Watching AMC's Turn reminded me of the Queen's Rangers, a Loyalist unit that was commanded by John Graves Simcoe, the dude who founded my city.
Anyway I was wondering how the regulars in the British Army viewed the Loyalist regiments like the Queen's Rangers that were raised in North America. Did the regulars think the loyalist regiments were a bunch of ragtag misfit colonials? Or did they respect them and see them as equals?
EDIT: Were there also British ranger type units during the War of 1812?
The regular army viewed them as barbaric and lesser, especially if they were militia. Many of the military leaders did not look kindly towards militias, and even some provincial units. This doesn't mean that they couldn't be useful but many of the loyalist militias lacked the discipline and training that regulars did. I remember reading that some of the British born and sent over leaders really did not think highly of their American loyalist leaders. I'll have to dig through my notes more, but in some cases they were not treated as equal.
Queens rangers had a pretty notorious reputation behind them. But so did tarleton's legion and ferguson's company.