| Active | 1645 to 1660 |
| Country | England |
| Allegiance | Parliamentarian |
| Conflicts | First Civil War |
| Second Civil War | |
| Third Civil War | |
| Glencairn’s Rising | |
| Booth’s Rising | |
| Type | Horse |
| Colonel | Edward Whalley |
| Robert Swallow | |
| Thomas Saunders | |
| Lord Falkland | |
| Area Raised | East Anglia |
| Flag Colour | |
| Flag Design | |
| Field Armies | NMA 1645-6 |
| Cromwell 1648 | |
| Cromwell 1651 | |
Later Colonel Robert Swallow’s, Thomas Saunders’ then Lord Falkland’s Regiment of Horse
New Model Army regiment of horse serving in the First, Second and Third Civil Wars and in defeating Glencairn's and Booth's risings
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 Cromwell’s Ironsides of Manchester’s army. Victorious at Naseby, they particularly distinguished themselves in a charge led by Major Bethel at the Battle of Langport. They went on to fight at the siege of Bristol, where Bethel was killed, then were sent to Oxfordshire, serving at the sieges of Banbury and Worcester.
In the Second Civil War the regiment accompanied Fairfax in Kent and Essex. In the Third Civil War they formed part of Cromwell’s army fighting bravely at Dunbar and at Worcester.
They spent 1654 in Scotland dealing with Glencairn’s rising, returning to England in 1655. In 1659 Whalley was replaced by Swallow and the regiment helped defeat Booth’s rising. In 1660 Swallow was replaced by first Colonel Thomas Saunders, then Lord Falkland, before the regiment was disbanded in November and December.
In May 1649 they wore blue ribbons in their hats as a sign of allegiance to Fairfax, rather than the sea green and black of the Levellers.
One of the captains of Cromwell’s regiment in the Eastern Association, he was Major at the time of Whalley’s dismissal and was appointed Colonel.
Briefly Colonel replacing Swallow.
Briefly Colonel replacing Saunders until disbandment.