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| ======Sir James Montgomery’s Regiment of Foot====== | ======Sir James Montgomery’s Regiment of Foot====== | ||
| <WRAP right> | <WRAP right> | ||
| - | |**Active**|1642 to 1646| | + | |**Active**|1642 to 1649| |
| |**Country**|Ireland| | |**Country**|Ireland| | ||
| |**Allegiance**|Protestant| | |**Allegiance**|Protestant| | ||
| + | | |Royalist| | ||
| |**Conflicts**|Irish Confederate War| | |**Conflicts**|Irish Confederate War| | ||
| |**Type**|Foot| | |**Type**|Foot| | ||
| |**Colonel**|Sir James Montgomery| | |**Colonel**|Sir James Montgomery| | ||
| - | |**Area Raised**|Ulster| | + | |**Area Raised**|Down| |
| |**Coat Colour**|| | |**Coat Colour**|| | ||
| |**Flag Colour**|| | |**Flag Colour**|| | ||
| |**Flag Design**|| | |**Flag Design**|| | ||
| - | |**Field Armies**|Laggan Army| | + | |**Field Armies**|Monro 1642-6| |
| </WRAP> | </WRAP> | ||
| - | //Laggan Army regiment of foot fighting at Benburb// | + | //Ulster settler regiment of foot fighting at Benburb// |
| ===== Service History ===== | ===== Service History ===== | ||
| + | ====1641==== | ||
| + | *Montgomery raises 1000 foot in Ulster | ||
| + | *November: Defence of Lisnegarvey | ||
| ====1642==== | ====1642==== | ||
| - | *Montgomery raises 1000 foot under the King's commission((Historical Manuscripts Commission, Fourteenth Report, Appendix, Part VII, The Manuscripts of the Marquis of Ormonde)). | + | *Montgomery's regiment under the King's commission((Historical Manuscripts Commission, Fourteenth Report, Appendix, Part VII, The Manuscripts of the Marquis of Ormonde)). |
| + | *Garrison of Portaferry | ||
| + | *April: Mustered at Portaferry | ||
| + | *April: Skirmish at Kilwarlin Woods((The Battle of Benburb 1646. Clive Hollick, Mercier Press, 2011. ISBN 978 1 85635 670 1.)) | ||
| + | *July: Paid by Parliament | ||
| *July: Detachment of 500 assigned to a force intended to march on Limerick((Journals of the House of Lords V 226)) | *July: Detachment of 500 assigned to a force intended to march on Limerick((Journals of the House of Lords V 226)) | ||
| ====1643==== | ====1643==== | ||
| + | *November: Men from the unit attempt to join the Scots in the hope of evacuation to Scotland | ||
| ====1644==== | ====1644==== | ||
| ====1645==== | ====1645==== | ||
| + | *Quartered in Little Ardes and Lecale | ||
| ====1646==== | ====1646==== | ||
| *June: Battle of Benburb | *June: Battle of Benburb | ||
| + | ====1647==== | ||
| + | ====1648==== | ||
| + | ====1649==== | ||
| + | *September: Mustered at Ballycoine | ||
| =====Notes==== | =====Notes==== | ||
| =====Coats, Flags and Equipment===== | =====Coats, Flags and Equipment===== | ||
| =====Notable Officers===== | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| - | A list of the unit's officers is shown in //Army List of the Ulster British Forces, 1642-1646.// by Kevin Forkan. Archivium Hibernicum, Vol. 59 (2005), pp. 51-65 available via [[http://www.jstor.org/stable/40285202|JSTOR]]. A list of the regiment's officers is also shown in //An English Army for Ireland// by Ian Ryder, Partizan Press. | ||
| ====Sir James Montgomery==== | ====Sir James Montgomery==== | ||
| + | Of Rosemount, brother of 2nd Lord Montgomery | ||
| + | ====Officer Lists==== | ||
| + | Lists of the unit's officers are shown in //Army List of the Ulster British Forces, 1642-1646.// by Kevin Forkan. Archivium Hibernicum, Vol. 59 (2005), pp. 51-65 available via [[http://www.jstor.org/stable/40285202|JSTOR]], //An English Army for Ireland// by Ian Ryder, Partizan Press and //The Battle of Benburb 1646// Clive Hollick, Mercier Press, 2011. | ||
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| =====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
| *1641-2: 1000 raised | *1641-2: 1000 raised | ||
| + | *April 1642: 103 officers, 7 staff officers, 764 men in 10 companies and 40 wagon horses | ||
| + | *1642: 800 men | ||
| + | *September 1649: Sir James Montgomerye's:— the sargeant-major; captaines, 2; leiutenants, 2; ensignes, 2; sergeants, 4; corporalls, 6; drums, 3; souldiers, 176((Historical Manuscripts Commission, Fourteenth Report, Appendix, Part VII, The Manuscripts of the Marquis of Ormonde, p206)). | ||
| =====See Also====== | =====See Also====== | ||
| ===== Links ===== | ===== Links ===== | ||
