Westminster Auxiliary Regiment of Foot of the London Trained Bands

Flag Illustration 1	1)
Flag Illustration 2	2)
Active	1643-
Country	England
Allegiance	Parliamentarian
Conflicts	First Civil War
Type	Foot
Colonel	Herriot Washbourne
	James Prince
Coat Colour
Area Raised	London
Flag Colour	Blue
	Yellow
Flag Design	Piles Wavy
	Unknown
Field Armies	Waller 1644

Auxiliary regiment of foot of the London Trained Bands

• April: Commissioned to be raised at Westminster

• June: Battle of Cropredy Bridge

• October: Line the route of the Earl of Essex's funeral in London

Prince's chaplain was paid from April to August 1644. As it was convention to refer to regiments by the colour of their flag, references to the regiment are often the 'yellow auxiliaries' as are both the Tower Hamlets and City of London auxiliaries. Usually, but not always, qualified by 'Westminster'.

The regiment carried blue flags differenced by piles wavy but the colour of the piles is unknown. Above they are illustrated as yellow (Illustration 1) but could equally well be white. In 1644, with a change of Colonel, they switched to yellow flags, devices unknown (Illustration 2) ³⁾.

A list of officers is shown in Laurence Spring's Waller's Army, The Regiments of Sir William Waller's Southern Association The Pike and Shot Association 2007 ISBN 978-1-902768-34-2

A sugarbaker and member of the Mercer's Company. A member of the Honorable Artillery Company from 1632. He lived in the Parish of St Helen's Bishopsgate. After Col. Prince took over command he led a troop of horse in Colonel Edmund Harvey’s Regiment

Lining the route of procession at the Earl of Essex's funeral⁴⁾

Westminster Yellow A.

• Col James Prince
• Lt Col George Crompton
• Major John Lee
• Capt Thomas Kekewich
• Capt Henry Turner
• Capt John Flood