| Active | 1645 to 1660 |
| Country | England |
| Allegiance | Parliamentarian |
| Conflicts | First Civil War |
| Second Civil War | |
| Third Civil War | |
| Glencairn’s Rising | |
| Type | Foot |
| Colonel | Edward Harley |
| Thomas Pride | |
| Richard Moss | |
| Area Raised | South East |
| Coat Colour | Red |
| Flag Colour | Green or Crimson? |
| Flag Design | Uncertain |
| Field Armies | NMA 1645-6 |
| Cromwell 1648 | |
| Cromwell 1650-51 | |
| Monck 1654-5 |
Later Colonel Thomas Pride’s then Colonel Richard Moss’s Regiment of Foot
New Model Army regiment of foot, serving in the First, Second and Third Civil Wars, returning to Scotland to put down Glencairn’s rising
A history of the regiment is given in The Regimental History of Cromwell's Army by Sir Charles Firth and Godfrey Davies, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940.
The regiment was formed from Barclay’s Regiment of Foot and probably drafts from other regiments of Essex’s army. They fought at Naseby, where Lt Col Pride commanded, as Harley was recovering from an injury, on the Western campaign and at the siege of Oxford.
In 1647 Harley fell afoul of army politics and was replaced by Pride. At the start of the Second Civil War the regiment were with Cromwell, marching on South Wales. They took part in the initial assault on Chepstow then marched west to Pembroke. After the Welsh rising was put down they marched north with Cromwell and defeated the Scots at Preston. In December 1648 the regiment aided in ‘Pride’s Purge’ of the House of Commons.
The third Civil War saw the regiment fighting the Scots under Cromwell’s command again, at Dunbar and Worcester. 1654 and 1655 saw them returning to Scotland as part of Monck’s forces to put down Glencairn’s rising. After 1655 the regiment remained in England, and were disbanded in April 1660.
Red coats. Their flag colours and designs are unknown but it's possible that they continued with the standards they'd been issued as Barclay’s regiment in November 1644. These were either green colours (with differences of yellow billets, yellow half-moons or white diamonds), or crimson colours (with differences of yellow mullets or white balls).
Moss had been a lieutenant in the regiment in 1647, rising through the ranks to succeed Lt Col Parsons after his unfortunate encounter with a highwayman near St Albans. On Pride’s death he was made Colonel. He supported Parliament rather than Lambert but retained command. Monck left Moss in charge but made sure the regiment were quartered outside London and swiftly disbanded them.
More detailed lists of officers for April and May 1645, December 1646, May and August 1647 and May 1649 are shown in Reconstructing the New Model Army. Volume 1, Regimental Lists April 1645 to May 1649 by Malcolm Wanklyn, Helion & Co. 2015. ISBN 978-1-910777-10-7.
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