamated with several other fusilier regiments into the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. The Revolutionary War: The Royal Fusiliers served in the Colony of Quebec from 1773 to 1777 and fought at the sieges of Fort St. John, Fort Chambly and Quebec.  Nine of the Regiment's ten companies were captured at the sieges of Fort St. John and Chambly in November, 1775.  At the surrender of Fort St. John, the Regiment's colours were also surrendered. The one remaining company, Captain Cobb's battalion company, formed the core of the Crown forces which defended the City of Quebec during the siege.

We are a Revolutionay war re-enacting unit based in North Carolina, we portray the 2nd Company of the 7th Royal Regiment of the Fusiliers. We are family based group where everyone is welcome. For more information please email us or come see as at an event.

In 1777, the Royal Fusiliers were transferred to New York and reformed with drafts from other regiments and sent from Great Britain.  The Regiment served under General Howe in Philadelphia and at the Battle of Monmouth in 1778, where it had an effective strength of 333 men under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Alured Clarke..  Later the Royal Fusiliers were transferred to the southern colonies and  served under General Cornwallis at Charleston (1780) and at Cowpens (1781).   In the latter battle, the Regiment's colours were once again captured when the rebel forces captured the army's supply train.  After the rout at Cowpens, the Royal Fusiliers returned to New York before boarding transport back to England in 1783.

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