BELPER REGIMENT. 69 



Belper Regiment, raised from Appletree hundred, and 

 from parts of Morleston and Litchurch, and of Repton and 

 Gresley ; 10 companies, 1,017 ""S-iik and file; Joseph Strutt, 

 Lt.-Col. Commandant ; George Henry Strutt, Lt.-Colonel ; 

 John Cressy Hall and John Bell Crompton, Majors. 



Wirksworth Regiment, raised from Wirksworth and 

 parishes of Crich and Alderwasley ; lo companies, 701 rank 

 and file; Charles Hurt, Lt.-Col. Commandant; Peter Ark- 

 wright, Lt.-Colonel; John Blackwall, Major. 



Scarsdale Regiment, raised from Scarsdale hundred ; 

 10 companies, 981 rank and file; Joshua Jebb, Lt.-Col. 

 Commandant ; Robert Wood, Lt.-Colonel ; John Gorell Barnes 

 and John Charge, Majors. 



OhatSWOrth Regiment, raised from High Peak hundred ; 

 10 companies, 744 rank and file; Harry Bache ThornhiJl, 

 Lt.-Col. Commandant; Thomas Knowlton, Lt.-Colonel; Robert 

 Arkwright, Major. 



In the year 181 2, the number of men to be raised in 

 Derbyshire was reduced to 3,756 ; this was the strength the 

 Local Militia turned out in the year 1814; but from that 

 period the regiment was not again trained. 



The following is a literal transcript of the whole of the 

 entries in the orderly book of the " Belper Grenadiers." * 



STANDING ORDERS OF THE BELPER REGIMENT 

 OF LOCAL MILITIA, MAY 8th, 1809. 

 Feild Officer will whear white Leather Breeches Boots & Chain 

 Spurs at both morning drills. At Dinner and Perade in the 

 evening white kerseymere or leather panteloons and half Boots 

 with spurs screwd to them. Black waste belts except on feild days 

 when the white regulation Shoulder Belt is to be worn. Black 

 Silk or Velvet Stocks or handkerchief tied behind. The 2 Major 

 is to receive the reports of the Drill and to Superintend it. All 



* Why they were thus styled, we know not. The popular name, we are 

 assured, was "the Belper Blacks," though it seems an unmeaning title, when 

 their uniform was red. 



