Table of Contents

Sir William Waller’s Regiment of Dragoons
- Service History
  - 1643
  - 1644
  - 1645
- Notes
- Flags
- Notable Officers
  - Sir William Waller
  - Maj. Gen James Holborne
- Strength
- See Also
- Links

Sir William Waller’s Regiment of Dragoons

Active	1642 to 1645
Country	England
Allegiance	Parliamentarian
Conflicts	First Civil War
Type	Dragoons
Colonel	Sir William Waller
	James Holborne
Area Raised
Flag Colour	Yellow
Flag Design
Field Armies	Waller 1643-4

Later Major General James Holborne’s Regiment of Dragoons

Regiment of Parliamentarian dragoons raised by and serving with Waller during the First Civil War

Service History

1643

March: Storm of Malmesbury
March: Battle of Highnam
April: Taking of Monmouth
April: Skirmish at Little Dean
April: Skirmish at Upton Bridge
April: Battle of Ripple Field
April: Siege of Hereford
May: Siege of Worcester
June: Skirmish at Chewton Mendip
July: Skirmish at Monckton Farley?
July: Battle of Lansdown
July: Siege of Devizes
July: Battle of Roundway Down
November: Siege of Basing House
November: Siege of Basing House
November: Standoff at Farnham
December: Storm of Alton Church
December to January 1644: Siege of Arundel

1644

March: Battle of Cheriton
April: Skirmish at Newbury
April: Taking of Christchurch
May: Skirmish at Newbridge
June: Battle of Cropredy Bridge
July: Repulsed from Boarstall House
July: Taken over by Maj. Gen. James Holborne
August: Defence of Abingdon
August: Siege of Wareham
October: Second Battle of Newbury
December: Relief of Taunton

1645

April: Repulsed from Faringdon (det)
April: Disbanded, likely drafted into Colonel John Okey’s Regiment of Dragoons of the New Model Army

Notes

Flags

Notable Officers

Sir William Waller

Sir William Waller

Maj. Gen James Holborne

Strength

See Also

Links