The regiment of Galmoy was formed on 27^th February 1698 from the debris of the regiments of Charlemont and the Queen of England’s foot dragoons. Its colonel was Pierce Butler, 3^rd Viscount Galmoy, born in Ireland on 21^st March 1652 and died in France on 18^th June 1740. He had fought with the Jacobites during the war in Ireland, serving as colonel of the 2^nd regiment of horse and later Major General of Horse. He commanded the 2^nd or Queen’s regiment of horse in France from 1691 until it was disbanded at the end of the Nine Years War in 1698. His regiment has been somewhat neglected in history since it did not survive the War of the Spanish Succession, although its service in that war was equal to that of the others in the Irish Brigade and included the following actions:

1701 Italy: Carpi, Chiari

1702 defense of Cremona, Santa Vittoria, Luzzara

1703 Rhine, Breisach, Landau, Speyerbach

1704 Italy

1705 Cassano, Castiglione

1706 Calcinato, Turin

1707 Rhine, lines of Stollhofen

1708 Spain, Tortosa, Valentia, Alecante

1709 Dauphiné, Flanders, Malplaquet

1710 Flanders

1712 Douai, Le Quesnoy, Bouchain

1713 Roussillon

1714 Barcelona

If you want to know more about the regiment, select one of the following themes:

Service History   Flags of regt.     Uniforms 

Sources:

O’Callaghan’s "History of the Irish Brigades" as well as other more general histories of the period.

The flags are after the Mss. DuVivier and La Moskowa.

The uniform details are from an original contract in the Minutier Central of the Archives Nationales Paris.

The illustrations are taken from my own booklet "Flags & Uniforms of the French Infantry under Louis XIV"

The biographical details of the men are from the web-site: www.geneactes.org/hoteldesinvalides/

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