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Lord Oliver St. John’s Regiment of Foot

Active1642 to 1643
CountryEngland
AllegianceParliamentarian
ConflictsFirst Civil War
TypeFoot
ColonelLord Oliver St. John
Thomas Essex
Area Raised
Coat ColourUnknown
Flag Colour
Flag Design
Field ArmiesWaller 1643

Later Colonel Thomas Essex’s Regiment of Foot

Parliamentarian regiment of foot raised for the Earl of Essex’s army but serving mostly with Waller in the West Country though a detachment served in Lincolnshire

Service History

1642

1643

Notes

Coats, Flags and Equipment

Issued coats in August 1642, the colour of coats was not recorded 1).

Notable Officers

Lord Oliver St. John

Oliver St John

Colonel Thomas “Tom” Essex

Strength

See Also

1) ECW Flags and Colours 1: English Foot, Stuart Peachey & Les Prince 1990, Partizan Press ISBN:0946525846