| Year |
Model |
Make |
Photos |
Historical Notes |
Figure Notes |
| 43AD |
Roman Legionary |
Italeri |
 |
Since Britain was Roman for 350 years and provided manpower for the army, the Legions have their place on this page. Caesar landed twice in Britain but permanent inclusion into the Empire dates from Claudius in 43AD. |
Stock Italeri Roman late Republic, one of only two poses in the set! |
| 100-250 |
Roman Legionary |
Esci/Italeri |
 |
Classic Imperial Legionary with Rectangular shield and lorica segmentata armor
|
Stock Esci Imperial Roman |
| 1415 |
English Archer |
Revell |
 |
Archer at Azincourt. 5,000 English (mainly archers) defeated 25,000 French at Azincourt. After 3 major disasters at Crecy, Poitiers, and Azincourt, the French still managed to win the war |
Stock Revell 100yr war English. Bowstring is brass wire. |
| 1648 |
Musketeer |
ACTA |
 |
This musketeer wears civilian clothes and fights with a matchlock musket and a sword for backup. He could have fought on either side of the English Civil War. |
Stock ACTA ECW figure. |
| 1808-1815 |
52nd Regt, Oxfordshire Light Infantry |
ACTA |
 |
The 52nd wore the same "old" stovepipe shakos at Waterloo as throughout their campaign in Spain. |
Stock figure. Warning: a lot of the ACTA figures have their kit reversed, ie the canteen/bread bag on the the right and the cartridge box on the left.
|
| 1815 |
Foot Guard Infantry |
Revell |
 |
Foot Guardsmen wore scarlet uniforms with lacing on the cuffs |
Stock figure. Lots of unwanted plastic in this set. |
| 1815 |
95th Rifles |
Revell |
 |
Popularized by the Sharpe series in their distinctive dark green coats. |
Stock figure. Distinctive face, not seen elsewhere. |
| 1815 |
Highland Light 71st Regt |
ACTA |
 |
The only Highland regiment in trousers. |
Stock figure |
| 1815 |
79th Regt "Cameron" |
Italeri/ESCI |
 |
One of the 3 regiments in tartan at Waterloo |
Italeri figure with ESCI head. Dastardly paint job. |
| 1879 |
British Infantry |
ESCI |
 |
Home service uniform and colonial cork helmet. Later campaigns in Sudan, Afghanistan saw khaki uniforms and puttees. |
Stock ESCI Zulu war Brit
|
| 1914 |
British Infantry |
Airfix/Hat |
 |
Khaki uniform with soft cap and 1908 pattern canvas webbing.
|
Stock figure. |
| 1915 |
Australian Infantry |
Hat |
 |
British uniform with leather 1908 type webbing and Aussie bush hat |
Stock figure |
| 1916-1918 |
British or Canadian Infantry |
Hat |
 |
British uniform with canvas webbing and gas mask. |
The original head with oversized helmet has been replaced with one from the ESCI WW2 British set. The rifle sling is a lead strip cut from a wine bottle wrapper. The sculting for this set is a bit on the coarse side.
|
| 1941 |
British Infantry |
Revell, Esci |
 |
British infantry in colonial uniform. They could be fighting Germans and Italians in the desert or Japanese in SouthEast Asia. |
Stock figures |
| 1944 |
Australian Infantry |
Airfix |
 |
Aussie in New Guinea. |
Airfix figure had legs lengthened 2mm. |
| 1944 |
British Infantry |
ESCI |
 |
Standard temperate uniform with MkII helmet. |
Stock figure |
| 1990-2005 |
British Infantry |
Revell |
 |
Modern British soldier in temperate DPM camo and the SA-80 L85A1 assault rifle adopted in 1985. Not sure if equipment still up to date. This guy could be in Germany, North Ireland, Bosnia, Kosovo.
|
The figure has elongated legs as the Revell set is tiny. |