Articles

This is a category for general articles about Regiments of the Civil War period.

• Standards of the English Civil Wars (pdf file 1.28 Mb) This series of articles was written by Charles Kightly, illustrated by Anthony Barton and first published in Military Modelling Magazine. The series is reproduced here with the kind permission of Charles Kightly and Anthony Barton. The articles provide background information, coat colours and flag illustrations for the Royalist and Parliamentarian horse and foot, Dragoons and Scots horse and foot.

• Regimental Structure and Organisation A quick guide to regiments of the Civil War period.

• BCW user keepyourpowderdry (Mike Chetham) has been writing a blog on researching and painting ECW wargames armies. This is well worth a look and includes some very good articles on coats and flags for the regiments:
  • Coat Colours Part 1: Parliamentarian Regiments of Foot
  • Coat Colours Part 2: Royalist Regiments of Foot
  • Coat Colours Part 3: The Scots
  • Coat Colours Part 3b: The Army of Montrose
  • Coat Colours Part 4: Others - NMA, Dragoons & Horse
  • Coat Colours Part 5: The Trained Bands
  • Flags and Colours Part 1: Heraldry
  • Flags and Colours Part 2: Evidence
  • Flags and Colours Part 3: Media