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| + | |**Flag Illustration 1**|{{:covenanter:foot-regiments:preston_1.jpg?200|}}((Original artwork by Tony Barton, shown by kind permission of Tony Barton and Charles Kightly. Previously published in Military Modelling magazine))| | ||
| |**Active**|1639, 1640| | |**Active**|1639, 1640| | ||
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| - | //Covenanter regiment of foot serving in the Bishops' Wars, on the Preston campaign in the Second Civil War, at Worcester in the Third and raised again during Glencairn's rising// | + | //Covenanter regiment of foot serving in the Bishops' Wars, on the Preston campaign in the Second Civil War, the Third and raised again during Glencairn's rising// |
| ===== Service History ===== | ===== Service History ===== | ||
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| While Reid places the regiment at the Battle of Worcester, Furgol states that they did not serve on the Worcester campaign. | While Reid places the regiment at the Battle of Worcester, Furgol states that they did not serve on the Worcester campaign. | ||
| =====Coats, Flags and Equipment===== | =====Coats, Flags and Equipment===== | ||
| - | Identified as having blue flags at Preston with a red-edged white saltire and an inscription in gold //Couenant for Religion King and Kingdoms//((Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 2: Scots Colours// Partizan Press 1988 ISBN 094652550 1)). Atholl's regiment of 1653 also carried blue colours. | + | Identified as having blue flags at Preston with a red-edged white saltire and an inscription in gold //Couenant for Religion King and Kingdoms// (Illustration 1)((Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 2: Scots Colours// Partizan Press 1988 ISBN 094652550 1)). Atholl's regiment of 1653 also carried blue colours. |
| =====Notable Officers===== | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| A list of the regiment's officers is shown in Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 2: Scots Colours// Partizan Press 1988 ISBN 094652550 1 | A list of the regiment's officers is shown in Stuart Reid's //Scots Armies of the 17th Century 2: Scots Colours// Partizan Press 1988 ISBN 094652550 1 | ||
