Captain Arthur Coote c1804

1795 Ensign in 10th Foot, 30th Sept.
1796 Lieutenant, 6th Jan.
1803 Captain, 3rd Oct.
1804 Transferred to 50th Foot, 2nd Aug.
1808 Killed at Vimiera on 21st Aug.
The uniform is red with black velvet collar and lapels, a silver epaulette on his right shoulder, and silver buttons. The belt-plate is silver and probably formed the basis of the drawing by H G Parkyn of a second battalion plate. See Officer's Belt-Plates c1809

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