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The King’s Lifeguard Regiment of Horse
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Active | 1642-1646 |
Country | England |
Allegiance | Royalist |
Conflicts | First Civil War |
Type | Horse |
Colonel | King Charles I |
Area Raised | |
Flag Colour | Red |
Flag Design | Known |
Field Armies | Oxford 1642-1646 |
The King’s Lifeguard Regiment of Horse, serving with the Oxford Army throughout the First Civil War
Service History
1642
- May: Raised in Yorkshire
- July: First Siege of Hull
- August: Repulsed from Coventry
- October: Battle of Edgehill
- December: Quartered at Oxford
1643
- August to September: Siege of Gloucester
- September: First Battle of Newbury
1644
- June: Battle of Cropredy Bridge
- August: Battle of Lostwithiel
- October: Second Battle of Newbury
- November: Relief of Donnington Castle
1645
- March: Skirmish at Kidlington
- May: Storm of Leicester
- June: Battle of Naseby
- August: Storm of Huntingdon
- September: Battle of Rowton Heath
- November to May 1646: Besieged at Newark
1646
- May: Surrender of Newark
Notes
Flags & Equipment
The cornet illustrated above was taken by the Earl of Essex's army sometime between 1642 and 1644. It is not definitely identified as that of the King's Lifeguard, but this appears probable based on its extra wide gold fringing, crown and royal cypher.
Notable Officers
King Charles I
Lord Bernard Stewart
Sir William Killigrew
Sir Edward Brett
Lt Col Gordon
Strength
See Also
Links
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