Colonel Hugh Frazer’s Regiment of Dragoons
Active | 1643 to 1648 |
Country | Scotland |
Allegiance | Covenanter |
Conflicts | First Civil War |
Second Civil War | |
Type | Dragoons |
Horse | |
Colonel | Hugh Frazer |
Area Raised | |
Flag Colour | |
Flag Design | |
Field Armies | Leven 1643-4 |
Leslie 1645 | |
Hamilton 1648 |
Covenanter Regiment of Dragoons raised for service in England, forming part of Leven’s army, later converted into a regiment of horse
Service History
1643
- Four companies raised
1644
- February: Battle of Corbridge
- February: Skirmish at Ovingham
- March: Battle of Penshaw Hill
- March: Battle of Hylton
- April to July: Siege of York
- May: Skirmish at Northallerton?
- July: Battle of Marston Moor
- July: Siege of York
- October to July 1645: Siege of Carlisle
1645
- August to September: Siege of Hereford
- September: Battle of Philiphaugh
- October: Permission granted to convert to a regiment of horse
- November to May 1646: Siege of Newark (det)
1646
- Quartered in Yorkshire
- May: Surrender of Newark (det)
1647
- February: Frazer's troop continues as part of the Scots New Model Army, the rest disband
1648
- May: Frazer supports the Engagers and is allowed to raise a second troop from Inverness
- August: Battle of Winwick Pass
- September: Taking of 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 & Equipment
Notable Officers
A list of 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
Col Hugh Frazer
Strength
- 1643: 4 companies
- 1647: 1 troop of 80 horse, reduced to 75
- 1648: 2 troops