| Active | 1645 to 1660 |
| Country | England |
| Allegiance | Parliamentarian |
| Conflicts | First Civil War |
| Second Civil War | |
| Third Civil War | |
| Type | Horse |
| Colonel | Bartholomew Vermuyden |
| Oliver Cromwell | |
| John Disbrowe | |
| Valentine Walton | |
| Charles Howard | |
| Area Raised | East Anglia |
| Flag Colour | |
| Flag Design | |
| Field Armies | NMA 1645-6 |
| Cromwell 1648 | |
| Cromwell 1651 | |
Later Lt. Gen. Oliver Cromwell’s, Colonel John Disbrowe’s, Valentine Walton’s and Charles Howard’s Regiment of Horse
New Model Army regiment of horse serving in the First, Second and Third Civil Wars
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 Bartholomew Vermuyden’s Regiment of Horse of Manchester’s army. In June 1645 Vermuyden resigned his commission to Fairfax due to pressing business overseas and, excepted from the Self-Denying Ordinance, Oliver Cromwell became Colonel of the regiment. Vermuyden’s regiment fought at Naseby under Cromwell, seemingly before Cromwell’s Colonelcy was confirmed. They went on to fight in the Western Campaign, in a succession of sieges in the West, then at the siege of Oxford.
In 1648 the regiment accompanied Cromwell to South Wales, serving at the siege of Pembroke, then swiftly marching North to face the Scots. They played a distinguished part in Cromwell’s victory at Preston and were briefly attached to Lambert’s command during the pursuit of the defeated Scots. They were not taken to Ireland by Cromwell, but instead were passed to Colonel Disbrowe, who led the regiment at Worcester in 1651.
After this the regiment had a rather uneventful time, serving throughout in England. In the turmoil of 1660 Disbrowe was replaced by Valentine Walton, then Walton replaced by Charles Howard, before the regiment were disbanded in October.
Blount noted that: Sir Thos Fairfax….. and Gen. Cromwell, both bear plain colours for their own troups, without any devise1), though this may refer to Cromwell's cornet in the Eastern Association. If has been proposed that Cromwell's cornet was plain white as an illustration in a contemporary list of flags is blank.
Vermuyden, a Dutchman, was Colonel of the regiment in the Army of the Eastern Association under the Earl of Manchester. He returned overseas in 1645.
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.
From Anglia Rediviva2)