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| + | ======Colonel William Douglas of Kilhead’s Regiment of Horse====== | ||
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| + | <WRAP right> | ||
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| + | |**Active**| 1646| | ||
| + | |**Country**|Scotland| | ||
| + | |**Allegiance**|Covenanter| | ||
| + | |**Conflicts**|First Civil War| | ||
| + | |**Type**|Horse| | ||
| + | |**Colonel**|William Douglas| | ||
| + | |**Area Raised**|Cumbria| | ||
| + | | |Scotland| | ||
| + | |**Flag Colour**| | | ||
| + | |**Flag Design**| | | ||
| + | |**Field Armies**|Garrison| | ||
| + | </WRAP> | ||
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| + | //Scots Covenanter horse in garrison at Carlisle// | ||
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| + | ===== Service History ===== | ||
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| + | ====1646==== | ||
| + | *February: Douglas commands 3 troops of horse levied around Carlisle, the Estates agree to sending another 100 horse | ||
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| + | =====Notes===== | ||
| + | The unit is mentioned 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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| + | ===== Flags & Equipment===== | ||
| + | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| + | ==== William Douglas of Kilhead==== | ||
| + | Appointed governor of Carlisle after its surrender in July 1645 | ||
| + | =====Strength===== | ||
| + | * 3 troops plus 100 | ||
| + | =====See Also====== | ||
| + | ===== Links ===== | ||
