Table of Contents

Orange Auxiliary Regiment of Foot of the London Trained Bands
- Service History
  - 1643
  - 1644
- Flags
- Notable Officers
  - Thomas Gower
- Officer Lists
  - October 1646
- Strength
- See Also
- Links

Orange Auxiliary Regiment of Foot of the London Trained Bands

Flag Illustration	¹⁾
Active	1643 to 1645
Country	England
Allegiance	Parliamentarian
Conflicts	First Civil War
Type	Foot
Colonel	Thomas Gower
Area Raised	London
Flag Colour	Orange
Flag Design	White Plates
Field Armies	Essex 1643
	Essex 1644

London Trained Band Auxiliaries serving under Essex

Service History

1643

April: Raised in London
8th September: Relief of Gloucester
20th September: First Battle of Newbury
September: Skirmish at Aldermaston and Padworth?

1644

May to June: Skirmish at Gosford Bridge
August: Battle of Lostwithiel

Flags

The regiment carried orange flags with white plates in September 1643 ²⁾.

Notable Officers

Thomas Gower

Colonel in 1646

Officer Lists

October 1646

Lining the route of procession at the Earl of Essex's funeral³⁾

City Orange Aux.

Col Thomas Gower
Lt Co]. Thomas Evershed
Major Houblon
Capt Stanton
Capt Ducane
Capt Kelke
Capt Coysh

Strength

September 1643: 7 companies

See Also

Links

¹⁾ Flag image by kind permission of Wargames Designs

²⁾ ECW Flags and Colours 1: English Foot, Stuart Peachey & Les Prince 1990, Partizan Press ISBN:0946525846

³⁾ The Militia of London 1641-1649 PhD Thesis, Lawson Chase Nagel, King’s College, University of London, 1982.