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Sir William Saville’s Yorkshire Trained Band Regiment of Foot
| Flag Illustration |  1) |
| Active | 1639 |
| Country | England |
| Allegiance | English |
| Conflicts | First Bishops’ War |
| Type | Foot |
| Colonels | Sir William Saville |
| Area Raised | Yorkshire |
| Coat Colour | Red |
| Flag Colour | White |
| Flag Design | Unknown |
| Field Armies | 1639 |
Yorkshire Trained Band regiment of foot that served in the First Bishops’ War of 1639
Service History
1639
- April: Muster at York
- May: March through Newcastle
- May: March to the camp at Birks
- June: Standoff between Birks and Duns Law
Notes
Coats and Flags
The regiment carried 6 white colours2). In May 1639 the regiment marched through Newcastle wearing red coats 3).
Notable Officers
Sir William Saville
Strength
See Also
Links
1)
Flag images by kind permission of Wargames Designs
2)
Original research by BCW wiki contributor 1642
3)
ECW Flags and Colours 1: English Foot, Stuart Peachey & Les Prince 1990, Partizan Press ISBN:0946525846
4)
Rushworth's 'Historical Collections: 1639, March-June', Historical Collections of Private Passages of State: Volume 3: 1639-40, pp. 885-946. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=74912 Date accessed: 24 June 2014
5)
Six North Country Diaries by John Crawford Hodgson. The Publications of the Surtees Society Vol. CXVII, Durham, 1910. available online via Archive.org.