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| =====Notable Officers===== | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| ====Sir William Vavasour==== | ====Sir William Vavasour==== | ||
| - | Vavasour previously served as Lt Col of the King's Lifeguard of foot. | + | Served as Lt Col of the [[royalist:foot-regiments:kings-lifeguard|The King’s Lifeguard Regiment of Foot]] but was captured at Edgehill and imprisoned at Warwick, then Windsor. He escaped from Windsor and rejoined the Lifeguard in April 1643. In June 1643 he left to take up an independent command in Herefordshire and South Wales, where he was governor of Hereford. He was dismissed from Royalist service after the loss of Bristol and went overseas to fight for Sweden. |
| =====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
| =====See Also====== | =====See Also====== | ||
| + | *[[bishops-wars:english-foot-regiments:col.-william-vavasour|Colonel William Vavasour’s Regiment of Foot]] 2nd Bishops' War | ||
| + | *[[royalist:foot-regiments:sir-william-vavasour-welsh-border|Sir William Vavasour’s Regiment of Foot]] 1st Civil War | ||
| ===== Links ===== | ===== Links ===== | ||
