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Colonel William Cromwell’s Regiment of Foot

Active1642 to 1646
CountryEngland
Ireland
AllegianceProtestant
Royalist
ConflictsConfederate War
First Civil War
TypeFoot
ColonelWilliam Cromwell
Robert Broughton
Area RaisedEngland
Coat ColourGreen??
Flag Colour
Flag Design
Field ArmiesOrmond 1642-3
Rupert 1644
Byron 1644
Oxford 1645

Later Colonel Robert Broughton's Regiment of Foot

Regiment of foot raised for service in Ireland, returning in 1644 to fight for the Royalists

Service History

1642

1643

1644

1645

1646

Notes

Coats and Flags

Often said to have been clothed in green coats on their return to Britain, there’s no clear evidence for this, unlike Colonel Henry Tillier’s Regiment of Foot, their ‘sister’ regiment. However, at the Battle of Marston Moor a brigade of Royalist greencoats is mentioned, implying more than one regiment, that could be Broughton's and Tillier's.

Notable Officers

A list of the regiment's officers is shown in Officers and Regiments of the Royalist Army by Stuart Reid (Partizan Press).

Col William Cromwell

Col Robert Broughton

Strength

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