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Kentish Dragoons
- Service History
  - 1642
  - 1643
  - 1644
  - 1645
- Notes
- Flags and Coats
- Notable Officers
- Strength
- See Also
- Links

Kentish Dragoons

Active	1642 to 1645
Country	England
Allegiance	Parliamentarian
Conflicts	First Civil War
Type	Dragoons
Captains	See below
Area Raised	Kent
Coat Colour
Flag Colour
Flag Design
Field Armies	Waller 1643-5
	Massey 1645

Independent dragoon companies raised in Kent and serving with Waller’s army of the Southern Association

Service History

1642

December: Siege of Chichester

1643

November: Standoff at Farnham
December to January: Siege of Arundel

1644

June: Battle of Cropredy Bridge?
November: Second Battle of Newbury?

1645

July: Battle of Ilminster?
August to October: Siege of Basing House
September to October: Siege of Winchester
October: Storm of Basing House

Notes

Flags and Coats

Notable Officers

Identified captains include Nathan Butler, William Rolfe, Skinner, Robert Smith, Phillips, Morgan and Mann.

Strength

December 1642: 3 companies at Chichester
November 1643: 120
Summer 1644: 100 ordered to join Waller
June 1645: 160 ordered to join Massey at Farnham
July 1645: 71 further dragoons ordered to assemble at Farnham for siege work

See Also

Links