King's Orange Rangers

King's Orange Rangers
Kings Orange Rangers,
Fort Morris, Liverpool, Nova Scotia
Active1776 - 1783
Country Great Britain
AllegianceKing George III
BranchBritish provincial rangers, American command
TypeAuxiliaries
Dragoons
Light infantry
RoleConventional warfare
Maneuver warfare
Raiding
Skirmisher
Size10 companies (600) (battalion)
Garrison/HQKing's Bridge, Harlem, Fort Knyphausen, Province of New York 1776-78
Halifax, Liverpool, Province of Nova Scotia 1778-83
EngagementsAmerican Revolutionary War
Commanders
Notable
commanders
General Sir William Howe

Brigadier General Henry Edward Fox
Lieutenant Colonel John Bayard
Lieutenant William Bird
Major Samuel Bayard
Captain John Coffin
Captain John Howard

Captain Robert Rotton

The King's Orange Rangers, also known as the Corps of King's Orange Rangers, were a British Loyalist battalion, raised in 1776 to defend British interests in Orange County, Province of New York and generally in and around the New York colony, although they saw most of their service in the Province of Nova Scotia. The battalion's commander was Lieutenant Colonel John Bayard. The Rangers had an undistinguished military record, through most of its existence, and saw very limited combat, mostly against Patriot privateers, but did play an important role in the defence of the colony of Nova Scotia in the later years of the American Revolution. The King's Orange Rangers are especially remembered for their role in the defence of Liverpool, in the Nova Scotia colony.