The King's Dock Yard Volunteers were a British provincial military unit, raised for

Loyalist Loyalism, in the United Kingdom, its overseas territories and its former colonies, refers to the allegiance to the British crown or the United Kingdom. In North America, the most common usage of the term refers to loyalty to the British Cro ...

service during the

American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of t ...

. They were raised in February 1780 to provide additional defences for New York. When raised, the Volunteers consisted of 161 men, consisting of three captains, four lieutenants, six sergeants and 148 privates.

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