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| - | + | ======Sir Alexander Abercrombie of Birkinbog’s Troop of Horse====== | |
| - | ======Abercrombie of Birkinbog’s Troop of Horse====== | + | |
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| |**Flag Design**|| | |**Flag Design**|| | ||
| |**Field Armies**|Balfour 1644| | |**Field Armies**|Balfour 1644| | ||
| + | | |Urry 1645| | ||
| </WRAP> | </WRAP> | ||
| - | //Covenanter troop of horse opposing Montrose at Aberdeen// | + | //Covenanter troop of horse opposing Montrose at Aberdeen and later at Auldearn and Alford// |
| ===== Service History ===== | ===== Service History ===== | ||
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| ====1644==== | ====1644==== | ||
| *September: Battle of Aberdeen | *September: Battle of Aberdeen | ||
| + | ====1645==== | ||
| + | *May: Battle of Auldearn | ||
| + | *July: Battle of Alford | ||
| + | *Garrison of Kemnay | ||
| =====Notes==== | =====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 | ||
| + | Unlikely to have been a formally organised troop, Furgol labels them a retinue. | ||
| ===== Flags===== | ===== Flags===== | ||
| =====Notable Officers===== | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| ==== Abercrombie of Birkinbog==== | ==== Abercrombie of Birkinbog==== | ||
| + | Both Sir Alexander Abercrombie of Birkinbog and his son Alexander Abercrombie of Birkinbog were appointed to the Aberdeenshire committee and either could have led their troop. | ||
| =====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
| A single troop | A single troop | ||
