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Colonel Anthony Stapley’s Regiment of Foot

Active1642-6
CountryEngland
AllegianceParliamentarian
ConflictsFirst Civil War
TypeFoot
ColonelAnthony Stapley
Algernon Sidney
Area Raised
Coat ColourRed lined Yellow
Flag Colour
Flag Design
Field Armies

Later Colonel Algernon Sidney's Regiment of Foot

Parliamentarian Regiment of Foot serving in the South and West

Service History

1642

  • November: Standoff at Turnham Green?
  • December: Siege of Chichester?

1643

  • December to January 1644: Siege of Arundel

1644

  • April: Besieged at Lyme Regis (det)
  • June to November: Siege of Basing House (det)

1645

  • May: Relief of Taunton (det)
  • May to July: Besieged in Taunton (det)
  • August to October: Siege of Basing House
  • October: Storm of Basing House
  • October to February 1646: Siege of Corfe Castle (det)
  • November to March: Siege of Donnington Castle

1646

  • February: Skirmish at Wareham

Notes

Coats, Flags and Equipment

Stapley's foot were issued red coats with yellow linings in November 1642 1).

Notable Officers

Anthony Stapley

Anthony Stapley

Algernon Sidney

Strength

See Also

1) ECW Flags and Colours 1: English Foot, Stuart Peachey & Les Prince 1990, Partizan Press ISBN:0946525846