Lieutenant Colonel George Monro’s Troop of Horse
Active | 1643 to 1648? |
Country | Scotland |
Allegiance | Covenanter |
Conflicts | Irish Confederate War |
Second Civil War? | |
Type | Horse |
Lt Colonel | George Monro |
Area Raised | Ulster? |
Flag Colour | |
Flag Design | |
Field Armies | Monro |
Troop of Covenanter horse serving in Ulster during the Confederate Wars
Service History
1643
- September: Raised to replace British horse after the Cessation
1644
- George Monro made Colonel of what had been Sir William Balfour’s Troop of Horse
- Summer: Serve on campaign with Monro
1645
- Quartered at Carrickfergus
1646
- January: Ordered to be disbanded by the English, but refuse
- Quartered at Coleraine?
- June: Skirmish at Dungannon, in George Monro's detached force, rather than fighting at Benburb
1648
- Perhaps one of the 12 troops of horse totalling 400 men sent with George Monro's expeditionary force for the Preston campaign?
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
Flags & Equipment
Notable Officers
George Monro
Strength
- A single troop of about 62 men in 1643