Lord Wilmot’s Regiment of Horse
Active | 1642-1646 |
Country | England |
Allegiance | Royalist |
Conflicts | First Civil War |
Type | Horse |
Colonel | Lord Wilmot |
Aymes Pollard | |
Area Raised | |
Flag Colour | unknown |
Flag Design | unknown |
Field Armies |
Later Colonel Aymes Pollard's Regiment of Horse
Lord Wilmot’s cavalry regiment of the Oxford Army serving throughout the First Civil War
Service History
1642
- July: Siege of Hull?
- August: Battle of Southam
- September: Battle of Powick Bridge
- October: Battle of Edgehill
- November: Battle of Aylesbury
- December: Storm of Marlborough
- December: Quartered at Abingdon
1643
- February: Storm of Cirencester
- July: Battle of Roundway Down
- July: Storm of Bristol
- August to September: Siege of Gloucester
- September: Skirmish at Deddington and Brackley?
- September: Skirmish at Adderbury?
- September: Skirmish at Oddington?
- September: First Battle of Newbury
- September: Skirmish at Aldermaston (Padworth)
1644
- June: Battle of Tipton Green
- June: Battle of Cropredy Bridge
- August: Battle of Lostwithiel
- August: Lord Wilmot replaced by Aymes Pollard
- October: Relief of Banbury
- November: Relief of Donnington
1645
- February: Skirmish at Wilscombe
- April: Skirmish at Islip
- July: Skirmish at Ilminster
- July: Battle of Langport
1646
- February: Battle of Torrington
- March: Surrender at Truro
Notable Officers
Lord Wilmot
Aymes Pollard
Aymes Pollard, younger brother of Sir Hugh Pollard.
Strength
- Edgehill: 6 troops