Colonel William Carlis’ Regiment of Horse
Active | 1651 |
Country | England |
Allegiance | Royalist |
Conflicts | Third Civil War |
Type | Horse |
Colonel | William Carlis |
Area Raised | |
Flag Colour | |
Flag Design | |
Field Armies | Charles II 1651 |
Royalist regiment of horse fighting at the Battle of Worcester
Service History
1651
- September: Battle of Worcester
Notes
Flags & Equipment
Notable Officers
A list of the regiment's officers is shown in Officers and Regiments of the Royalist Army by Stuart Reid (Partizan Press).
William Carlis
William Carlis variously Careless or Carlos, served as a captain in Colonel Thomas Leveson’s Regiment of Horse in the First Civil War. He led a regiment of horse to the Battle of Worcester in 1651 and aided Charles Stuart's escape. By 1656 he was a captain in The King’s Own Regiment of Guards in Flanders.