Colonel William Douglas of Kilhead’s Regiment of Foot

Covenanter Regiment of Foot raised for service in England, forming part of Leven’s army

• August: Douglas commissioned Colonel of the regiment to be raised in Nithsdale and Annandale

• January: Enter England as part of Leven's army
• February: Siege of Newcastle
• February: Detached from the main army under Lumsden's command
• March: Battle of Hylton?
• April: Escort a powder convoy to York
• April to July: Siege of York
• July: Battle of Marston Moor
• July: Siege of York
• July: Quartered in Yorkshire
• August to October: Siege of Newcastle
• December to July 1645: Siege of Carlisle

• July: Taking of Carlisle
• July: Garrison of Carlisle
• July: Garrison of Dumfries (det)

• Garrison of Carlisle

• February: Return to Scotland and disbanded

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

The regiment was likely dressed in ubiquitous Scots hodden grey with blue bonnets.

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

Appointed governor of Carlisle after its surrender in July 1645

• January 1644: 10 companies
• May 1645: 548 men
• July 1645: 671 men
• December 1645: 777 men
• April 1646: 797 men
• December 1646: 720 men