|THEN : Portrait of Simcoe as a young man, circa 1770, attributed to the artist Johann Joseph Zoffany.|
|THEN : The Battle of Brandywine, fought in 1777, was where Simcoe received the most serious of his injuries. Even as a young man, he never enjoyed particularly vigorous health, and his wartime wounds would stay with him for his entire life.|
|THEN : A familiar portrait of John Graves Simcoe, wearing the green tunic of the Queen's Rangers.|
The Queen's Rangers served to gather information on the movement of enemy troops, and to move swiftly and with great stealth when called to attack. They spent less time drilled on the formality of the parade square, and had more emphasis placed on what was crucial to their light, fast and stealthy manner of warfare. A keen physical strength, the ability for speed, and drill at close-quarters hand and bayonet combat were more important to the men of the Queen's Rangers than the ability to quickly form up in rank and file. Despite the popular image of every historical British soldier dressed as a“redcoat”, the tunics of the the Queen's Rangers were green, and not red. This allowed them to blend in better in the wooded areas in which they could conceal themselves. They also often carried rifles, which held a greater range and accuracy than the muskets given to more standard troops. This was important as the men of the Queen's Rangers would be shooting from a greater distance, from within the trees in which they would conceal themselves.
|NOW : A reenactment group of Queen's Rangers. For more information visit http://thequeensrangers.org/|
|NOW : Ontario's current Lieutenant-Governor, the Honourable David C. Onley. The source of the photograph is the official website of Ontario's Lieutenant-Governor, listed below.|