King's German Legion [SEP] inception
King's German Legion
The King's German Legion (KGL) was a British Army unit of mostly expatriate German personnel during the period 1803–16. The Legion achieved the distinction of being the only German force to fight without interruption against the French during the Napoleonic Wars.
The Legion was formed within months of the dissolution of the Electorate of Hanover in 1803 and constituted as a mixed corps by the end of 1803. Although The Legion never fought autonomously and remained a part of the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars (1804–15
battalion re-enactment group
- King´s German Legion (in German) 5th line battalion (grenadier company) re-enactment group
- King’s German Legion (in German & English)
- King's German Legion (English) Memoirs of Baron von Ompteda (download)
- King's German Legion(English)"Journal of an officer in the King's German Legion"