Colonel George Milne’s Regiment of Dragoons
Active | 1645 to 1648 |
Country | Scotland |
Allegiance | Covenanter |
Conflicts | First Civil War |
Second Civil War | |
Type | Dragoons |
Colonel | George Milne |
Patrick Blair | |
Area Raised | |
Coat Colour | |
Flag Colour | |
Flag Design | |
Field Armies | Garrison |
Covenanter dragoons serving in Scottish garrisons during the First Civil War
Service History
1645
- August: Raised by now
- September: Battle of Philiphaugh?
- November: Sent to garrison Dundee, Milne appointed governor
- November: Detachment of 100 men sent to guard the Scots Parliament at St Andrews
1646
- Garrison of Glasgow
- June: Garrison of Aberdeen
1647
- February: Regiment forms two independent companies of the Scots New Model Army under Blair and Sharp
- Autumn: Blair's company quartered at Dundee
1648
- May: 18 of Blair's dragoons transfer to Lord Livingstone’s Troop of Horse and 18 to Sir Robert Bruce of Clackmannan
- May: Blair at Stirling with the Engagers
- May: Sharpe's company join David Barclay's Regiment of Horse
- September: Take Stirling?
- September: Disbanded after the Treaty of Stirling
Notes
A history of the unit is shown in Edward M. Furgol’s A Regimental History of the Covenanting Armies 1639-1651 Edinburgh, 1990. ISBN 0 85976 194 0
Coats, Flags and Equipment
Notable Officers
A list of the regiment's officers is shown in Stuart Reid's Scots Armies of the 17th Century 1. The Army of the Covenant 1639-1651 Partizan Press 1998 ISBN 094652550
George Milne
Patrick Blair
Lt Col under Milne, promoted to Colonel in 1647
William Sharp
Major
Strength
- February 1647: 2 companies of 100 dragoons each
- February 1647: Reduced to 2 companies of 70 each