Officer's coatee, St James's Loyal Westminster Volunteers, 1800 (c)

Short-tailed coatee of scarlet wool cloth with blue wool cloth facings and pewter buttons.

The St James's Loyal Volunteers was raised in London in 1797. Like many other auxiliary units at the time, it was formed to counter the threat of invasion from France and to quell any internal civil unrest. William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst and later Governor General of India, was the unit's Colonel. The regiment's colours were presented by Princess Frederica Charlotte, the Duchess of York, in July 1798. The unit was disbanded after the Peace of Amiens in 1801 but was raised again in June 1803.