THE RECREATED 35th FOOT EXISTS
TO--
REPRODUCE IN MINUTE DETAIL THE LOOK, DRESS AND DRILL ON AND OFF DUTY, OF A BRITISH INFANTRY GROUP/ SQUAD/ COMPANY/ REGIMENT OF THE 35th REGIMENT OF FOOT. AS IT WOULD HAVE LOOKED AND ACTED DURING THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WARS (THE SEVEN YEARS WAR) BETWEEN 1755-1763 AND THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 1775-1783.
TO RAISE AWARENESS AND FURTHER INTEREST IN THE EVENTS OF THE PERIODS AND THEIR IMPACT ON BRITISH AND WORLD HISTORY.
TO PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUE EVENTS CONCERNING THOSE TIMES ESPECIALLY THE FALL OF FORT WILLIAM HENRY, AND THE RELEVANCE OF HISTORICAL FICTION SUCH AS THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS
TO SUPPORT SITES RELEVANT TO THE HISTORY OF THE 35th REGIMENT OF FOOT, GENERAL WOLFE, AND OTHER PERSONALITIES AND/OR THE PERIODS IN GENERAL.
TO PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE OF PERIOD SKILLS, LANGUAGE AND CULTURE OF THE MID 18th CENTURY
TO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE OTHER UNITS IN THE U.K. DEALING WITH THE SAME PERIOD AND TO LIAISE WITH SIMILAR GROUPS IN EUROPE AND THE U.S.A.
TO ENCOURAGE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SIMILAR GROUPS BASED AT EASTBOURNE REDOUBT FORTRESS, DEALING WITH OTHER ASPECTS OF THE 35th’s HISTORY AND TO WORK WITH THEM IN SUPPORT OF THE REGIMENTAL MUSEUM.
TO ACT AS UNOFFICIAL “COUNTY GUARD”, SUPPORTING AS MANY “CHARITY” EVENTS WITHIN SUSSEX AS POSSIBLE (AS BOTH A MEANS OF RECRUITMENT AND IN ORDER TO PROMOTE GOODWILL FOR THE UNIT).
TO PROMOTE ALL ASPECTS OF TOURISM IN THE SOUTH EAST OF ENGLAND WHILE ALSO PROMOTING TOURISM IN THE "NEW ENGLAND" STATES OF AMERICA
TO PROMOTE HEALTH AND FITNESS AMONGST ITS MEMBERSHIP.
FINALLY AS A TRIBUTE TO THE LADY WHOSE TITLE THE PRESENT DAY REGIMENT CAME TO BEAR AND TO SUPPORT A WORTHWHILE CHARITY THAT HAS A MILITARY CONNECTION, THE 35th FOOT PROJECT WILL WHERE POSSIBLE RAISE FUNDS FOR AND SUPPORT THE ACTIVITIES OF THE LAND MINE CLEARING SCHEME.
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35th REGIMENT OF FOOT |
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