German solder hired by the British=hessian
mercenary
The cast of Memoirs of a Sikh Soldier - 2014 includes: Glen Hannah as British Soldier James Kermack as British Soldier Lawrence Larkin as Captain John Steele Jago North as British Soldier Victor Ptak as German Officer Diljohn Sidhu as Dharam Singh Ray Sinclair as German Soldier Ollie Tulett as German Soldier
Hessians.
mercenaries
The cast of Around Again - 2013 includes: Dean Bamford as British NCO Andy Darby as SS German soldier Mathew Durkan as Big British soldier Laura Edghill as Mother Kelly Fieldhouse as German Typist Tomos Frater as German soldier in bunker Tom Ganner as British soldier Lydia Hannan as Refugee Eleanor Hannan as Refugee Jonny Jessop as Dead German soldier Nick Lancaster as French soldier Craig Leonard as French soldier Gordon Palagi as British soldier Sophie Pullen as German Wireless Operator in Bunker Russell Tovey as British soldier Paul Woolley as Senior German officer in bunker
If you mean the German soldiers that the British hired, that would be the Hessians. If you're talking about the actual British soldiers, that would be redcoats.
The cast of Stahlhelm - 2011 includes: Richard Anchor as German Soldier 4 Richard Bass as British Private Tyrone Coates as British Officer David Hoyle as German Soldier 3 Johnny Paton as German Soldier 1
Hessians
Hessian (soldiers)
The cast of Offside - 2001 includes: John Churchill as German soldier Chris Elwood as Pvt. Bourne Sam McConkey as British Soldier Dominic Muller as German Soldier John Prosky as Sergeant Darren Richardson as Chaplain Dewey Weber as Soldier Sye Williams as German Soldier Patrick Wuebben as German Soldier
between the colonists and the British to claim their independence but the British also hired German mercenaries known as the hessians.
The word for a soldier-for-hire is mercenary