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James Ussher’s Regiment of Dragoons
Active | 1642-1646 |
Country | England |
Allegiance | Royalist |
Conflicts | First Civil War |
Type | Dragoons |
Foot | |
Colonel | James Ussher |
Sir Henry Washington | |
Area Raised | |
Coat Colour | |
Flag Colour | Green & White? |
Flag Design | |
Field Armies | Oxford 1642-3 |
Rupert 1644 |
Later Sir Henry Washington’s Regiment of Dragoons, also known as Prince Maurice’s Regiment of Dragoons
Regiment of dragoons that fought as part of the Oxford Army, on York March, then converted to a foot regiment in the garrison of Worcester
Service History
1642
- August: Repulse from Coventry
- 23rd September: Battle of Powick Bridge
- 23rd October: Battle of Edgehill - Right flank
- 13th November: Standoff at Turnham Green
- 5th December: Storm of Marlborough - Under Lord Wilmot
- 9th December: Quartered at Burford
1643
- January: Skirmish at Burford?
- 2nd February: Storm of Cirencester
- April: Storm of Birmingham
- April: Siege of Lichfield
- April: Battle of Caversham Bridge
- June: Skirmish at Chinnor
- June: Battle of Chalgrove Field
- June: Raid on West Wycombe
- 26th July: Storm of Bristol - Part of Colonel Henry Wentworth's Brigade
- August to September: Siege of Gloucester
1644
- May: Storm of Stockport
- 2nd July: Battle of Marston Moor - 500 men app.
- September: Skirmish at Montgomery
- September: Battle of Montgomery Castle
1645
- April: Storm of Ledbury
- December: Skirmish at Abberley?
1646
- May to July: Besieged in Worcester
Notes
The regiment converted from dragoons to foot when in garrison at Worcester.
Coats and Flags
May have carried green and white flags 1)
Notable Officers
James Ussher
Ussher was Anglo-Irish from Donnybrook, he served in the Bishops' Wars and was killed at Lichfield, 21st April 1643
Sir Henry Washington
Lieutenant-Colonel, commanded the regiment at Edgehill
Prince Maurice
Prince Maurice seems to have been honorary Colonel
Strength
See Also
Links
The regiment is re-enacted by Prince Maurice's Dragoones, a regiment of the Sealed Knot.