Colonel Hugh Frazer’s Regiment of Dragoons
Active | 1643 to 1647 |
Country | Scotland |
Allegiance | Covenanter |
Conflicts | First Civil War |
Type | Dragoons |
Horse | |
Colonel | Hugh Frazer |
Area Raised | Scotland |
Coat Colour | Grey? |
Flag Colour | |
Flag Design | |
Field Armies | Leven 1643-4 |
Covenanter Regiment of Dragoons raised for service in England, forming part of Leven’s army, later became a Regiment of Horse
Service History
1643
- Raised
1644
- February: Battle of Corbridge (3 coy)
- February: Skirmish at Ovingham
- March: Battle of Penshaw Hill
- March: Battle of Hylton
- May: Attempt to relieve Morpeth with Colonel Michael Weldon’s Regiment of Horse
- May: Skirmish at Northallerton?
- May to July: Siege of York
- 2nd July: Battle of Marston Moor
- July: Siege of York
- August: At Doncaster
- August: Siege of Newcastle
- September: Part of Leslie's force in Cumbria
- October to July 1645: Siege of Carlisle
1645
- August to September: Siege of Hereford?
- 13th September: Battle of Philiphaugh
- September: Quarter at Aberdeen and Banff
- October: Converted to a regiment of horse
- December to May 1646: Siege of Newark (det of 38 men)
1646
- January to May: Quarter in Yorkshire, becoming disorderly
- May: Still in England but quarter further north
1647
- February: Disbanded at Kelso, apart from Colonel Frazer's troop that continues as part of the Scots New Model Army
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
The regiment was likely dressed in ubiquitous Scots hodden grey with blue bonnets.
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
Col Hugh Frazer
Strength
- May 1644: 4 companies
- June-July 1644: Increased to 7 companies
- September 1645: Approximately 450 after Philiphaugh
See Also
Links
Frazer's Dragoons are re-enacted by Colonel Hugh Fraser's Dragoones of the Sealed Knot.