Sword for ID ... please

[Radboud]

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

I am wondering if perhaps flank company officers, who like infantry officers, were typically mounted might have preferred the option for both.

Only the more senior officers were allowed to ride horses, the more junior ones would have marched with their men. Being mounted would have impeded the officers’ ability to guide their men, be it in the Line companies or the ‘Flank’ Companies i.e. Grenadiers and Light Infantry.