Colonel Rowland Laugharne’s Regiment of Horse
Active | 1644 to 1648 |
Country | Wales |
Allegiance | Parliamentarian |
Royalist | |
Conflicts | First Civil War |
Second Civil War | |
Type | Horse |
Colonel | Rowland Laugharne |
Area Raised | Pembrokeshire |
Flag Colour | Red |
Flag Design | Known |
Field Armies | Laugharne 1644-8 |
Parliamentarian regiment of horse based at Pembroke during the First Civil War that refused to disband and joined the Royalists in the Second Civil War
Service History
1644
- February: Storm of Stackpole Court?
- March: Siege of Tenby?
- March: Taking of Haverfordwest?
- April: Taking of Carmarthen?
- April: Taking of Kidwelly Castle?
- July: Besieged in Pembroke?
- August: Taking of Swansea?
- October to November: Siege of Laugharne Castle
- December: Siege of Cardigan?
1645
- March to April: Siege of Newcastle Emlyn?
- April: Battle of Newcastle Emlyn?
- August: Battle of Colby Moor
- August: Storm of Haverfordwest
- October: Siege of Carmarthen?
- November: Siege of Brecon Castle?
1646
- February: Battle of Cardiff Heath
- June to August: Siege of Raglan Castle?
1647
- June: Suppress rising at Llandaff?
1648
- March: Refuse to disband at Pembroke, join Royalist uprising
- April: Skirmish at Llanelli (Powell's troop)
- May: Taking of Swansea?
- May: Taking of Neath?
- May: Battle of St Fagan’s
- May to July: Besieged at Pembroke Castle
Notes
Laugharne's own troop was apparently sent over from Munster.1)
Flags
Notable Officers
Colonel Rowland Laugharne
Officer List
- Captain Brian Stapleton (19/11/44 - 29/03/45 also Scout Master to the Army)
Strength
See Also
Links
1)
CSPI 1633-47 p491