Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A British Army song from the French Revolutionary Wars. The tune was popular throughout the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars upto the Crimean War and was apparently a favourite of the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers).
Sung by Martyn Wyndham-Read.
The painting is of Colonel Welbore Ellis Doyle leading the 14th Regiment of Foot at the battle of famars in 1793 by J. McNeil, 1908. Doyle distinguished himself at the Battle of Famars by leading an attack on an entrenched camp. After an initial rebuff from a French force that could be heard playing the patriotic march "Ça Ira" to urge on its men, Doyle ordered his own men to strike up the same tune, saying "We'll beat them to their own damned tune". The position was taken and the 14th were ordered by York to henceforth use "Ça Ira" as their marching tune in honour of the occasion. The march is now the quick march of the Royal Yorkshire Regiment.
A British Army song from the French Revolutionary Wars. The tune was popular throughout the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars upto the Crimean War and was apparently a favourite of the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers).
Sung by Martyn Wyndham-Read.
The painting is of Colonel Welbore Ellis Doyle leading the 14th Regiment of Foot at the battle of famars in 1793 by J. McNeil, 1908. Doyle distinguished himself at the Battle of Famars by leading an attack on an entrenched camp. After an initial rebuff from a French force that could be heard playing the patriotic march "Ça Ira" to urge on its men, Doyle ordered his own men to strike up the same tune, saying "We'll beat them to their own damned tune". The position was taken and the 14th were ordered by York to henceforth use "Ça Ira" as their marching tune in honour of the occasion. The march is now the quick march of the Royal Yorkshire Regiment.
