Colonel Thomas Fitch’s Regiment of Foot

Later Colonel Henry Smith’s, then Colonel Miles Mann’s Regiment of Foot

Regiment of Foot serving in garrison at Inverness until after the Restoration

• In garrison at Carlisle
• October: Added to the army establishment
• December: March into Scotland to garrison Inverness

• Garrison of Inverness
• Detachments serve on The Mountaineer a four-gun pinnace patrolling Loch Ness

• Skirmish at Inverness
• August: Occupation of Lewis (det)
• August: Occupation of Mull (det)
• September: Taking of Duart Castle (det)

• Garrison of Inverness

• Garrison of Inverness

• Garrison of Inverness (7 coy)
• Also garrison Sinclair Castle (1 coy), Ruthven Castle (1 coy), Scathway Castle (1 coy) and Cromarty Castle (12 men)

• Garrison of Inverness

• Garrison of Inverness
• Major Hill in garrison at Inverlochy

• Garrison of Inverness
• June: Fitch appointed governor of the Tower of London and replaced by Smith
• November: The regiment support Monck
• November: Monk makes Mann colonel

• Garrison of Inverness
• Two companies garrison Perth

• Garrison of Inverness

• May: March out of Inverness

A history of the regiment is given in The Regimental History of Cromwell's Army by Sir Charles Firth and Godfrey Davies, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940.

Colonel Thomas Fitch was governor of Carlisle from 1649 to 1651 and in command of a regiment of foot. In 1651 they were brought onto the army establishment and marched into Scotland where they garrisoned Inverness. The regiment stayed in Inverness and some smaller satellite garrisons for the rest of the decade, with a detachment serving on Cobbett’s islands expedition in 1653. Together with naval personnel, they maintained a pinnace for patrolling Loch Ness. In 1659 Fitch was replaced by Smith, but Smith had not reached Scotland by the time that Monck had replaced him with Colonel Mann. The regiment remained at Inverness after the Restoration, finally marching out in May 1662.

Presumably they were issued with red coats.

Thomas Fitch