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| + | ====== Colonel James Lyon of Auldbarr’s Regiment of Foot====== | ||
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| + | |**Active**|1639 | | ||
| + | |**Country**|Scotland| | ||
| + | |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | ||
| + | |**Conflicts**|First Bishops’ War| | ||
| + | |**Type**|Foot| | ||
| + | |**Colonel**|James Lyon| | ||
| + | |**Area Raised**|Forfarshire| | ||
| + | |**Coat Colour**| | | ||
| + | |**Flag Colour**|| | ||
| + | |**Flag Design**| | | ||
| + | |**Field Armies**| Montrose 1639| | ||
| + | </WRAP> | ||
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| + | //Covenanters serving under Montrose during the First Bishops’ War// | ||
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| + | ===== Service History ===== | ||
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| + | ====1639==== | ||
| + | *March: Raised in Forfarshire | ||
| + | *April: At Aberdeen, confiscate magazine of Old Aberdeen | ||
| + | *April: Depart Aberdeen with Montrose | ||
| + | *June: Battle of Megray Hill ? | ||
| + | *June: Skirmish at Big o’ Dee ? | ||
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| + | =====Notes===== | ||
| + | A history of the unit is shown in Edward M. Furgol’s //A Regimental History of the Covenanting Armies 1639-1651// Edinburgh, 1990. ISBN 0 85976 194 0 | ||
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| + | Probably served under Montrose in May and June after leaving Aberdeen | ||
| + | =====Coats, Flags & Equipment===== | ||
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| + | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
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| + | ==== James Lyon of Auldbarr==== | ||
| + | =====Strength===== | ||
| + | =====See Also====== | ||
| + | ===== Links ===== | ||
