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|**Type**|Horse| | |**Type**|Horse| | ||
|**Colonel**|Lord Erskine| | |**Colonel**|Lord Erskine| | ||
- | |**Area Raised**|Various| | + | |**Area Raised**|Dumbarton| |
+ | | |Stirling| | ||
+ | | |Clackmannan| | ||
|**Coat Colour**| | | |**Coat Colour**| | | ||
|**Flag Colour**| | | |**Flag Colour**| | | ||
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===== Service History ===== | ===== Service History ===== | ||
+ | ====1650==== | ||
+ | *December: Erskine nominated colonel of horse for Dumbarton, Stirling and Clacmannanshire | ||
====1651==== | ====1651==== | ||
+ | *January: Erskine commissioned colone | ||
*Raised in Stirling, Clackmannan and Dumbarton | *Raised in Stirling, Clackmannan and Dumbarton | ||
- | *Assigned to Van Druske’s 6th Cavalry Brigade | + | *May: Assigned to Van Druske’s 6th Cavalry Brigade |
+ | *May: Illegally cessing Renfrewshire, moved out of Dumbartonshire | ||
*September: Battle of Worcester | *September: Battle of Worcester | ||
=====Notes===== | =====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 | ||
=====Coats, Flags & Equipment===== | =====Coats, Flags & Equipment===== | ||
=====Notable Officers===== | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
- | ====Lord Erskine==== | + | ====John Erskine, Lord Erskine==== |
=====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
=====See Also====== | =====See Also====== | ||
===== Links ===== | ===== Links ===== | ||