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| |**Colonel**|James Wemyss| | |**Colonel**|James Wemyss| | ||
| |**Area Raised**| | | |**Area Raised**| | | ||
| - | |**Coat Colour**|Blue| | + | |**Coat Colour**|Blue?| |
| |**Flag Colour**|| | |**Flag Colour**|| | ||
| |**Flag Design**|| | |**Flag Design**|| | ||
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| ====1643==== | ====1643==== | ||
| *August: commissioned to be raised | *August: commissioned to be raised | ||
| + | *November: Siege of Basing House | ||
| + | *November: Siege of Basing House | ||
| *December to January: Siege of Arundel | *December to January: Siege of Arundel | ||
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| =====Notes===== | =====Notes===== | ||
| =====Coats, Flags and Equipment===== | =====Coats, Flags and Equipment===== | ||
| - | The regiment wore blue coats in 1644 and carried firelock muskets, serving as Waller’s artillery guard. | + | The regiment may have worn blue coats in 1643 at Basing House. A receipt for "beer for the blue coats" could refer to Haselrigge's or Wemyss's regiments ((//National Archive SP28/134/part 7//)). Carrying firelock muskets, they served as Waller’s artillery guard. |
| =====Notable Officers===== | =====Notable Officers===== | ||
| A list of officers is shown in Laurence Spring's //Waller's Army, The Regiments of Sir William Waller's Southern Association// The Pike and Shot Association 2007 ISBN 978-1-902768-34-2 | A list of officers is shown in Laurence Spring's //Waller's Army, The Regiments of Sir William Waller's Southern Association// The Pike and Shot Association 2007 ISBN 978-1-902768-34-2 | ||
| ====Lt Gen James Wemyss==== | ====Lt Gen James Wemyss==== | ||
| + | [[https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Wemyss,_James_(DNB00)|James Wemyss]] | ||
| =====Strength===== | =====Strength===== | ||
| =====See Also====== | =====See Also====== | ||
| ===== Links ===== | ===== Links ===== | ||
