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Sir William Forbes of Craigevar’s Regiment
Active | 1639, 1640 |
Country | Scotland |
Allegiance | Covenanter |
Conflicts | First Bishops’ War |
Second Bishops' War | |
Type | Foot? |
Colonel | Sir William Forbes |
Area Raised | Aberdeenshire |
Coat Colour | |
Flag Colour | |
Flag Design | |
Field Armies | Montrose 1639 |
Covenanters serving at Aberdeen in the First and Second Bishops’ Wars
Service History
1639
- Raised in Aberdeenshire
- May: Skirmish at the Trot o’ Turiff
- June: Battle of Megray Hill?
- June: Skirmish at Brig o’ Dee?
- June: Occupy Aberdeen?
- June: Disbanded after the Treaty of Birks
1640
- Raised in Aberdeenshire
- May: Occupation of Aberdeen
- June: Plunder George Gordon's house at Newtown of Culsalmond
Notes
A history of the unit is shown in Edward M. Furgol’s A Regimental History of the Covenanting Armies 1639-1651 Edinburgh, 1990. ISBN 0 85976 194 0
Uncertain if properly regimented, Furgol labels them a ‘retinue’.