Colonel John Digby’s Regiment of Foot
Active | 1642-1646 |
Country | England |
Allegiance | Royalist |
Conflicts | First Civil War |
Type | Foot |
Colonel | John Digby |
Area Raised | West Country |
Flag Colour | |
Flag Design | |
Field Armies | Hopton 1643-6 |
Royalist regiment of foot serving throughout the First Civil War in the West County
Service History
1643
- August: Skirmish at Torrington
- August: Taking of Appledore
- September: Siege of Barnstaple?
- September: Taking of Bideford and Appledore?
- October to December: Siege of Plymouth?
1644
- August: Battle of Lostwithiel?
- September to January: Siege of Plymouth
- November: Second Battle of Newbury?
1645
- April to May: Siege of Taunton?
- July: Battle of Langport
1646
- February: Battle of Torrington
- March: Surrender at Truro?
- March to August: Besieged at Pendennis Castle
- August: Surrender of Pendennis Castle
Flags
Notable Officers
A list of the regiment's officers is shown in Officers and Regiments of the Royalist Army by Stuart Reid (Partizan Press).