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Caption: Officer and gunner, Royal Artillery, 1840

This unit always had several companies posted in Canada during the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1840 for example, officers and men wearing the uniforms shown could be seen in Halifax, St. John’s (Newfoundland), St. John (New Brunswick), Québec, Montréal, Chambly, Drummondville, Kingston and Toronto with detachments in smaller towns and outlying forts.